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Selene stifles a yawn behind her hand and calls. She puts the phone to her ear but shakes her head. “Voicemail.”
“Did it ring?”
“Nope,” she says. “I bet her phone is off.”
“Fuck.”
“Come on, Brax, it’s early. Go back to bed for a few hours. We’ll call her later.”
I head to my room, but I know I won’t be able to sleep. Instead, I shower and put on clean clothes. Selene is still in her room when I come out, so I quietly leave through the front door.
I drive by Kylie’s place, and see her car. I almost go up to her door, but I decide to wait—partly because there’s something I want to do first, and partly because I’m half-terrified she’s not alone.
***
“Where were you?” Selene asks when I walk in the door a few hours later.
“I had to take care of something,” I say. “I drove by Ky’s. Her car was there.”
“Did you see her?” Selene asks, her voice excited.
“No, it was still early,” I say. “And fuck, Selene, what if she was with someone last night?”
A flicker of pain crosses Selene’s face. “I know, I thought of that, too. But she probably wasn’t. Let’s not get all freaked out until we know what’s going on.”
“Has she called?”
“No,” Selene says. “And I tried again a couple times. Straight to voicemail. She’s going to think I’m a psycho when she checks her missed calls.”
“Let’s just go to her place. If she’s got someone there…” I can’t even think it. “I don’t know, but I can’t sit around waiting for her to turn on her phone.”
We pull up outside Kylie’s place. Her car is still there, parked in her usual spot. My heart thunders as we walk up to her door. Selene and I both have keys, but I knock.
Nothing.
Selene looks worried. She pulls out her phone and checks it again, as if she’s hoping we might magically have a message from Kylie.
I knock again. We wait.
No answer.
“What the fuck?” I ask.
“I hate to say this, but maybe she didn’t sleep here last night,” Selene says.
My gut twists. I know Selene is right. If she was out with someone, he could have picked her up, which is why her car is still here. And if things went well, she might have gone home with him.
“Let’s check inside,” I say, and pull out my keys.
“What? No, we can’t go in.”
“Why not?” I ask.
“This is basically breaking and entering, you realize that, right?”
“I have a key.”
“This is a bad idea,” Selene says. But she still follows me inside.
