Forever and Always

Part 8

It's Thursday, 11am, and Aiden isn't here yet. I am not okay with this.
I called him. I had to. Since I went to his house yesterday, I have this itchy feeling.
-Hello?
-Hello Taylor. I'm Jason. Aiden's a bit busy now, but I'll tell him you called.

He hung up. What was that? No, Aiden is not okay.

I picked up my stuff and went to Mr. Brown's office. I knocked gently then opened the door. I'm really in a hurry.
"Mr. Brown? Can I leave work early today. I have an appointment with the doctor."
"Sure Miss Taylor. I hope you get well soon!"
"Thank you Mr. Brown", I smiled.
I did everything as fast as I can and went to Aiden's house. I knocked several times, but no one answered. Maybe he is at the hospital with his mom!

I jumped in the car quickly and drove as fast as I can to the address he gave me last time.
I pushed the door to the oncology building and went to ask for his mother's name.
"Excuse me, is there any room reserved by the name 'Mrs. Robinson'?"
"I'm sorry there aren't any rooms reserved by that name. If you want we can do it now?", the receptionist smiled.
"No thank you", I smiled back.

How is that possible? He said the room would be reserved by that name, and no one is at home.

I called him again, but no one answered. I give up. Maybe he is trying to ignore me again. I'll go back to work.

I drove back to Diamond Place. What if something was wrong with him? No, I shook my head to clear my thoughts. He's fine Taylor, stop worrying about him.

~Harry is calling~
-Yo
-Hi
-What's wrong?
-Nothing, I'm okay..
-No, you're not, what's going on? Did Aiden bother you?
-No, it's fine, I'm just tired. I have a lot of work to do. Do you need anything?
-Yeah I wanted you to bring tacos with you home. I didn't have tacos since ages.
-Alright, bye!

I hung up. Really? Tacos?
I wanted to tell someone how I feel. I am not okay at all. I decided to talk to Rosie for some company.
-Something is wrong with Aiden. I know it and I can feel it.
-Did you ask him?
-What do You think Rosie? Of course I tried. I called him, I went to his house, I even went to check in the hospital, maybe it was his mom. But no one reserved a room with the name he gave me. What shall I do?
-I know his cousin, Bailey. She used to go to college with me. Maybe she knows where he might be.
-Ask her!
-Fine, I'll call you when I ask her.
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~Rosie is calling~
-What?!
-She said she wants to meet us urgently. That's weird.
-When and where?
-I'll pick you up from work at 3pm.
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I didn't have too much work for today. I was waiting for the clock to hit 3:00. Why would she want to meet us? Was it so hard to say I don't know?

I watched the clock as it ticked slowly for every second. Finally!
I picked up my stuff and left. I found Rosie waiting in the parking lot. I jumped in.

We went to a place, that I've never seen before. Probably a restaurant. We pushed the door as Rosie searched the place for Bailey. A girl waved at us. That's probably her.

"So Bailey, why did we have to meet to talk about this?", I asked.
"Aiden ran away from home since he was in senior year. No one ever saw him again. We all tried to search for him but no one found him."
Rosie and I looked at each other. "He lives with his mom now. Although she has stage 3 cancer", I explained to Bailey.
She put her hands over her mouth and gasps.
"Aiden's mom passed away 2 years ago.."