Greg pinched the bridge of his nose. “You two are worse than my teenage daughters and their boyfriends.”
“Where. Is. She?”
Greg released a long breath. “She’s in South Carolina.”
All the air in Silas’ lungs whooshed out of him. She was gone, and Silas was to blame. He’d pushed her past her comfort zone while ignoring the real problems.
He slammed his hands on the desk separating him and Greg. “You just let her go?”
“What do you suggest? That I tie her to her desk and force her to stay with the Storm forever? You and I both know she’s something special. The GM for the team in South Carolina saw it too.”
Silas cursed under his breath as he paced in the small office.
No, no, no, no, no. This couldn’t be happening. He refused to believe that this was it. There had to be something he could do to fix it, but he kept drawing a blank.
He raked his hands through his hair. “I gotta go.”
He walked out into the parking lot, not sure where he was heading. Maybe he’d get into his car and start driving to South Carolina. He could show up at the MLS office and beg Miriam to take him back.
His feet stopped as he got close to his car.
He couldn’t do that to her. As much as Silas wanted Miriam back, he wasn’t going to do it at the expense of her dreams.
He leaned against the side of his car and closed his eyes. He’d come home to convince Miriam to give him another chance. And while there’d been some moments where he had thought he’d accomplished his goal, he ultimately lost everything.
Silas’ phone buzzed in his pocket. He reached inside and hit the button to stop it from ringing. There wasn’t anybody he wanted to talk to right now. A minute later, it started buzzing again.
He didn’t recognize the number. All he knew was that it wasn’t Miriam. He held the phone to his ear. “What?”
“Can we set aside our differences for, like, two seconds?”
“Allie?” Did she call to gloat that she’d finally won? Silas rubbed his hand over his face. “What do you want?”
“Miriam is going to kill me for calling you.”
He pushed off his car. “What’s going on?”
There was a brief pause before Allie answered. “She just left for the airport.”
Why was she going to the airport if she was in South Carolina? “The airport?”
She sighed into the receiver. “Yeah, it’s the giant place where planes fly people to and from their destinations.”
“I know what an airport is.”
“Are you sure?”
Silas gripped his phone tightly. “What happened to setting aside our differences?”
“Right. So, she has this interview today, and it’s in South Carolina. The company is flying her up there, and she literally just pulled away from her apartment. You need to chase after her.”
Harris had led Silas to believe that Miriam already had the job. But according to Allie, the interview hadn’t been conducted yet.
“Silas, did you hear what I just said?”
He couldn’t stop the smile from forming on his face. “Yeah, I heard you.”
“And?”
