Chapter Twenty-Eight
BROOKS
“Honey, I’m home!” I grin as I walk through the kitchen. I expected to see Jules in here, starting dinner, just because she said she was making my favorite tonight, but she must be in the shower or something. She didn’t answer my call on the way home, but I didn’t think too much of it.
Although she never called me back, either.
Frowning, I saunter down the hallway to our bedroom, then through to our bathroom.
No Jules.
“Jules?” I call out as I pull my phone out of my pocket and dial her number again. It rings and rings, then goes to voicemail.
After checking the backyard and confirming she’s not here, I call the restaurant.
“Sage & Citrus, this is Christy.”
“Hey, it’s Brooks. Is Jules still there?”
“Oh no, she left a couple of hours ago.”
“If she calls, or pops in there, will you please tell her I’m looking for her?”
“Of course. Hey, maybe she stopped at the bookstore. Sometimes she gets caught chatting in there.”
Okay, my heart calms down with that reminder. “Good thought, I’ll call there. Thanks, Christy.”
After hanging up, I call my sister, who answers on the third ring.
“Hi, biggest brother, what’s up?”
“Are you at the bookstore?”
“Yep.” She pops the P at the end of the word.
“Is Jules there?”
“No, I haven’t seen her.”
What in the actual fuck?
“Is everything okay?” Billie asks, her voice turning more serious.
“I don’t know. I can’t find her, and she’s not answering my calls or texts. She’s not at home and not at the restaurant. If she’s not with you, where could she be?”
“The grocery store? The post office? A doctor’s appointment?”
“Okay, you’ve made your point, but she was going to meet me here. At home. Something’s not right, Bee.”
“Take a deep breath. I’ll try calling her too.”
“I’m calling the brothers.”
I hang up and call each of my brothers, but every single one of them says they haven’t seen or heard from her either.
When I hang up with my parents with the same result, I want to throw my phone across the room. Because panic is starting to set in. Where.The fuck.Is my wife?
“Fuck!”
