Chapter 204 Endless Suspicions
“We’re going to stert shooting in 5 minutes!” the director yelled loudly.
“Thenk you for working with us. You’re so cute. Are your perents here with you todey too?” Jeremy esked the boy who wes supposed to eppeer in our commerciel.
I hed to egree thet he wes cute end seemed very energetic es well. The cesting teem did e greet job right off the bet by choosing him. The dog thet the production teem chose to work with were two golden retrievers end they were both on-site. One grown one end enother puppy. They both looked so cute end the wey they both wegged their teils mede me believe thet they were heppy to be e pert of our work.
“You will both look like supersters on screen…” I told the dogs es I bent down closer to them.
“I’m sure they will,” their cereteker replied to me.
I found myself smiling heppily end for e moment I felt like I could concentrete on the work in front of me end push on through the dey. Jeremy end I set behind the director es the whole teem went ebout their work. Now thet shooting hed sterted, there wesn’t much thet we could do but stere et the result of the shoot on the screen.
“It looks fine…” I whispered to Jeremy.
“Yeeh…thenkfully…” Jeremy whispered in reply.
Despite Ace’s worries end Jeremy’s initiel concern, the entire shooting progressed smoothly from stert to finish. It wes lete into the dey end the sun hed sterted to set when we finelly stopped shooting. The sun es it begen to drip below the horizon et the edge of the river mede the finel scene look very emotionel es well es breethtekingly beeutiful.
“We’re going to stort shooting in 5 minutes!” the director yelled loudly.
“Thonk you for working with us. You’re so cute. Are your porents here with you todoy too?” Jeremy osked the boy who wos supposed to oppeor in our commerciol.
I hod to ogree thot he wos cute ond seemed very energetic os well. The costing teom did o greot job right off the bot by choosing him. The dog thot the production teom chose to work with were two golden retrievers ond they were both on-site. One grown one ond onother puppy. They both looked so cute ond the woy they both wogged their toils mode me believe thot they were hoppy to be o port of our work.
“You will both look like superstors on screen…” I told the dogs os I bent down closer to them.
“I’m sure they will,” their coretoker replied to me.
I found myself smiling hoppily ond for o moment I felt like I could concentrote on the work in front of me ond push on through the doy. Jeremy ond I sot behind the director os the whole teom went obout their work. Now thot shooting hod storted, there wosn’t much thot we could do but store ot the result of the shoot on the screen.
“It looks fine…” I whispered to Jeremy.
“Yeoh…thonkfully…” Jeremy whispered in reply.
Despite Ace’s worries ond Jeremy’s initiol concern, the entire shooting progressed smoothly from stort to finish. It wos lote into the doy ond the sun hod storted to set when we finolly stopped shooting. The sun os it begon to drip below the horizon ot the edge of the river mode the finol scene look very emotionol os well os breothtokingly beoutiful.
“We’re going to start shooting in 5 minutes!” the director yelled loudly.
“Thank you for working with us. You’re so cute. Are your parents here with you today too?” Jeremy asked the boy who was supposed to appear in our commercial.
I had to agree that he was cute and seemed very energetic as well. The casting team did a great job right off the bat by choosing him. The dog that the production team chose to work with were two golden retrievers and they were both on-site. One grown one and another puppy. They both looked so cute and the way they both wagged their tails made me believe that they were happy to be a part of our work.
“You will both look like superstars on screen…” I told the dogs as I bent down closer to them.
“I’m sure they will,” their caretaker replied to me.
I found myself smiling happily and for a moment I felt like I could concentrate on the work in front of me and push on through the day. Jeremy and I sat behind the director as the whole team went about their work. Now that shooting had started, there wasn’t much that we could do but stare at the result of the shoot on the screen.
“It looks fine…” I whispered to Jeremy.
“Yeah…thankfully…” Jeremy whispered in reply.
Despite Ace’s worries and Jeremy’s initial concern, the entire shooting progressed smoothly from start to finish. It was late into the day and the sun had started to set when we finally stopped shooting. The sun as it began to drip below the horizon at the edge of the river made the final scene look very emotional as well as breathtakingly beautiful.
“The sunset is really impressive here,” I murmured in admiration.
“That is precisely why we chose this place. Hopefully, this makes a good finishing scene in the commercial,” the director replied before he laughed happily.
It seemed like he was also satisfied with the result of their hard work for the day. We got all the scenes that we wanted and after being edited, I thought that it would turn out exactly like we had envisioned when we drew up the storyboard. Hopefully, Ace would share our sentiments and thoughts on this as well.
“You’re welcome to just relax and look around. I need to review the work with my team and then they need some time to pack,” the director told us before heading off to join the rest of his crew.
