Erin opened the door to the apartment, she put her keys down on the front table and slowly walked into the living room. to her surprise the room was empty and the house was silent.
Erin: Jay, Babe I"m home.
Erin was surprised when Jay didn't answer her. she was even more surprised when after searching the whole apartment Jay wasn't home.
They had been dating for 2 years now ad Erin thought they knew each other inside out.. But this was so unlike Jay. Jay had moved in with her about a year ago and things had been great between them, at least she thought they were. Erin was confused though, Jay always stuck to his schedule down to the last second, and he was supposed to be home now.
Today was one of his workout days. Three days a week Jay would wake up at 4:30 and head to the gym at 5 before meeting Erin at the precinct. Usually when they went separately in the mornings she would follow him home in the evenings. Today however she had work to finish and had decided to stay an hour late. Jay had still gone home at their regular time. She was expecting him to be here when she got home.
Erin picked up her phone and called Jay. Jay sent the call directly to voicemail and Erin began to panic. It didn't last all that long for a minute later Erin's phone rang signaling a text message, Erin looked at her phone and saw it was from Jay.
Text: Babe, I'm sorry for not being there when you came home I had to run an errand and it is taking longer than expected.
Erin sent a text back to Jay.
Text: When will you be home?
Jay responded
Text: I'm not sure, i thought this would take five minutes but it seems to be taking much longer. I hope to be out of here soon.
Erin: Are we still on for tonight?
Jay: Of course babe, I wouldn't miss it for the world. If I am not home by 6:45 than go yourself and I'll meet you there
Erin: Okay.
Erin smiled to herself, so nothing happened to him he was just busy, at least he still remembered Tuesday was their weekly date night.
There was no way in hell that Jay would ever miss date night. Long ago when they had just started dating they had made up that no matter what happened at work every Tuesday night was set aside for the two of them. And today was no different.
Jay finished talking to the sales lady, thanked her for her help and walked out of the store. Not wanting anyone to know where he was going Jay had parked 5 blocks away from the store. The walk to his car felt forever as he knew he was late for their dinner date. Jay quickly put his keys in the ignition and saw that the clock on the dashboard said it was 8:30. Jay had no idea how so much time had passed but he knew that he was screwed.
Having not wanted anyone to be able to ping his phone past his car Jay had placed his phone in the glove compartment and knew he was in deep trouble when he saw 12 missed calls, 8 new voicemails and 12 missed texts from Erin. Jay hesitated and then started to read the texts and listen to the messages.
Missed phone call from Erin at 6:43
Text #1: 6:45 - leaving now see you there.
Text #2: 6:57 - Here
Text #3: 7:00 - Inside
Text #4: 7:02 - I'm sitting down at the table in the back corner.
Missed phone call from Erin at 7:09
Text #5: 7:10 - You coming?
Missed phone call from Erin at 7:15
Voicemail #1: Hey it's me where are you?
