That uncertain and saddened expression shifts to a hesitant smile as he turns his head. It's not even necessarily that she suspects him of that kind of obsessive behavior. But the kind of people that Ellever's been around, her whole life, might consider it. Her father had once camped out by his phone for two days — before the invention of the cell phone — and refused to eat, all because he'd been waiting on an Important Phone Call.
Though he'd still smoked, of course, because Ezra Zier is essentially a chimney at all times. The thought of her father, of not seeing him ever again, makes Ellever's heart plummet just a bit further.
"I mean, when they come back and you're not there, I'm sure they'll try to find you anyway," she reasons.
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That uncertain and saddened expression shifts to a hesitant smile as he turns his head. It's not even necessarily that she suspects him of that kind of obsessive behavior. But the kind of people that Ellever's been around, her whole life, might consider it. Her father had once camped out by his phone for two days — before the invention of the cell phone — and refused to eat, all because he'd been waiting on an Important Phone Call.
Though he'd still smoked, of course, because Ezra Zier is essentially a chimney at all times. The thought of her father, of not seeing him ever again, makes Ellever's heart plummet just a bit further.
"I mean, when they come back and you're not there, I'm sure they'll try to find you anyway," she reasons.