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I headed inside to the front desk.
“Hi, is Avyn here?” I asked the receptionist.
“Um,... sure. Give me a second.”
She disappeared into the back and returned shortly with Avyn in tow.
“Callum? Hey, how are you?” She rounded the counter and gave me a warm hug.
“I’ve seen better days,” I answered.
“You look like shit.”
“Then I look like I feel. Do you have a minute?”
“Yeah.” She led me into the same space where we first talked about Pasha. After closing the door, she motioned for me to sit down.
“You want to know about Pasha?”
“I do. Damn, this feels like déjà vu all over again.”
“I know.” She sighed. “I haven’t laid eyes on her in two weeks. She took a personal leave of absence from here and the grocery store. She’s not at her apartment, and I don’t know where she is, but she assured me she’s alive and well.”
I shook my head. “This is crazy.”
“She reached a breaking point, Callum. I honestly feel like this would be good for her. She’s never had time to just work on healing alone. It’s been circumstance after circumstance. Now, she’s free of that bastard.” A look of disgust presented on her face. “She went to confront Raymond.”
“What? When?”
“Game night. Remember I told you she left the apartment, and we didn’t know where she went?”
“Yeah, but how do you know she confronted him?”
“Because I ran into him at the gas station, and he all but cursed me out about it. He told me I needed to keep my bitch on a leash because next time, he was pressing charges. Malcolm had to put me into the car because I was about to tag his ass.”
My brows furrowed. I was upset that she went over there and did God knows what. She was lucky she’d gotten away with throwing bricks through that man’s windows. Going back there was pushing it.
“Did she say anything about it?” I asked.
Avyn shook her head. “She refused to talk about it. The only thing she responded with was she said what she needed to say, and she was done with him.”
“Good.”
“You know their divorce was finalized.”
I ran my hand over my head. “I know. I’ve texted and called her, but she won’t respond. I miss her, Avyn. I feel like my heart just upped and walked away from me.”
She looked at me curiously. “You love her, don’t you?”
I chuckled lightly. “Is it obvious?”
“Is fat meat greasy? I knew this was bound to happen. From the night I found her reservation in your name, I knew you’d be someone special to her. God broke the mold when he made you, Mr. Ellis.... Just don’t tell Malcolm I said that.”
I chuckled. “I won’t.”
She stood. “I promise, I’ll try to get her to call you when I talk to her.”
“Thank you, Avyn.”
