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Kailani's pov.
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I honestly don't know what to make of our current situation, but I do know that I have to hold Ryan all night and reassure him. I've been in this situation a four times now and I'm not saying it gets easier to accept, but I know how to react now. I don't scream, argue or fight cause I've learned you get nothing until you've calm down and listen

"Did Ross give a reason as to why he doesn't want to update you yet?" I asked still holding Ryan's hand

"No, he told me he could see her and that she's been taken by gang members. That's all he told me, I've been asking for hours now but he stopped responding, I think he muted me" Mike said with her eyes locked on the screen

"Where's the other guy?" Ryan asked and now that he mentioned it, I haven't seen that idiot since we got here but Mike didn't respond.

I know he didn't go with Mara but he is always here and the only who freaks out the most when this happens to my wife. With all my experience in helping them with certain cases, I've come up with three solutions, but only one stuck out the most

"Did he betray her?" I asked and was met with silence yet again which made me sigh

"To gain what?" Ryan asked making me look at him but he just looked pissed which made me chuckle and kiss his hand
"What you laughing at?"

"Nothing love" I said with a smile that made him smile

"We need to find her" he said making me hum and wrap my arm around him

"Her skull is way to thick for her to willingly listen to anyone who tells her what to do, so she'll be home soon, I know she will" I said but I think I was trying to convince myself that.

We got chased out the house by Mike claiming that we made her house feel smaller and she needed thinking room. The drive back to our place was a quiet one, for obvious reasons, but I didn't know what to say to make him relax. I was afraid of saying what I think he wants to hear and having him blow up, but not saying anything only makes him overthink more than he already is. We got back to our place and we sat in the car for a while, nothing being said between us, just complete silence.

"I'm sorry" Ryan said making me look at him
"I feel like there's nothing I can do to help Mike track her somehow and I'm so stuck in my own head that I forgot to consider how you felt, baby I'm sorry"

"You have nothing to be so-"

"Don't even finish that sentence, I even embarrassed you infront of your friend and I may as well have accused her of being a sellout just because I cou-"

"You did nothing wrong" I said holding his face by his chin ensuring we have eye contact
"I reacted the same way the first time she didn't come home, then punched Benjamin the next time Mara and Mike didn't come home. Your reaction is perfectly normal, she's ours and you have every right to be worried about the person you love"

"Love? Who said I love you two idiots?" he asked with a smirk making me blush and I know his smirk means he's playing around but I couldn't help the doubt that crept into the back of my mind

"Oh, shut up" I said letting go of his chin but I was pulled toward him before I felt his lips on my own. My eyes closed on their own accord and I could help but kiss him back