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‘He’s a big fuckingguy. He can’t just vanish.’ Gregg smiles apologetically at Chloe. ‘Sorry about cursing.’
‘I’m going out with Tate. Curse all you fucking want.’
Gregg grins at her and nods his head. Chloe takes out her phone but there’s no new message from Tate. No missed call. Nothing. Dillon and Luke had gone back to Tate’s house just in case he decided to go there instead. Tidying the place after the Garda search would take a few hours anyway so they were going to get started on that while they waited for news.
‘Where would he go if he wanted to be alone?’
Gregg slumps onto the couch and sighs loudly. ‘The beach, but he’s not there. Up the mountains on his bike but that’s still at his house. Lock himself in his studio but that’s a no too. Realistically he could be fucking anywhere. If he absolutely doesn’t want us to find him all he has to do is keep driving. He’s got the whole of Ireland to hide in.’
‘Does he own any other properties?’
Gregg shakes his head. ‘Nope. Just the house in Blackrock. I checked and the bus we use for touring is still locked up and empty. He’s vanished.’
‘What time is his court case tomorrow?’
‘Ten.’
Chloe knows the answer but asks the question anyway. ‘What happens if he misses it?’
‘They’ll either issue a warrant for his arrest or go ahead without him. Both would probably result in us not seeing him for a while. Best all round we find him before it comes to that.’ He gets up and drags a hand through his blond hair as he paces again. He seems to be doing that quite a bit the last few days.
Bria joins them and flops down beside Chloe. ‘Well that was fun. An hour-long chat with Mum and Dad. They’re freaking out. I think I’ve managed to convince them to stay put until we hear from Tate, but I’m not sure how effective I was.’
‘I presume they haven’t heard from him?’
‘No, they haven’t. Shane tried to call him while they were talking to me, but it went straight to voicemail. I’m really worried, guys. They last time he disappeared he...’
Gregg crouches down in front of her and takes her hands. ‘Hey, he’s not going to do anything stupid, okay. Not after everything he’s done to get better. He’s probably broken down somewhere and his phone is dead. It’ll be something or nothing.’
Bria smiles and nods, but Chloe sees the look on Gregg’s face as he stands up. He doesn’t believe a word of what he just said. ‘I think I need to call in a favour.’
‘What are you going to do?’ Chloe asks.
‘The only thing we know for sure is that he left here in his car. I’ll call one of my old colleagues. He owes me a favour so fingers crossed he can discretely look for his truck. The last thing we want to do is broadcast the fact he’s missing.’
∞
Tate wakes up with a start when he’s slapped on the face. He opens his eyes and groans when he sees Dara crouching down beside the bed. He sits down on the chair and puts the bag of chips on his knee.
‘How are you doing?’
