This Is Us

Chapter fifteen: Carl

Carl's pov

I got back home at like 3 am, Angela needed my help and I had to help her. I feel bad about leaving Isabella, the kiss was everything I have imagined. Her soft lips and her hands in my hair was like I am living my dream. I walk up the stairs and see her door shut and lights off, what did I expect for her to wait on for me?

I left the poor girl right after we kissed without saying anything, I feel like an asshole. I walk into my room and lay in bed when my phone dinged singling I have a text, I look and see it is a text from Angela saying thanks. I met Angela when I was 16 and we dated 4 years, and broke up six months ago because I just did not feel anything for her. She has been sick lately with the flu so today I just went to see her, nothing else happened. I turn off my phone and take off my shirt and lay down again, immediately going to sleep.

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I groan as my phone keeps ringing, I look and see Danielle's name. "hello" I answer getting up from bed "come to the office " she says and I sight "yeah let me change and shower first " I say and hang up. I quickly go into the washroom and take a ten-minute shower, the whole time I am thinking of ways to apologize to Isabella. I get out of the shower and change into black jeans, black shirt and a jean jacket. I walk out of the room and see Isabella's door still closed, maybe she already went down. I walk downstairs and only see Aubrey and Daniel "where is Isabella?" I ask and Danielle shrugs "probably sleeping can you please wake her up?" Aubrey asks and I nod, I walk back up the stairs and knock but no one answers "Isabella are you up?" I ask but get nothing in response. I slowly walk in and see her bed messy but she isn't in it, I walk to the bathroom but the door is open and she isn't in. I frown and walk back downstairs "she isn't here," I say and they both frown "Maybe she already left," Daniel says and I nod. We quickly eat the pancakes and start making our way to the warehouse which is only five minutes away. We walk into Danielle's office and she frowns "where is Isabella?" She asks "hum we thought she is here since she isn't home," Aubrey says and Danielle shakes her head "No I haven't seen her since yesterday," She says.

Before any of us can respond Danielle's phone rings "it is James" she says "put it on speaker" Daniel says and we all got closer to her. "hey love" she picks up the phone, putting it on speaker "hey beautiful how are you?" he asks "great I am good, what's up with the call?" she asks "well I just wanted to let you know you do not need to look for Isabella anymore" he says making all of us frown "why may I ask? did you find her?" Danielle asks and James sights "yeah we did, look I have to go to take care of something, bye love" he ends the call and all of our eyes are wide "h-h-he has h-her" Aubrey says, tears coming down. "how she has been home all day!" Danielle says going to her security camera "she left the house at 1:15 am and never came back" Danielle says looking at us all. Aubrey sits on couch and takes deep breath "we need to find her" Daniel says "how? he never tells me where he hides his people for lord sake we don't even love each other to tell each other stuff" Danielle says and all of us groan "why don't you call him, ask him for dinner or something while your on the call we can track his phone" I say and everyone head snaps to me "okay call the tracking team" Daniel says and we immediately call the team.

It took us 3 hours to track her down, it is a place in the woods, right now we are all in the car with the backups, if I did not leave her she would not have left! she would still be safe. As we get closer I tell everyone to park within five minutes away because we do not want them to know we are here.