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“Airport?”
He chuckles. “Iris took the jet back to Chicago earlier.”
“Shewhat?”
“Looks like you’re flying commercial tonight. You better buy a ticket before you lose the chance.”
I’m still trying to wrap my head around the fact that Iris is in Chicago right now.
Why would she stay? You never gave her a good reason to after the way you spoke to her.
I swallow back the lump in my throat. “I fucked up.”
“It’s nothing some good groveling can’t fix.”
“Groveling?”
“Get in the car and I’ll explain.” His grin is worrisome.
Well, shit. This is going to be an interesting car ride.
* * *
Does groveling include mentioning to Iris how I rode a commercial flight for the first time in a decade solely so I could get to her sooner? Because if so, then the middle economy seat I was subjected to buying at the last minute was worth every excruciating minute, seeing as I was stuck between a toddler who wouldn’t stop talking and a mother holding a crying infant.
My ears are still ringing by the time I make it back to our house. Harrison opens my door, and I get out. I don’t think to ask him about Iris until I walk into a silent, dark house.
“Iris?” I call out as I walk through the halls filled with her plants.
No one answers back. I search the whole house twice before I come to the conclusion that she isn’t here.
“Fuck.” I pull out my phone and call Iris. Not surprisingly, she doesn’t respond.
I dial Cal’s phone number next, but he doesn’t pick up.
Me:Is Iris with you?
He doesn’t answer right away, and I’m not interested in sitting around. I might as well drive to his place while I wait.
Less than thirty minutes later, I park outside his apartment and decide to call him again. He finally answers, but his voice is gruffer than usual.
“What do you want?”
I see Iris got to him first.
“Where’s Iris?”
A door shuts in the background. “She’s sleeping.”
“At your place?” My teeth grind together.
“I don’t think it matters much to her so long as it isn’t yours.”
“Put her on the phone.”
“She doesn’t want to talk to you right now.”
“I want to hear her tell me that herself.”
