Her Lost Soul 2

Chapter 11

Once breakfast has been eaten we decide to leave. It's 10 am as Tyler said we would leave. I grab my bag and we leave the apartment and make our way to Riley's. Tyler knocks on the door and I lean against the wall. After waiting a while Tyler knocks again. He looks at me confused. I pull out my key and present it to him. He unlocks the door and walks in, "Lee?" he calls out.
I follow in after him and it seems oddly quiet and empty. I scan the room as he searches the apartment. I walk to the kitchen and there is a note on the counter. I pick it up to read it.
Don't freak out, I'm fine.
I'll make my own way to Blowing Rock.
At least I'm going, you should be happy.
I love you both. X
The fuck! Why the hell would she make her own way there? Why would she do this to me with James on the loose? "Bro!" I yell. Don't freak out? Well, she obviously knows I'm going to freak out if she wrote it. Happy? She's making her own way there when we are going that way anyway. I'm going to fucking kill her myself.
Tyler comes towards me and I pass him the letter. He scans it and he frowns. "Is she stupid or what? He could kidnap her."
"I know," I growl.
He pulls his phone out, "I'll call her," he puts his phone to his ear. I watch as time passes. "She rejected the call!"
Fuck sake, I call her too and she rejects my call. What if it's him rejecting the call. Christ! She's so stressful.
ME- Answer me! How could you be so stupid!

"I've texted her," Tyler says. Yeah, me too, I sigh.

ME- Riley! Please, answer!
My phone rings and my anxiety is replaced with rage. "Riley!" I growl and Tyler frowns at me. I use her full name because she's pissed me off. I should never have left her this morning.
"I told you. . . I'm fine!" she sounds as though she's in a lot of pain but she sounds her usual strong self. She doesn't seem scared.
"Why are you going on you're own? James could find you?"
"You left. . .me. I need. . . to do this." All this because I left her? Man, I need to stop leaving her. She withdrew from me last time I left her and I discovered later she would have let me in if I had stayed. I'm such an idiot.
"So you risk your life because of last night? Hell! I was drunk Ri, I woke up and had a clear head. We should never have done that. You provoked me," she seduced me and she's blaming me.
"I have. . .to go, I'll meet you. . . at home," she says and hangs up. Fuck sake! I call her back but no answer. God sake.
"What?" Tyler says.
"So, your sister decided to leave on her own because I left her this morning. Gah, I left to please you and she fucking does this."
"She's okay though?"
"I guess so, she sounded okay," I confirm. He nods and we leave her apartment. We walk down to his car.
"Can I leave the car seat here? It's taking room up in the boot."
"No, leave it, we may see her over the Christmas period." He nods and we pile the bags in around the car seat in the boot. "Riley will never cope without seeing my sister for two weeks. Anyone would think she loves her more than me."
"Don't know why, she has attitude."
"Bro, stop being mean about my sister." We get in the car and he pulls away.
ME- Ri, let me know you're okay. X
"Well, she has, I don't know what you want me to say," I roll my eyes.
"She's got some issues for sure but she doesn't mean it, you just aren't good with kids." He snorts.
"Hey, kids are weird. Like a whole different species."
"Do you want kids?"
"Fuck no," he cringes.
"What if Ruby said she was pregnant with your kid?"
"We haven't had sex so I'd call her a liar," I roll my eyes.
"You know what I mean."
"We haven't been together long. We hardly know each other," he shrugs.
"But if she was," I insist.
"Then I guess I would support her," he shrugs. Ha, he's hilarious. He really does like this girl.
ME- Riley. Fuck sake! Reply to me. X
As the minute's tick by still nothing from Riley. I call her again but nothing. "Let me use your phone," I demand and he reaches in his back pocket for it and passes it to me. "Pin?" I ask.
"0000," I roll my eyes. How original. I text Riley from Tyler's phone.
TYLER- Why do you have to be like this?