Stopping over at the immediate five-star hotel, I went in to try to find out if, by any chance, he had lodged in here. My mind was in a state of frenzy. I tried my best to stop the tears that fought so hard to flow down my cheeks. Could I have lost my children?

“ I'm sorry, ma'am, there's no one like this here,” the receptionist said after checking the computer in front of her.

“ Thank you,” I managed to say. My heart sinking deeper and deeper. I paused outside the hotel ...