AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“Yeah, I wanna know why you’re fightin’ this so hard? Why aren’t you goin’ to find her?”
“I sent her ass away, brother.”
“Yeah, because you thought she cheated on you. She didn’t. So go find her ass,” he tells me.
“Not that simple, and we all know it. She ain’t gonna want my ass back,” I admit to them. Hell, I wouldn’t want me back either, and that’s just something I’ll have to deal with. I did her wrong, and now I’ll pay the price.
“You know that’s bullshit, right?” Tarek says.
“Is it?” I ask, looking over at him.
“It is. She cares about you, Cage. She'll come around once you explain what’s goin’ on,” he tells me. I don’t see it that way. I don’t see her coming around after what I did to her. I embarrassed her, pushed her away, and threatened her. That pain in my chest returns, and I can’t think straight. Fuck this is all fucked up.
“Fine. Look into it. Check her place,” I tell them. Knight nods and stands from his seat before heading for the door. I sit back in my seat and have another drink because that’s the best I can do right now.
“You okay with all this?” Tarek asks. I nod my head.
“It was a spur of the moment kind of thing. I saw the goddamn video and lost it. I don’t think anyone would have reacted differently,” I tell him. He nods his head but doesn’t say anything further. I shove off the chair and head to my room, needing a shower and a piss.
Once I’m inside, I can smell her in here. It’s fucked up and a kick in the fucking face too. I shouldn’t have to smell the girl still in my room, but I do. I shake my head and walk into the bathroom, turning the water on before stripping out of my clothes. I climb in and step under the water, letting it wash over me.
I think about Yenni and what I wanted with her. What did I want? Did I want more than what we had? Kids? The thought of her stomach round with my baby does something to me. I could see it happening. I could see her smiling and rubbing her stomach. Fuck, why did I send her away? Why didn’t I calm the fuck down and wait to see what she had to say? No, I had to be a fucking hothead and lose my fucking temper by sending her away. What if she is in danger? But from who? Who would be after her? That makes no sense.
I wash myself as I think about her, always about her. I can’t get her out of my head. She’s engrained in me, and whether she did anything or not, she’s fucking my head up.
I rinse off and climb out, wrapping a towel around my waist as my phone rings. I walk to the dresser where I left it and answer it.
“Yeah?”
“I hate to say this, brother, but it doesn’t look like she’s been home either,” he says.
“Where the fuck would she go? Did you check Marsha’s?”
“Same thing there. Doesn’t look like anyone was there,” Knight tells me. This isn’t good news. Where the hell would they have gone? Marsha is the only one she trusts enough to go to with.
“Fuck. I don’t like this,” I tell him. “Does she have any cameras at her place?” Not like I’ve ever paid much attention, I haven’t. Not that I was over there much, she spent most of her time here with me.
“Not that I see. What do you wanna do here?” he asks as I run my hand through my wet hair.
“I don’t know, Knight. What do you think?”
“I don’t think she walked off on her own, Cage. This all seems a little too weird, yeah?”
“But who would have taken her? She didn’t know anyone and had no issues with anyone. She fuckin’ went to the shop, and that’s it,” I tell him.
“I don’t know, brother. What about Twitch? Think he might know somethin’?”
“Why would he?” I growl into the line. Is there something I don’t know about?
“Just a little strange she goes missin’ after that video was sent from him, don’t you think?” He’s right. It is strange.
“I’ll talk to him,” I say before hanging up and putting my clothes on. Once I shrug into my cut, I grab my phone and slide it into my pocket before returning to the main room. I see Twitch and Tarek talking, but they don’t look like it’s anything important, so I stroll over and fist bump the both of them.
I’m dead fucking tired. I haven’t slept since she’s been gone. I keep replaying that video over and over in my head.
“You good?” Twitch asks.
“Yeah. Give us a minute,” I say to Tarek. He nods and walks away as Twitch watches me intently.
