📍 Safehouse, Batu Gajah
🕛 3.00 PM
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A few hours later, Sunstar finally called back. But what he told us made my heart sink.
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He said Anu wasn't at the school we had tracked her to. After speaking to the security guard, he learned she had resigned from her job three months ago. The guard also mentioned that she had told him she was moving back home to Ipoh.
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That meant Anu had been here, in Ipoh, for three months - and we had no idea.
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We thanked Sunstar for his help and ended the call. I asked Ashwin to try reaching Anu's house, just to confirm she was safe. He called, but there was no answer from either her or her parents.
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I couldn't wait anymore.
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I jumped on Rimba and rode straight to her house. When I arrived, it was locked. I broke in, searching every corner, but the place was empty.
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Then, something caught my eye.
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A sticky note on the refrigerator. An address written in Anu's handwriting - their new house.
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I rushed there without wasting a second. To my relief, I found her parents safe. But Anu wasn't with them. All I wanted in that moment was to see her with my own eyes, to know she was fine.
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Her parents gave me a new contact number. After Ashwin spoke with them, we finally learned the truth: Anu wasn't living with them. She was staying at a condominium with a friend.
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Without hesitation, I went straight there.
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The room was empty. No one inside.
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But then, I noticed something unusual - a hidden door behind the wall. My instincts told me to check.
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Inside was a freezing cold chamber, like a walk-in freezer. My breath turned to mist as I stepped inside.
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At the center stood a large glass chamber, covered in fogged ice. I couldn't see clearly what was inside.
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Slowly, I wiped away the frost from the glass.
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And what I saw behind it... froze my heart.
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The face staring back
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at me was one I never expected.
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and then Add to home screen.