The Mirror Has Many Faces

Chapter 12

Ben woke up Thursday still lying on his couch. He had slept so long he missed his flight to Seattle.

He started scrambling to book another flight as soon as possible. When he was able to get the last flight out of LA he called Miranda again and of course she did not answer.

He has to try something else.  He thought to himself.  He decided to called Callie.

"Hello Callie"

"Yeah, who's this?"

"Callie it's Ben. Where's Miranda?"

"Uh I'm not at liberty to say."

"Callie come on I have been trying months.  She won't take my calls."

"Well, I would not either the way you left her"

"I DID NOT LEAVE HER SHE LEFT ME

"Uh I would suggest you tone that down sir!"

"Damn it, Callie, just tell me where she is?"

"She's with someone who not afraid to sex her."

"What?"

"Yeah, you should know she's with Tucker now."

Ben was speechless he could not believe that she would go back to a man that hurt so much

"Yeah, there out on a date right now."

"Callie no she can't...What the hell."

"Well, what are you going to do about Ben?"

Ben was desperate he had to get to Miranda.

"I'm coming home. I....I have to go."

Callie smiled on the other end of the phone. She knew by his voice he was not going to let Miranda get back with that asshole.  Ben packed a suitcase and made his way to the airport.

Meanwhile Miranda made it home from Tucker's. She went straight to her bedroom to take a shower to get his touch off of her body. She could not believe she even thought about having that man touch her.   Especially after what Ben did to her all those months ago.  She doesn't believe any man can ever make her feel that way again.

Miranda put on a short all lace night gown and got in bed watching tv and eventually fell asleep.

When Ben got to the airport in Seattle, it was one o'clock in the morning. He hailed a cab to take him straight to the house. When the car pulled up, Ben could not get out quick enough. He paid and jumped out with his bag.  He ran to the door dropped his bag and started banging on the door yelling,

"MIRANDA! MIRANDA! MIRANDA! MIRANDA!"

He was so loud he started waking up neighbors and dogs.  The lights around the neighborhood started to come on with people trying to figure out what the noise was all about.

"MIRANDA! MIRANDA!"

The neighborhood patrol person was in his car canvasing the street, when he saw Ben at what he knew to be the Bailey residence.

"MIRANDA! MIRANDA!"

Neighbors were yelling out their windows for to him to shut up

The patrol person pulled up to the house and got out to approach Ben.

"MIRANADA! MIRANDA!"

Miranda woke to all the yelling and banging on the door. She knew that voice and smiled as she grabbed a robe and put it on. She got to the door and opened it to see her neighborhood watch guy tussling with Ben.