"Ms. Wallace there is a call for you on your private line." My assistant said handing me my personal cellphone. I groaned and took the phone from her.
"Hello?" I questioned as I took a step away from my computer.
"How is my favorite author?!" I heard my over excited Publisher Malcolm ask.
"Why are you calling my private line? You got me a work phone for this reason." I said annoyed.
"Charlotte, you don't answer your work phone either..." Malcolm said.
"Because a pushy publisher of mine is wanting a second book and I'm highly busy." I said annoyed. I went to look out my big window in my apartment overlooking Central Park in New York. I saw all the leaves changing colors and smiled knowing my favorite season, autumn was arriving. "Autumn is the best time of the year." I mumbled.
"So, write about autumn." Malcolm said. I shook my head even forgetting I was on the phone.
"Malcolm just let me get off the phone." I said.
"How far are you into the next book?" He asked.
"I have a few ideas I'm throwing around in my head. Once I pick one you will be the first to know." I said and I heard a heavy sigh.
"You have a week to pick one Charlotte." Malcolm said and hung up. I walked to my assistant and handed her my phone.
"No calls from anyone. I have a week to pick a topic." I said and she smiled with a nod. I loved working from my loft apartment. It gave me time to think. I walked back to my computer at my desk and just stared at the blank screen. After about 30 minutes I still had nothing. I was about to start typing when my assistant walked back in.
"Charlotte..." she said and I looked up at her.
"Yeah?" I questioned.
"There is another call for you..." she said sounding so small.
"I didn't want any call interruptions." I said.
"She said she is your Aunt Pepper." My assistant said and I just looked at her slightly shocked.
"Um...okay yeah, I'll take it." I said grabbing my phone from her.
"Aunt Pepper?" I questioned holding the phone up to my ear.
"Charlotte, you are one hard girl to get ahold of." Aunt Pepper said and I sighed.
"I told dad and Oliver I had a new number, did neither of them not give it to you?" I questioned.
"Not until just now. Listen, I'm going to cut to the point. You need to come home Charlotte." Aunt Pepper said. The words she said sent a shiver down my spine.
"What? Why?" I questioned. I heard her sigh and then the phone got shuffled around.
"Listen, I know you got your high and mighty life going on right now in New York, but things are happening here and you need to get home." I heard a male voice said and I placed it instantly as my older brother Oliver.
"Oliver, I am in the middle of work I can't just stop and...-" I started to say.
"Charlotte mom is dying!" Oliver semi yelled into the phone. His words hit me like a brick wall, and I instantly felt the wind get knocked out of me.
"I just talked to her 4 days ago, she was fine." I said shocked.
"It's cancer, she has had it for months. She wanted to tell you in person, but you refuse to come home." Oliver said. I didn't want to have this fight with him, not now.
"Okay listen, I have some calls to make, pack and I will be in the road. It will take me about 3 hours to get there. Where should I go?" I questioned.
"The house." Oliver said.
"Okay see you soon." I said and hung up. I rushed into my bedroom, my assistant, Monica, followed.
"Charlotte, is everything okay?" She asked as I started packing clothes.
"I have to go home to Boston for a family emergency." I said.
"What about writing?" Monica asked. I didn't get mad at her because she was doing what I paid her to do and keeping me on schedule. I just started throwing all my fall clothes into my suitcase.
"Listen, I will take my computer and my work phone as well but I have to get to Boston." I said and zipped up a suitcase and started on a smaller bag.
"Can you go get my computer and place it in the carrying case please. Don't forget the charger." I said as I finished my bags. I was placing them by the door when Monica came walking in with my computer bag.
"Would you hate house sitting for me?" I questioned and she shook her head.
"Not at all. Do you need me to do anything else?" Monica asked.
"I just need my work phone." I said.
"It's in your computer bag. What about Malcolm?" Monica asked and I groaned.
"I'll call him on my way. Thanks for staying." I said and grabbed all my bag, my keys and rushed out the door. I got to my car and loaded it up. Before I pulled out of my buildings parking deck I called Malcolm.
"Wow that was quick, you writing?" Malcolm asked and I sighed.
"Listen I don't have time for details right now but due to a family emergency I have to go home to Boston." I said and I heard Malcolm sigh.
"Can't it wait until you finish the next book?" Malcolm asked.
"The book I haven't even started? No, it can't. I'm taking my work with me so I will see what I can do. But I won't be able to be reached for a couple of days. Monica is house sitting for me so if you need anything from there call her." I said and hung up. I quickly pulled out of the parking deck and headed towards my hometown.
YOU ARE READING
Home Again ⭐️
Fanfiction*~COMPLETE~* Charlotte hasn't been home in 12 years since leaving when she was 18. She left everyone behind including friends, family and her high school sweetheart Steve Rogers. Now after being gone for 12 years Charlotte gets a call from her Aunt...
