I Swear He's Different

Thursday

  I walked inside with Sadie and just fell down on the couch with her, I could tell she was upset.  She just could not stop sniffling.  We just sat for about half an hour sitting there with each other.  I told her I would make us up something to eat and get her some blankets pillows and we would have a movie night. 

  I made her favorite; tacos.  Yes, just plain old tacos, but in place of lettuce we used cabbage.  I told her about that trick because one of the restaurants my mom took me and my brother to in New Jersey used cabbage.  I sat a big plate of about 10 of them for us to split in front of us on the coffee table.  We ate and had a good night, we watched 4 movies and then 3am rolled around. 

  We both wound up falling asleep on the couch, it felt like just when I would sleepover at my cousins and we'd fall asleep on their bunk beds, yes all 3 of us.  Two of us would sit on the one watching whatever and the other one didn't want to sit on the top bunk alone; so we all squished in one.  

  I woke up the next day and Sadie wasn't on the couch next to me.  She wasn't in the shower and   or outback.  I waited around for about an hour for her, panicked, calling her, texting her and still no answer.  I rushed over to Anthony's thinking he had a clue, but he didn't.  He offered to help look for her but I said it was okay.  I went all over the damn town looking for her and couldn't find her.  The park, the school, the mall, nowhere.   I went to the bar and look who I see sitting there.

  I run up to her and say, "Where the hell have you been?"

  A little groggy she says, "Out."

"Really, thats all you have to say, I've been out of my mind looking for you!"

  "Sorry." She said when I could tell she didn't mean it.

  I get her back in the car and the whole drive is silent.  When we pull up to my house I help her out of the car and back at square one, on the couch.  I tried talking to her but it was obvious she didn't want to talk and I didn't want to sit there like a lost pup begging for her attention.  

  "When you ready to talk to me and tell me whats wrong, call me.  You can stay here as long as you like, but I'm not going to sit here and beg for your attention; I'll be 'OUT.'"  I turned and closed the door and decided to go the this WaWa around the corner.  As I'm walking out I bump into Anthony who doesn't even acknowledge the fact he just shoulder charged into me.  I figure he's just got a bug up his ass for whatever reason and get in my car, waiting for him to come out to say anything to me.  He sees me but he doesn't say anything he just very lightly grins at me and pulls away.  I sit and eat what I bought because I wanted to give him time to get home, cause it was obvious I was going to ask him what was up.

  When I'm done I drive over to his place.  Another car is in the driveway next to his car so I pull up by the curb.  I stand at the front door and hear yelling, coming from him and another man, much older.  I didn't want to barge in because it wasn't my place to.  I waited in my car until one of them came out.  I see the door open followed by a much larger man probably 6'4 and then I see Anthony slam the door.  I waited a little until the man had left to go and knock on the door.  I knocked.  A few seconds later Anthony opens the door and lets out a really loud 'what do you want now asshole'.  

  "Nothing now I guess." Being a smart ass, but I could tell he wasn't in the mood, but he also looked like he regretted saying what he did.

  "Look I'm sorry about that."

  "Its cool."  I said.  After a few minutes I ask,

  "So if you don't mind me asking, who was that?"