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“She hates this family stuff,” I say.

“She wouldn’tnotshow up on purpose, though. Mom would kill her,” Elliot says.

“Which is exactly why I’m so worried,” Max says, still messaging her. “I haven’t seen her. Not even on campus when I went to get some stuff.”

Aspen returns. “I asked some girls from her sorority. They say they haven’t seen her in a week, and her bed has remained empty ever since.”

“A week?” Xavier shouts.

Nathan’s eyes widen. “That’s not possible.”

“She’s not replying to any messages or calls, and she’s not been to her own room in a week,” Elliot mutters. “This isn’t normal.”

My heart begins to palpitate, and I pull my phone from my pocket and dial her number. “C’mon, Sunny. C’mon, don’t bail on me now!”

I keep ringing the phone, but no matter how many times I do, no one ever picks up.

“Goddammit!” I growl, slamming my helmet back onto the cabinet I grasped it from.

“Oh God,” Mom says, suddenly putting her hands in front of her mouth. “What if she’s gone?”

“Gonewhere?” Apollo asks.

My phone drops to the floor. “No, not gone to a place. Gone … as inmissing.”