“I have one girl. The best girl.Thegirl.”
Both men’s eyebrows shoot up in surprise. Seth shakes his head, and Martin grins. Clapping me on the shoulder, he gives me a knowing look. “If she’s the one, whatever you do, don’t mess it up.”
“Don’t worry about me,” I tell him, pointing at her lip prints on my neck. “My girl is stuck with me.”
“Happy for you, man. I’ll see you next time. Thanks, Seth.” He waves, heading for the door.
As soon as it closes, I glance back at Seth, who’s waiting behind the desk with a knowing smirk on his face. “I bet you think you’re a funny fucker, don’t you?”
Leaning back in Cora’s chair, he smiles. “Oh, I’m hilarious.”
Giving him the finger, I pull my phone from my pocket. Noticing the time, I internally swear. It’s a lot later than I thought it was. Milaknew I’d be back late tonight, but I didn’t mean to be this late. Pulling up my tracking app, I glance at her location and frown.What the fuck?
Instead of her little dot being at our apartment, it’s on the outskirts of town. What the fuck is she doing there? It’s nearing midnight and I would have known if she was going out. Flipping to another screen, I look through her messages. There’s no way Mila would leave. It’s late, and I know for a fact she said she was headed into the kitchen early tomorrow.
“What’s wrong?” Seth’s voice sounds next to me. “You look like you’re about to destroy something. What is—” He stops. “Oh my God, are you tracking her?”
“Shut up,” I snap. “After the shit with Cora, I wasn’t taking any chances with Mila. I like knowing where she is. Sue me.”
Reading through her messages, I see she has a few with Mara, and one with Kate confirming their start time for tomorrow. I calm a bit when I see Mara was going to meet her, but that calm quickly morphs to unease when I see Mila’s messages to her have gone unanswered. That’s not right. Why would Mara not answer her after making her be out so late?
“Kash. Take it easy, man. Don’t break your phone; I was kidding.” Seth shoves my arm.
“Something’s wrong.”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean something’s fucking wrong. I can feel it. I thought Mila was going to be home tonight, but apparently she went out to meet Mara.”
“And you know that how?” He quirks a brow.
“It doesn’t matter how I know it; I just do. This is bad, Seth. It’s not like Mara to ignore her.”
“Why don’t you try calling her first before you go storming out there like a crazy person?”
Tapping her contact info, I wait as the call connects and then rings. Putting it on speaker phone, I run to grab my keys from mystation.Come on, Mila, pick up.When there’s no answer, I hang up and call her again. This time, my call goes straight to voicemail.
Ice floods through my veins, and I can’t ignore the feeling in my gut. Something is wrong. Mila would never send my call to voicemail. “I have to go.”
“Wait up. I’ll go with you.”
Nodding, I turn off the lights to the shop and lock the front door. I quickly run out the back and climb into my car. As I start the engine, I watch Seth grab something from his, then hop in. Whatever he grabbed lands with a thud when he tosses it onto the backseat. I’m not paying attention to anything but the road as I peel out of the parking lot.
“Should we call the others?” he asks, buckling in when I take a turn too sharp.
“No. Yes. Shit, no. I don’t know. It could be nothing, but I’m not willing to take the chance. Leave it for now.”
Nodding in agreement, Seth stays quiet at my side. I speed through every stop light in town, all the while checking the GPS. There’s not an exact match, but as I alternate between both maps, I pray that I’m wrong and just overreacting. I’ll take Mila yelling at me for being crazy, as long as she’s okay.
Maybe she went for a drive and got into an accident, or got lost? But that doesn’t seem plausible. Mila doesn’t venture too far away from our area. Typically, she’s either at home, theGravel Pit, orTwin Roasts. My girl is a home body, so this whole situation fills me with unease.
I can’t think of worse-case scenarios. I refuse to think about what will happen if I lose her. What I’ll become without her. I’m sure there’s a logical explanation for why she’s out there.
Because if there isn’t, and someone took my girl, no one is safe. I’ll burn this entire town to the ground until I find her. If there’s a single cell on her body out of place, someone is going to pay.
Chapter Fifty-Four
Mila
