Missing
Aranbelle really enjoyed spending a whole day with her family. Although it's been a short time and she already needs to go back to the castle. There are a lot of things she needs to do back there. She will have a meeting with the business managers tomorrow. It's better for her to prepare as early as now. As much as she wants to just stay home, she needs to get back to work. She misses Ralph already as well so she left home early today.
It's actually better that she didn't wait for Amie to wake up. At least she doesn't have to go with a heavy heart like before. Her mom looks happy now that she looks like she's enjoying her job. At least she doesn't feel like she's working. It's important that she's having a good time with her job. Actually, it's enjoyable since Ralph is her boss. He's not too serious when it comes to work, maybe because he doesn't need money that much unlike she does.
“I'm back!” Arabelle announced herself the moment she arrived at the castle.
“Oh, you're back! Ralph is still away.” Justin said when he saw her inside already.
“He hasn't come back since he left?” she asks and can't believe what took him so long.
“No, not yet. Maybe we should go and look for him.” Justin suggested since he was bored there.
“No, I'll go out to look for him. Stay here in case he goes back. I'll call you if I see him out there.” she responded.
“Okay I know he went to a bus station. Maybe he tried to take the bus going somewhere.” Justin informed her that she has a starting point with her search.
Arabelle knows where to go since there's only one bus station around the area. The problem is if he decided to get into the bus. It will be hard to try looking for him in different places. They always talk about it in case one of them needs to be rescued. She always thought that it would be her who would end up lost. Ralph is good when it comes to navigation. That's why she needs to come for him since he should have come back home today as well.
She saw Cassie upstairs but she just ignored her for now. There's a more important thing she needs to do than to deal with her jealousy. Ralph might be in trouble and she can help him somehow. She just realized that she can do a locator spell to find him. Instead of going out, she decided to go to Ralph's room instead. She needs to perform the spell there to make it easier. Cassie looks at her puzzled but she still ignores her to avoid delays.
“What is she up to now?” Cassie can't help but ask Justin.
“She needs to locate Ralph. He might be in trouble so she needs to come for him.” Justin explained to her.
“Ralph is missing?” Cassie gasps and feels worried.
“We're not sure yet but Ara will find him.” Justin replied.
How can Ralph be in trouble all of a sudden? Maybe he just decided to take a break from everyone. Although it's out of character because he deals with any issues if needed. Maybe he is missing or might be in trouble which means she should rescue him. She wants him to realize that she's a keeper than Arabelle. Although she needs to find out where he is right now. Cassie goes to Ralph's room as well and observes what Arabelle is doing currently.
Arabelle seems to already find out where exactly Ralph went. It's an eight hour bus ride away from their area but maybe it will be worth it. Cassie decided to run away from the door so that Arabelle would not see her. She already knows where to go. All she needs to do is to go to the bus station first and ask around. Maybe she can arrive there before Arabelle. She will not let her be the first one that he will see. Now that she knows where to go, she's going.
“Where are you going, Cassie?” Justin asked and can't believe that she just observed Arabelle earlier.
“I'll go look for Ralph before Arabelle finds him.” Cassie responded and then walked away.
Justin was left alone while thinking how can Cassie find Ralph? Arabelle can do the locator spell but he didn't know if that's accurate. She did it to find the descendant before but nothing happened. That's why he's happy to just stay in the castle. In case Ralph goes back, he can tell him the girls just went out. At least he doesn't need to do anything special to find Ralph. As much as he wants to go out, he still can't get over the Invisible City incident.
He realized that Arabella is better off with Ralph back there. Now that they are all back home, he can't believe that it's actually for the best. At least Arabelle will always come to the rescue for Ralph or vice versa. Cassie is just the antagonist of their story. She's already a vampire but she still feels jealous. Arabelle is just human even if she can be a witch when needed. She's just a mortal, which means that she will die first before any of them.
“I already found where he went. Just stay here for now.” Arabelle told him when she descended from the stairs.
“You better hurry, Cassie went out already.” Justin informed her and smiled as if enjoying their rivalry.
“What are you talking about? We're not in a race.” She responded and felt annoyed by what he said.
“Well, it looks like she wants to be the first one to arrive and the first Ralph will see.” Justin explained further.
“Wow, she's even thinking about that! What if Ralph needs help?” She can't believe why Cassie is still competing with her even if Ralph is already missing.