Sadie hollered for ages, but nobody answered back.

She was freaking out and sent all her attendants to hunt for Mary, leaving just Joe by her side.

Joe was searching while trying to calm her down, "Sadie, chill. We'll replace her. The estate's crawling with our folks; Mary's gonna be alright."

"If something happens to Mary, how am I gonna explain it to Tristan?" Sadie was losing it, her hands shaking like crazy. "I shouldn't have come back alone. I should've kept them with me."

"Sadie, don't think like that. She'll be fine," Joe tried to reassure her, feeling bad for her. "I'll get more people on it right away."

Joe looked around to give orders but realized all the attendants had already scattered, frantically searching for Mary.

"Sadie, I dashed out without my phone. I'll go call for backup." He turned to leave but stopped dead in his tracks, spotting something shiny in the bushes. He quickly picked it up and saw it was a star-shaped hair clip. He yelled, "Sadie! Check if this is Mary's."

Sadie ran over, grabbed the hair clip, and said excitedly, "It's Mary's. Where'd you replace it?"

"Over there." Joe led Sadie to the spot for a closer look.

There was a small footprint by the bushes, probably Mary's, but no one was around, and there were no other clues.

Sadie got even more worried and immediately called Annika, "Release Coco."

"Got it," Annika responded right away.

Sometimes, what people couldn't do, animals could.

Coco would sniff Mary's clothes and follow the scent to replace her.

"It's raining," Joe suddenly said, catching raindrops with his hand.

Sadie looked up to see the sky dark and overcast, with big raindrops falling.

"Sadie, you should get out of the rain. I'll keep looking." Joe quickly took off his coat and draped it over Sadie.

"I can't think about taking shelter now," Sadie frowned, looking toward the horizon, and Coco was already flying over from the spa hotel.

Sadie whistled to Coco, who immediately flew like an arrow toward her. Then, she took the hair clip from her hand with its beak and went to search for Mary. Joe was stunned, and in the distance, there were terrified screams from women.

Sadie glanced back.

"It's the maids. They probably got spooked by Coco. No biggie," Joe reassured her.

"You should go back." With that, Sadie quickly ran in the direction Coco had flown.

"I'm coming with you," Joe immediately followed.

"Joe," Barbara called out.

Joe didn't respond and quickly caught up with Sadie.

The rain was pouring down, and Sadie was running through it, soon soaking her clothes, but she didn't care; she had to replace Mary ASAP.

Sadie ran so fast that Joe almost couldn't keep up.

In the distance, the silhouette of a wooden cabin on the farm emerged through the haze of rain. Sadie was about to pass it, but then she noticed Coco, their trained eagle, perched on the roof, flapping its wings and calling out urgently. With renewed hope, Sadie skidded to a halt and made a beeline for the cabin. She threw the door open, her voice cracking with worry as she shouted, "Mary!"

Mary was sitting in a corner, holding a cute little rabbit. Her clothes were wet, and she was shivering from the cold, curled up in fear.

Hearing Sadie's voice, she looked up in surprise, "Auntie!"

"Mary!" Sadie ran over and hugged Mary tightly. "You scared me half to death. Let me see, are you okay?"

Sadie held her shoulders and checked her over.

"Auntie, I'm fine," Mary said, sniffling cutely. "I was playing hide and seek with Emma and Donna. I saw this cute little rabbit and followed it. I got lost while chasing it, and when it started raining, I hid here to take shelter." Sadie breathed a sigh of relief, her heart finally beginning to slow from its frantic pace. "Good girl, as long as you're okay," Sadie comforted her and gently tidied her messy hair. "I'll take you home."

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