Dawsey| Above the clouds

18

"You should leave" I say to Alyssa.

She get out from the hug and look at me strangely, as if I've done something wrong. Which I haven't because I'm the one who wanted the contract, but I don't want it anymore so I'm the one who decides if she should leave or not.

"But the contract" she say.

It doesn't matter what she say, I don't want her here.

"Leave, now!" I say loudly.

She glares at me.

"You're making a huge mistake" she say.

Then she lean over toward me and give me a kiss on my cheek, but I push her away before it gets too much.

"Just leave, and don't come back" I say.

Before she even turn around and leave I walk past her and rush through the corridor to find Gabby. Now is the time to tell her what is actually going on and that it never was something.

I check my office, but she's not there. I'm already feeling a bit of a panic attack spreading inside of me. I want to know where she is, it feels better if I know where she is and that she's okay.

"Gabby?" I ask, but I get no answer.

I keep wandering around. I search through the list of places that I have in my mind, and checking off the ones I have already searched. She's not even sitting at the front of a fire truck which she normally do when she's upset or want to be alone.

There's one more thing I can do, and it's to check with Boden, maybe Gabby went to him and said that she went home or something.

I walk to his office, the door is open. He sit behind his desk, wearing his glasses and doing paperwork as usual. Boden has never been a computer guy, he likes to use paper and pen instead.

He look up at me when I knock at the edge of his door. He nod, which means it's okay to come in.

I walk in and stop when I'm at the middle of the room. I don't bother to sit down.

"Have you seen Gabby?" I ask.

He take of his glasses and look concerned at me.

"No, is everything alright?"

"Well, it's going to be" I say "she got angry and walked away, now I can't find her" I continue.

He grab his paperwork and push it aside. It makes me happy because it shows that he cares about the situation and that this is more important than his paperwork. Boden is a great chief.

"Maybe she went out to get some fresh air" he say.

"No, I checked outside" I say worried.

"Have you checked at the dumpster?" He say.

Of course. I never even thought of that place. Maybe it's because I never go there.

I rush out from the office and to the common room, the out through the door that leads to the small outside area where we have a dumpster.

My entire bode freezes when my eyes find Gabby laying lifeless and cold on the ground.

"Help! I need paramedics now!" I scream as I start to sweat.