Missing

chapter thirty nine

Home to you

Luke's point of view

After I finished packing the last of my things and placing them in the back of my truck, I thanked Mr. Jenkins for everything he did for me and Pandora.

Mr. Jenkins: anytime you need a job, you will always have one here Luke. Take care of yourself and your family.

Luke: I appreciate you letting me work here and if it doesn't work out in the city I will return if I need a job.

Mr. Jenkins: I will definitely give you a call if these new guys need someone to teach them a thing or two about how I do things around here.

Luke: sounds good to me, I hate rushing off but it's long drive to New York from here.

Mr. Jenkins: take care of yourself Luke and drive safe.

Luke: take care of yourself Uncle Alex.

I placed the last of my things into my truck before I begun driving towards New York so I could be with her. I made sure to watch my spending just in case Pandora need things for the baby or herself. I pulled up to a hotel after arriving to Iowa so I could check in with her and get some sleep for the night. I wasn't going to let her know that I was on my way to where she was because I wanted to surprise her.

Pandora: hey baby, I was just about to call you.

Luke: I guess I called at the right time, is there something going on?

Pandora: nothing is wrong, I was just wondering if Mr. Jenkins found a replacement for you yet...

Luke: he hasn't yet but there has been a few who tried keeping up but they tried.

Pandora: where are you at? The background looks different from what I remember seeing.

Luke: there's a horse auction that is in South Dakota, I'm at a hotel for the night since the event starts tomorrow.

Pandora: so Mr. Jenkins is selling some of his horses?

Luke: he's selling ten to twelve of them.

Pandora: how long will you be there.

Luke: at least two day but that could change depending on the weather but as of right now we will be here for two days

Pandora: have you gotten your house in Tennessee sold yet?

Luke: yeah, I have a card that I got from the bank that has the money on it.

Pandora: when will you be headed this way?

Luke: I will head that way as soon as I can I promise.

Pandora: okay, just stay safe out there baby.

Luke: I will.

As we continued talking, I noticed that she looked tired.

Luke: I won't keep you long since you are tired.

Pandora: our son tired me out today and it's already 11:30 at night here.

Luke: get some rest baby.

I watched as she placed her head on her hand while she fought to keep her eyes open. I heard her soft snores before I ended the call and decided to get some rest as well so I wouldn't fall asleep while driving to her apartment.

After I heard my alarm going off, I decided to turn in the room key after putting what was mine back into the truck. I knew that I had at least another twelve hours or so before I arrived to city.

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I had arrived to Ohio and got another hotel room for the night, I decided not to call her just in case she was busy working or chasing after Riley. I got a quick shower and decided to get some sleep.