Mysterious

Chapter 44

Arissa kissed Bruno, who was still asleep in their bed, as she ran out the door for a shoot. She left a note under his blackberry that was sitting on his side of the bed.

I will be in San Bernadino all day and night for work.

Love you, Riss

**

Arissa jumped in the car, put on her ipod getting ready for the lengthy drive to the shoot she was assisting with.

"Suckers..my traffic is better than yours..." she said to herself as she sat in the slow traffic heading south of their home. Everyone else was coming into town as she was leaving.

The hour and a half trip started to get boring as she reached the mountainous area of the city. Oh my god. What if there's an earthquake? She thought remembering that a co-worker had mentioned that the site was right near the fault line. She had feared about earthquakes and fires, but figured that if she could handle the flooding on her house when she was high school she could handle an earthquake. But there was a little one a few days ago...what if that was the pre shock? Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. She grabbed her phone to call her sister.

"What if there's an earthquake?" she asked her sister after the caught up briefly.

"Sissy, quit being stupid. They happen every two hundred years..."

"You're right. I just overreact."

"Yeah ya do. Just stop worrying about non-existent problems. You should really be worrying about...nothing." she told her sister.

"I guess you're right. Thank you, sister."

"You're welcome. Have a great day."

**

Arissa was only a few minutes away from the heart of Los Angeles when she heard her phone buzz.

"Hey there, sexy." she responded to Bruno.

"Baby doll. I miss you." he told her.

"Bruno, I was gone for a day. Calm down. I'm almost home I'll be there in like 20 minutes."

"Come to the studio...I won't be home until late. And we ordered Thai. I got you that spicy chili stuff."

"Spicy chili stuff? How fast can I get there?" she asked him changing lanes slowly to exit 405 instead of staying on the street she was on.

"Get here fast, Brody might eat it before you get here." he told her.

"I'll get there soon. Don't let him eat my stuff." she laughed.

"I love you." he told her.

"I love you, too. I'll see you soon." she clicked the phone feeling a weird noise and sudden shake as she threw her phone down. The shaking got louder and more frequent. She reached over to her phone as she saw all the cars she was driving with make a mad dash to a flat surface. Oh my god. She thought. She started shaking as she stopped the car to get out as fast as possible. The door opened. She felt herself being pushed against the guard rail being pushed by the car. She clutched her phone tightly to make sure she could call someone quickly. She screamed loudly as the front bumper of her brand new Audi pinned her whole body onto the ground.

**

"Holy shit, that was big" Phil said after they felt the earth move.

"I think that's the biggest one I've felt ever..." Ari told them.

"Is everyone okay?" Bruno asked coming back into the room after getting off the phone with Arissa.

"Yeah, dude. I don't think anything was hurt. Is the food still there?" Brody asked.

"Oh...yeah. Oh shit. It fell..." Bruno laughed at the mess. "We probably should clean that up. It'll stain." He grabbed some paper towels and moved the sytrafoam boxes into the big trash can. No, no, no, no, no! Arissa was driving! Shit. Shit, shit.

"Wasn't Arissa driving just now?" Phil asked him.

Bruno's face went whiteas Phil finished his sentence. He stood up not saying anything, just walking out of the room back to where he was on the phone with her just a few minutes ago.

"Bro...call her. She's probably fine. Freaked out, but okay..." Phil sat down next to him.

He picked up his phone with his hand shaking pressing the green dial button. The phone rang several times and then it disconnected. He dialed several more times, the same thing happened. "The lines are jammed. I can't get to her. I can't get to her! Where is she? I have to go find her. I have to find her!" he repeated the statement several times shaking even more. "Why didn't she answer? Where is she? Oh my god. I have to find her...I have to find her..." he started to walk out the door. Phil grabbed him hugging him tightly.

"We'll get her, Brunz. We'll find her."

"I have to find her!" he screamed.