25
RHETT
A day away from the house and the whirlwind of erratic behavior sounded like what I needed, but with every passing hour buried under work at the office, I found myself restless…
To return home.
Unease kept me from focusing on details, but I managed to ignore the strangeness inside me and stayed through the regular hour when Ash and I usually headed back to the house.
He hadn’t come into the office, taking a personal day to spend with Skylar, helping her find a job.
I hadn’t said anything, but I wasn’t fooled into thinking she would be out on her own, leaving my safe place in peaceful silence anytime soon. According to Ash, Skylar had no money for a deposit or first month’s rent. She didn’t have a car to get her to and from work. The cell phone she had belonged to her sister,
