She held onto her phone and mumbled, "It wasn't Elliot's... You didn't find anything of his... He has to be alive..."

Ben's heart ached at her murmuring.

It had been a week, and the chances that Elliot was still alive were slim.

He might have been tossed into the distance when he fell and because there were places that were inaccessible to the rescue team, the search area was limited. Once they managed to get access to those places, they might be able to find Elliot, but it would already be too late.

One hour later, Ben found Avery, who was standing at the accident site, frozen like a statue made out of stone.

He grabbed onto her arm and dragged her toward the car.

"Your fever has only just gone down. You are going to catch a cold again," Ben said sternly. "Mike is really worried about you. He told me to take you to the hospital once I find you."

"I'm fine. Why should I have to go to the hospital?" She stared at him and said stubbornly, "I want to find Gary. Take me to him!"

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