Missing

Chapter 10

How did he get my number? I was drunk and angry. Temped to hang up right away.

“What do you want?” I spat.

“Like I said, I want to explain myself. Please Maisy.” Cassian pleaded with me.

Him saying my name made me wet right away. My body was betraying me. I waited a while before answering.

“It’s whatever. It is clear you have other priorities. I don’t want to get involved. I might be leaving soon. I have a lot going on and I don’t need this right now.” I cried again.

“Please don’t cry Maisy.” He tried to comfort me. “Work is so demanding. When they need me, I have to take care of issues. Please let me take you to dinner tomorrow night to make it up to you. No interruptions.” Cassian asked.

“I can’t.” I responded coldly.

“Maisy, give me a chance.” Cassian begged.

“No more work interruptions?” I demanded stubbornly.

“Yes, you have my word.” He said firmly.

“If..I have time…I will go out with you.” I maintained my anger.

“Okay Maisy. Again, I am really sorry. I want to redeem myself tomorrow. Please give me that chance.” Cassian sounded so sincere.

I felt bad. “Okay. Goodnight Cassian. I need sleep.” I yawned.

“Goodnight love.” He responded sweetly. I hung up the phone.

Pissed off. That’s how I felt. He better have a f*****g good reason for leaving me basically naked and alone.

I hated him. I hated everyone.

I drifted off to sleep to the comforting smell of Fawn’s bed.

Waking up in the morning was really bad. My head hurt so bad, and I had the worst nausea. I fell back asleep for a few hours and then made myself some coffee. Today I had to get to the police station and report Fawn missing. My stomach churned at the thought. This was actually happening. She was missing. It had been two days and nothing. I cried again because I was so scared for her.

I pulled my phone out and called my work to let them know what was going on. I probably wouldn’t be returning to work until I could figure out what was going on. They were upset so I said f**k it and quit on the spot. I was done with them anyway. I had more pressing things to deal with now. I owed this to Fawn and her parents. I had to take care of her.

Finally, I pulled myself together, got dressed, and headed to the police. I had to take an Uber there and it felt like one of the longest car rides of my life. When I walked in, I was greeted by a pleasant female officer. After I explained what I was there for she led me to another area to talk to another officer.

He seemed uninterested in my recounting of the last two days. I told him that she wouldn’t have up and left because she had nowhere to go. All her things had been left behind. He took little notes and eventually told me that he would file it, but he didn’t think she was missing. He thought she probably had some boyfriend I didn’t know about. She was an adult.

This was not going to be taken seriously I could already tell. I left disappointed, sad, and angry.

My phone rang right as I stepped outside defeated and I froze at the name on the screen. It was my ex, Sean. Ugh of course he would call me after I quit. I should have blocked his number. Reject and block. Sean wasn’t going to waste my time anymore. Now that I did not have a job, I would have to accept the one here. There would be so much to do. All my personal belongings were still in my apartment in Chicago. I could call my mom. She might be able to help pack my stuff and ship it here.

I would have to tell her what’s going on with Fawn and that I quit my job. My life was literally changing way to fast. Breathing in and out slowly I got an Uber back to my hotel room.

Arriving at the hotel I packed my stuff quickly and planned to check out. I was going to stay at Fawn’s until further notice. That way I could try to look around her house and stay on the police’s ass about her case.

Her case. The words were missing person were running through my mind so fast. I needed to relax. At this point I did not know what to do or where to start.

Vive! f**k! I forgot to tell the cop about her snap location. Why was I so dumb to forget that? He could go there and question the people there. Maybe I should really do that instead of partying.

After an hour of packing and crying a little in between I made it to Fawn’s house in a tired state. My phone chimed nearly scaring the s**t out of me.

“Maisy what time do you want to me for dinner?” Cassian texted.

I collapsed on the couch ignoring the message. I was f*****g tired and done with everyone. I fell asleep on her couch exhausted. I woke up groggily to my phone ringing incessantly.

“What?” I didn’t bother to look at the caller ID.

“It’s Cassian. I wanted to make sure you were alright. It started getting late.” He explained.

“I fell asleep. What time is it?” My head was still hurting.

“It’s almost eleven.” He stated.

“I have a meeting tomorrow.” I grumbled.

“What about lunch then?” Cassian said.