Chapter Sixteen
Thomas looked at thetime on his computer and got up.The girls should have been back by now, so he went to check on lunch.
He’d been stressing about telling his girl about the man she met at the convent.He knew that until she knew everything, she’d be terrified, and he hated to put her through that.He was determined to make her listen to him before getting too upset, but she had such a tender heart, it would be hard for her.
He found Daisy at the stove in the kitchen.“Hey, you’re back,” he said.
Daisy turned to him and frowned.“Yes.We’ve been back for about an hour.Didn’t Angel come and tell you about lunch?”
Thomas’s brows snapped together.“And that was an hour ago?”A feeling of dread started to grow.That meant she might have seen Sanchez and probably got frightened.
“Yes.I wonder where she went,” Daisy said.
“I’ll go look for her,” he said.
“Tell her lunch is about ready.”
“I will.”Thomas turned and rushed to their bedroom.He looked around but didn’t see anything out of place.He checked the closet and bathroom, and she wasn’t there.
“Angel,” he called out.He turned to leave the room and saw the piece of paper on his nightstand.
Thomas picked it up and read it, and had to read it two more times before it finally sank in that she had left him.She thought he was tired of her and was going to give her to Sanchez.How in the world could she think he’d ever let her leave?She was his baby girl, his heart, and he couldn’t see his life without her.
He felt panic starting to build and had to fight it down in order to think logically.She couldn’t drive, so she wouldn’t have taken one of the vehicles.She might have asked one of his men, but they would have checked in with him first.That meant she walked off.
Thomas hurried out of the house, calling for his men.
When he had a few in front of him, he explained the situation to them.He pointed to a few.“I want you two to take a truck and go in opposite directions.Call if you find her.The rest of you saddle the horses and spread out.I want to find her before dark.”
The men scattered.
Thomas stopped David.“I’m going to grab the clothes she wore yesterday.Bring Jaxx here.I’m going to see if he can help find her.”
“Good idea,” David said.“I’ll be right back.”
“Daisy,” Thomas said as he walked into the back door.“Angel has run away.”
“Oh, no.Why?She was fine earlier,” she said.
Thomas went over the man who had visited.He told her he suspected Angel had only heard that the man was coming back and not the whole conversation.“There is a lot I have to tell her.”