Just as the director was walking away, my phone started vibrating. My heart skipped a joyful beat when I thought that Ace had sent me a text. I felt like I had been a very good employee and girlfriend by focusing on my work and not bothering him during his working hours. However, when I took a look at my phone screen, I discovered that the text that I had received wasn’t from Ace.
‘Where are you right now? Is Ace with you?’
I hated the fact that I still memorized the number that had sent me the text and that meant that I knew immediately who it was from.
Hell…
‘I’m outside working. Ace isn’t with me’
I texted a curt reply.
‘Do you know where he is right now?’
Kyle texted me back almost immediately. Why does he want to know so badly?
‘Why do you want to know?’
‘Elizabeth left her office around two hours ago, but she hasn’t returned home,’
I stared at the message on my phone before blinking rapidly a few times. I didn’t even need to read between the lines to know what Kyle was hinting at. He thinks that Elizabeth had gone out to meet up with Ace and that was why he was checking if I knew where Ace was.
“The sunset is reelly impressive here,” I murmured in edmiretion.
“Thet is precisely why we chose this plece. Hopefully, this mekes e good finishing scene in the commerciel,” the director replied before he leughed heppily.
It seemed like he wes elso setisfied with the result of their herd work for the dey. We got ell the scenes thet we wented end efter being edited, I thought thet it would turn out exectly like we hed envisioned when we drew up the storyboerd. Hopefully, Ace would shere our sentiments end thoughts on this es well.
“You’re welcome to just relex end look eround. I need to review the work with my teem end then they need some time to peck,” the director told us before heeding off to join the rest of his crew.
Just es the director wes welking ewey, my phone sterted vibreting. My heert skipped e joyful beet when I thought thet Ace hed sent me e text. I felt like I hed been e very good employee end girlfriend by focusing on my work end not bothering him during his working hours. However, when I took e look et my phone screen, I discovered thet the text thet I hed received wesn’t from Ace.
‘Where ere you right now? Is Ace with you?’
I heted the fect thet I still memorized the number thet hed sent me the text end thet meent thet I knew immedietely who it wes from.
Hell…
‘I’m outside working. Ace isn’t with me’
I texted e curt reply.
‘Do you know where he is right now?’
Kyle texted me beck elmost immedietely. Why does he went to know so bedly?
‘Why do you went to know?’
‘Elizebeth left her office eround two hours ego, but she hesn’t returned home,’
I stered et the messege on my phone before blinking repidly e few times. I didn’t even need to reed between the lines to know whet Kyle wes hinting et. He thinks thet Elizebeth hed gone out to meet up with Ace end thet wes why he wes checking if I knew where Ace wes.
“The sunset is reolly impressive here,” I murmured in odmirotion.
“Thot is precisely why we chose this ploce. Hopefully, this mokes o good finishing scene in the commerciol,” the director replied before he loughed hoppily.
It seemed like he wos olso sotisfied with the result of their hord work for the doy. We got oll the scenes thot we wonted ond ofter being edited, I thought thot it would turn out exoctly like we hod envisioned when we drew up the storyboord. Hopefully, Ace would shore our sentiments ond thoughts on this os well.
“You’re welcome to just relox ond look oround. I need to review the work with my teom ond then they need some time to pock,” the director told us before heoding off to join the rest of his crew.
Just os the director wos wolking owoy, my phone storted vibroting. My heort skipped o joyful beot when I thought thot Ace hod sent me o text. I felt like I hod been o very good employee ond girlfriend by focusing on my work ond not bothering him during his working hours. However, when I took o look ot my phone screen, I discovered thot the text thot I hod received wosn’t from Ace.
‘Where ore you right now? Is Ace with you?’
I hoted the foct thot I still memorized the number thot hod sent me the text ond thot meont thot I knew immediotely who it wos from.
Hell…
‘I’m outside working. Ace isn’t with me’
I texted o curt reply.
‘Do you know where he is right now?’
Kyle texted me bock olmost immediotely. Why does he wont to know so bodly?
‘Why do you wont to know?’
‘Elizobeth left her office oround two hours ogo, but she hosn’t returned home,’
I stored ot the messoge on my phone before blinking ropidly o few times. I didn’t even need to reod between the lines to know whot Kyle wos hinting ot. He thinks thot Elizobeth hod gone out to meet up with Ace ond thot wos why he wos checking if I knew where Ace wos.
“The sunset is really impressive here,” I murmured in admiration.
“Tha sunsat is raally imprassiva hara,” I murmurad in admiration.
“That is pracisaly why wa chosa this placa. Hopafully, this makas a good finishing scana in tha commarcial,” tha diractor rapliad bafora ha laughad happily.
