Let me in. (Robert Downey Jr Fanfic) Complete

41. Suspicion

*Roberts' POV*

I can't eat. I can't sleep. Every second of the past three days I've been worrying about Emilia. Please God let her be alright. Please I beg you! Let her walk into the front door without a single scratch on her. Please let me see her so that I can hold her in my arms, so that I can look into her beautiful eyes, so that I can kiss her soft lips. I don't know what to do! I miss her so fucking much and I worry about her so much that my heart is physically hurting. What will I do without her! She's the reason to my happiness. The reason why I smile. The reason why I get up every morning so I can see her and be with her. Oh God what am I going to do without her. Why does this happen every time?! Why does she slip away from me every time I get her back? Why can't I hold on to her? Make her stay with me. Please why won't you let me love you and take care of you every single day? Why do you always leave me, Emilia?! I can't bear the pain anymore. Please I need you!

"Robbie?" A voice snapped me out of my daze.

"Go away Sophie!" I want to be alone. I don't feel like talking and I don't want anyone to see me in the state I'm in right now.

"I won't!"

"Please Sophie... I don't want you to see me like this..." I whispered with a shaking voice.

"I don't care if you're crying Robert! There's no shame in showing that you're hurt and worried. For God's sake! Man up! I miss her too! I worry about her too! Just like you, I can't sleep, I can't eat. I'm going fucking crazy you asshole!! She's my sister! The only family I have left! I don't want to lose her! I want her to hold me, call be Soph, kiss me on the cheek every morning and evening! I want so see her smile and I want to wipe away her tears because I care about her! So get up your fucking pitiful ass and help me bring her back to us!!"

I looked up at Sophie in shock. I've never seen her like this. So angry, determined, courageous and so strong. She's right, she's right about me. I'm being pitiful and pathetic.

I took a deep breath and wiped away my tears. I stood up from the edge of Emilia's bed and walked over to Sophie. I grabbed her arm and pulled her against me, holding her like I never have before.

"You're right. I'm sorry Sophie." I slowly let her go. She smiled a small sincere but sad smile.

"Let's go talk to Dwayne maybe he found something on her." I suggested. I started walking towards the door when I noticed that Sophie wasn't following me. She was still standing where I left her after I hugged her. She seemed frozen. I walked back and faced her. Her eyes were wide open and she had a shocked look on her face, like she just discovered something.

"Sophie what's wrong?" I asked her confused. She didn't respond. She just furrowed her eyebrows and looked like she was deep in her thoughts.

"Sophie? Are you ok?" I asked again. She slowly moved her head looking up at me.

"I-I..." She started but seemed to be in such a shock that all the words in the world had left her.

"You what Soph? Take your time." I reassured her.

"I think I know..." She whispered.

"Know what?" I asked still confused. She was silent for a minute, just staring in my eyes but it didn't really look like she was staring at me. She looked like she was just staring at a random point in the room. She finally opened her mouth and what she said then made my mind go crazy.

"Where Emilia is."  She whispered again.

Right then and there something snapped inside of me. My eyes nearly popped out of my head. I grabbed Sophie by the shoulders and started shaking her. I raised my voice. I was desperate and incredibly impatient to get the information out of her. I felt like I was going crazy. Every passing second that she kept quiet was only making my blood boil harder, my muscles tensing more and my heart beating faster.

"Tell me now! What do you know Sophie?! Where the fuck is she?!" I yelled at her. I couldn't contain my cool anymore.

"Robert, please calm down! Give me a chance to explain. I'm not even sure if I'm right! I just think it's a possibility." She pushed me away from her. That's when I realized that I was acting like a complete lunatic. I sat back down on the edge of the bed trying to control my breathing and trying to calm down from my outburst. After a moment I looked up at Sophie and nodded. She nodded sternly back and started explaining what she was thinking.

"Ok so, I know that you're not going to like what I'm about to say but I suspect that Emilia might be with Veronica right now."

I closed my eyes and nodded. "I was thinking the same thing. Emilia just wandered alone on the streets and I'm sure that Veronica had someone keeping watch on her. She must've taken advantage of that. If she didn't, she would've missed a once in a lifetime opportunity to get her filthy hands on her."

"Mhm. Anyway, I started to think about places where Veronica might be staying but I couldn't think of any. Then I reminded myself of her disgusting and rotten nature and that I'm sure that she wants Emilia to feel like she's in hell or even worse."

She paused for a moment to check if I was following what she was trying to say. I nodded to tell her to go on.

"So, can you think of a place that would surely feel like torture for Emilia just by looking at it?" She asked knowingly.

I furrowed my eyebrows trying to think. A place that would feel like torture just by looking at it...

Then it hit me like the hardest bitch-slap I've ever felt across my face.  I jumped up from the bed feeling like a complete idiot that I didn't figure this out sooner.

"Of course! Her old house!" I yelled. Sophie let out a smirk and nodded.

"What the hell are we waiting for? It's definitely worth a try!" I yelled running down the hallway with Sophie following close behind me.

"DWAYNE!" I yelled running into the living room.

"Right here sir! What's wrong?"

"We think we might know where Emilia is! Get the car!"

"Right away!" He said sternly and ran off. I turned around when I realized something.

"Sophie?"

"Yes?"

"Where is her old house?" I think I'm turning dumber and dumber by the minute.

"She used to live in Boston."

"What?! That's back across the freaking country! They couldn't have made it there. If they travelled all the way then Veronica must've been spotted by the airport or something."

"You're forgetting that she was able to travel from New York to here in California without being spotted remember?"

I face palmed myself. I'm definitely getting dumber by the minute. We walked out of the front door and got inside the car. I told Dwayne to drive us to the private airport so we could use my private jet. I called my personal pilot to get the plane ready in half an hour to take off for Boston. I'm taking Sophie along with me for obvious reasons and Dwayne because I trust him with my life and I'm sure that I can use all the help I can get when I'm going to confront Veronica. I just hope that Sophie's suspicions are right and that Veronica is holding Emilia in her childhood home. It's not like it will be a total waste if they aren't there after all. We didn't had any other lead to go on. So there's no reason to not check it out. I know I shouldn't in case we won't find them there but I'm putting all my hopes and faith in this. I hope that when we'll find her, we can put an end to all of this and finally move on with our lives. So we can leave this all behind and never ever have to look back again. I just want to live the rest of my life with Emilia right next to me and with Sophie. I want us to be a family together. A real family.