Bronson
I tightened my hold on my woman as I buried my face in her neck and breathed deeply.
Had I known what was going to happen that day... I never would have let her get out of bed.
***
Me – I love you.
Mine – I love you, too.
Then I got to work on training Flynn.
If he stowed that attitude... he would be something else.
***
Talia
“Hey, have you heard from Lila?” I asked Harlee.
Harlee frowned then shook her head, “Nope. Have you, Cassie?”
Cassie shook her head and looked at Tatum.
Tatum, in turn, shook her head at the same time that Everly said, “No.”
I frowned, then scrolled to Lila’s name and pressed dial.
Then I put the phone on speaker.
It rang.
And it rang.
And it rang until,‘Hey, you’ve reached Lila, leave me a message, or better yet, text me, tootles,’could be heard.
The moment the beep sounded, I said, “Hey girl, it’s Talia, you know, one of your closest friends, and speaking of your other closest friends, none of us have heard from you. What’s going on?”
I ended the call, then looked at my friends, nodded, and said, “Let’s go.”
They didn’t need to reply.
Madalyn
I frowned when another call to Lila had gone unanswered.
That wasn’t like her.
Sure, she missed a call or two, but she almost always called me back within a few minutes unless she was sleeping.
And considering it was three fifteen in the afternoon, and she was only there to finish one more project before she left the company, I was starting to worry.
And that worry started to grow as the minutes went by, and I had yet to hear from her.
We had a teacher workday today, so school was out.
I was biting my bottom lip as I stared at my phone, willing the black screen to light up and for me to be able to see Lila’s name.
