restless_heart_syndrome_

Chapter 62

Brian: When we found out that Billie was gone, we panicked.We knew immediately what we had to do.Without saying a word, we both quickly made our way to Adie. When we arrived, it was 10:15 pm. "We have to find him," Mike said while panting. We ran all the way down to waste no time and were totally exhausted. "Should we go in?" I asked confused while Mike noticed someone was coming out of the garden. I followed his gaze and saw him... his head was bowed while he held himself with both hands on his legs. "Billie? Billie!!" Mike shouted worriedly and immediately ran to him. Mike: "Buddy... are you okay?" Billie's eyes were flushed. He struggled and tried to hide his tears. *The conversation with Adie didn't go well as it seems...* I thought worried. I wanted to be there for him but didn't know how. I still felt guilty... it was our fault that he had to suffer now. Brian stood there like a stone. He didn't know how to react either. Billie was a kind-hearted person. To see him suffer was agonizing... I carefully tried to hug him. He tore himself away in annoyance and marched to the street. "Where are you going?" "Home, we're going home..." he shouted annoyed and almost ran down the path. Brian and I looked at each other, confused, and followed him. "We'd better stay with him ..." Brian said and I nodded in agreement. Billie was so angry, sad, aggressive... he had no control over his emotions. He cursed loudly all the way to the hotel. Again, and again he kicked trees or stones and hurt himself. Every second angry shout was against Charlie. We took care that he arrived safely. When we were at the hotel, he packed and wanted to go straight to the airport. *Should I talk to him? Or should we just go home?* It was difficult to say what was right or wrong. Brian tried carefully to calm Billie down a few times, but he was like a hand grenade... So we packed our things and drove to the airport. He was the same all the way as before. He kicked everything, grumbled at people for no reason who just came towards him, and kept crying. It was a big struggle to get Billie on the plane. He was so bitter that he was rude to everyone. In the end, we took the direct flight back home...