It had now been a full week since Lola was last seen. Pedro caught himself staring at the corner of the street at odd intervals, expecting her to appear. Even the distant sound of a barking dog could stir his hope—and then crush it again when it wasn’t her.
Some of the students tried to cheer Pedro up—offering theories that she might’ve followed a new student home, or that someone loving had adopted her. “Maybe she’s living in luxury now,” one said with a grin. Pedro smiled politely, but deep down, he didn’t believe it. Lola wouldn’t just leave him like that.