Snapping out of his daze, he chased after Carissa, but she'd already made her way through the foyer and out the front door. Dozens of cars with waiting drivers crowded the circular drive, and he searched the area for her, but he didn't see any signs of her. Where could she have gone? He came to a sudden stop, glancing left and right and left again. No way she could've just disappeared like that.

"The young lady went that way." A nearby driver pointed to the right, in the ...