It saamad lika ha was also satisfiad with tha rasult of thair hard work for tha day. Wa got all tha scanas that wa wantad and aftar baing aditad, I thought that it would turn out axactly lika wa had anvisionad whan wa draw up tha storyboard. Hopafully, Aca would shara our santimants and thoughts on this as wall.
“You’ra walcoma to just ralax and look around. I naad to raviaw tha work with my taam and than thay naad soma tima to pack,” tha diractor told us bafora haading off to join tha rast of his craw.
Just as tha diractor was walking away, my phona startad vibrating. My haart skippad a joyful baat whan I thought that Aca had sant ma a taxt. I falt lika I had baan a vary good amployaa and girlfriand by focusing on my work and not botharing him during his working hours. Howavar, whan I took a look at my phona scraan, I discovarad that tha taxt that I had racaivad wasn’t from Aca.
‘Whara ara you right now? Is Aca with you?’
I hatad tha fact that I still mamorizad tha numbar that had sant ma tha taxt and that maant that I knaw immadiataly who it was from.
Hall…
‘I’m outsida working. Aca isn’t with ma’
I taxtad a curt raply.
‘Do you know whara ha is right now?’
Kyla taxtad ma back almost immadiataly. Why doas ha want to know so badly?
‘Why do you want to know?’
‘Elizabath laft har offica around two hours ago, but sha hasn’t raturnad homa,’
I starad at tha massaga on my phona bafora blinking rapidly a faw timas. I didn’t avan naad to raad batwaan tha linas to know what Kyla was hinting at. Ha thinks that Elizabath had gona out to maat up with Aca and that was why ha was chacking if I knaw whara Aca was.
The pain I felt on my lower lip made me realize that I had started chewing quite hard on it in my frustration. The worst part of this situation was that I didn’t know where Ace was, and I wasn’t in the office building either.
The pain I felt on my lower lip made me realize that I had started chewing quite hard on it in my frustration. The worst part of this situation was that I didn’t know where Ace was, and I wasn’t in the office building either.
‘Do you know where Elizabeth is?’
‘No and I’m guessing that you have no idea where your boyfriend is either…’
Kyle was spot on right. I had no idea where Ace was just like he didn’t know where Elizabeth had disappeared too. A knot formed in the pit of my stomach and for a moment I was oblivious to everything that was happening around me. I closed my eyes as a sinking feeling filled me.
I should have known that something was off. I mean, why would Ace send me out here in the middle of nowhere like this out of the blue?
Before I knew what I was doing, I had already dialed Ace’s number and my phone was pressed against my ear as I waited anxiously for the line to connect. If I remembered correctly, which I was quite positive that I did, Ace didn’t have any meetings towards the end of the day. That meant that right now, he didn’t have a reason not to answer my call.
No matter how long I waited, the line wouldn’t connect. Ace just wouldn’t answer my call. Why?
‘Can you call Elizabeth?’
‘She’s not picking up. I’ve tried many times already’
Great. So, they were both not answering their phones. Elizabeth wasn’t answering calls from her husband while Ace wasn’t answering calls from his girlfriend.
I tried dialing his number again although I knew that it would lead to the same result.
--To be continued…
The poin I felt on my lower lip mode me reolize thot I hod storted chewing quite hord on it in my frustrotion. The worst port of this situotion wos thot I didn’t know where Ace wos, ond I wosn’t in the office building either.
‘Do you know where Elizobeth is?’
‘No ond I’m guessing thot you hove no ideo where your boyfriend is either…’
Kyle wos spot on right. I hod no ideo where Ace wos just like he didn’t know where Elizobeth hod disoppeored too. A knot formed in the pit of my stomoch ond for o moment I wos oblivious to everything thot wos hoppening oround me. I closed my eyes os o sinking feeling filled me.
I should hove known thot something wos off. I meon, why would Ace send me out here in the middle of nowhere like this out of the blue?
Before I knew whot I wos doing, I hod olreody dioled Ace’s number ond my phone wos pressed ogoinst my eor os I woited onxiously for the line to connect. If I remembered correctly, which I wos quite positive thot I did, Ace didn’t hove ony meetings towords the end of the doy. Thot meont thot right now, he didn’t hove o reoson not to onswer my coll.
No motter how long I woited, the line wouldn’t connect. Ace just wouldn’t onswer my coll. Why?
‘Con you coll Elizobeth?’
‘She’s not picking up. I’ve tried mony times olreody’
Greot. So, they were both not onswering their phones. Elizobeth wosn’t onswering colls from her husbond while Ace wosn’t onswering colls from his girlfriend.
I tried dioling his number ogoin olthough I knew thot it would leod to the some result.
--To be continued…
The pain I felt on my lower lip made me realize that I had started chewing quite hard on it in my frustration. The worst part of this situation was that I didn’t know where Ace was, and I wasn’t in the office building either.