She was obviously trying to calm him down; her tone made that much apparent. Ben internally derided himself for being so obvious about his anxieties. Melody was probably fine, even if she had gone home early. There were a thousand reasons why she might have left without saying anything to him first. Of course, he couldn’t think of any, but surely there were some.
“I, ah — I don’t know. Before midnight. That’s when I started looking for her, right around midnight. And I guess I hadn’t seen her in — I don’t know,” he admitted. “Twenty minutes, thirty minutes? Something like that. Maybe longer. I don’t remember. She was — I was talking to Mr. Patel, that’s when I last saw her, and she wandered off — can’t blame her, it wasn’t exactly a thrilling conversation. But I don’t know where she went from there.”
“I, ah — I don’t know. Before midnight. That’s when I started looking for her, right around midnight. And I guess I hadn’t seen her in — I don’t know,” he admitted. “Twenty minutes, thirty minutes? Something like that. Maybe longer. I don’t remember. She was — I was talking to Mr. Patel, that’s when I last saw her, and she wandered off — can’t blame her, it wasn’t exactly a thrilling conversation. But I don’t know where she went from there.”
MJ made this <3