Once she was asleep, he went to each room to check on the kids. When he got downstairs, he noticed all of their backpacks were resting by the back door. What’s that all about? Myles has never done that before. Tessa must have made them do that for school tomorrow. He walked through the rest of the house and locked all the doors. He checked the alarm before he made his way back up to bed. It felt good to have Tessa and her children there with him. He was finally beginning to understand what he’d been missing. He truly had a family now, and it meant the world to him.
Chapter 30
Renegade
“I’ve tried calling her three times already. She should’ve been here four hours ago, and she isn’t answering her phone,” I told Sheppard.
“You know how women are. They’re late to everything. I bet she had to fix her hair or something. Don’t worry about it. She’ll be here soon. If she doesn’t show, we’ll go find her,” Sheppard replied.
“I don’t have a good feeling about this, Shep. She sounded strange on the phone. Something was bothering her. I know something isn’t right.”
“It’s probably some dude. Is she dating anybody?”
“Hell, I don’t know. Probably. A girl like her doesn’t go single for long. I’m sure she has guys drooling all over her.”
“Yeah, it’s probably some guy she had a fight with. I bet they made up, and she decided not to come,” Sheppard said.
“It’s not like her not to call me back. I’ll give it some time, but if she’s not here in a few hours, I’m going to look for her.”
“I’ll go with you. Just give me a heads up. You don’t need to go up there alone. If there is a problem, you’ll need to have someone there with you.”
“Thanks man. I’ll let you know,” I said as he left to go to his room. I pulled out my wallet and removed the folded picture from the side pocket. It was an old picture of me and Taylor. I was standing beside her with my arm around her shoulder. We had spent the day riding my bike out by the lake. I knew back then that I’d never want another girl. She was it for me. She was the most beautiful girl I’d ever met. My heart raced whenever she was around. It almost killed me every time she hugged me or even brushed up against me. As I sat there looking at the old picture of us together, I decided that I would do anything for her.
I stared at the picture in my hand for another hour, then I picked up my phone and tried calling her again. When she didn’t answer, I became even more worried.
“Where the hell is she?” I shouted.