When We Say Goodbye - Broken Marissonshipping

Chapter 2

Mairin had barely gotten any sleep that night, and with work first thing in the morning she had practically been a living zombie. She had dragged herself through her work place, barely pulling herself through the day, the conversation with Alain from yesterday haunting her mind.

He doesn't really mean it... She had told herself. He's just overwhelmed, you saw how much work takes it out of him, you heard what he said to Faith... He loves her. He just needs time, he's not going to push her away...

And so Mairin wasn't sure if it was a good thing or not when she found she had no messages when she got home.

Mairin was frowning at her phone– sitting in her front room with a cup of coffee in hand. She had been planning on following up on her promise to Alain and calling him, but she had expecting to have several missed calls from Faith upon coming home. She bit her lip, not quite sure of what to make of this discovery.

Either it meant that Faith had listened to her yesterday, and knew that she would be gone in the morning– or Alain had actually spent time with her today. That would be a good thing, right? That meant that Alain had probably changed his mind, having a night to think on his words probably gave him a chance to realize how rash he had been. She fingered the phone for a moment, before dialing Faith's number, wanting to know what was going on before she called Alain.

Her insides shriveled as she pressed call– he had wanted to give up custody of her! He had wanted to give up on his own daughter!

"The number you are trying to reach is currently unavailable, please try calling again at another time."

The droziness that had been around Mairin all morning snapped away as she heard the robotic voice, and she suddenly sat up. Coffee was spilled onto her pants at this action, but she didn't care. Unavailable? Alain's house always got a good signal! Had the battery ran dry? She had taught Faith to plug in the device at night!

Mairin quickly ended the call, digging through her contacts to find Alain's number. She hadn't bothered to memorize his number– feeling that it would only be painful for her to do so. Once more the phone was ringing in her hands, and she stared down at the screen waiting to see Alain's frustrated gaze.

"The number you are trying to reach is currently unavailable, please try calling again at another time."

"O-okay, don't panic Mairin..." She muttered to herself, bringing the coffee up to her lips, as if hoping the drink would snap her out of her racing thoughts. "Maybe a cell tower is down or something, that'd explain why you can't reach them..."

A quick search on the internet yielded no information of such thing though, and Mairin felt her panic start to surge up. Either both of their phones were uncharged, or they somehow were out of range of getting a signal... both of which seemed unlikely. She didn't want to just let her panic take hold, but that's what happened as she found herself swiftly dialing Faith's number again.

And then Alain's.

And Faith's once more.

The same message every time, right before she could even hear a ring. Her heart was racing at this point, realizing that she had no way to contact her daughter at the moment. She found herself scrolling to Alain's number once more, and that's when she forced herself to stop. She set her phone and mug down, fingers digging into her hair.

She shouldn't overreact. She knew she couldn't get through to them by phone, so why waste her time trying to do so? She just needed to take this one step at a time, and not assume the worst. She knew where Alain's home was, just a little ways away. She could get there with no issue, it wasn't like they were out of her reach...