Breathe Again

Chapter 17

When they walked through the door, they were greeted by Amanda's two pups, Duke and Daisy.

"Thank Goodness you're home! He won't take his bottle!" Oh Theo, Amanda's Husband. Poor guy looked wiped.

"Give him here, he might be trying to break teeth." Amanda said as she reached for their son.

"Hey Stranger, it's good to see you. I'll take your bags to the guest room." Theo said as he gave Madi a hug.

"Alright, where is little mister James?" Madi said walking over to Amanda and her 9 month old son. "Is he really cutting teeth this early?" Madi inquired.

"He might be. He's been super cranky and running a small fever and chewing on everything he can get his hands on. I haven't seen any just yet though." she explained as she handed him over to Madi.

James was such a cute baby and when Madi looked at him, he just smiled around the toy he was currently chewing on. Dark hair, Blue eyes and little chubby cheeks. "There is a box gift wrapped in the front of my large suitcase from Devon." She told Amanda, as she disappeared into the guest room to locate the package.

"Oh my Gosh! Devon would buy my son Baby Ugg's! I'll have to call him later tonight." Amanda said while holding up the cute little boots.

"Okay, now let's start finding your mystery man missy." Amanda said as she came and sat next to Madi with her laptop.

"What mystery man?" Theo asked, as he came back into the living room with them.

"Madi met someone in Boston, and we need to find him." Amanda said nonchalantly. Madi just looked at Theo and shrugged. They both knew once Amanda decided something, she wasn't going to change her mind.

"Okay, well I'm headed out to get the Groceries and stop at my parents. Don't get into too much trouble you two. James, you keep an eye on them." Theo said as he headed out the front door.

"Okay, so let's start with Facebook and Instagram. Rob Black." Amanda said as she started typing.

"Well, nothing with Rob or Robert on Facebook or Instagram. Did he seem like an anti-social media type of person?" She asked Madi.

"I have no idea. His co-workers said he's usually a hermit and works a lot, so maybe he doesn't do social media." Madi told her.

"Okay, then let's try google. Hmm... I see some book titles with his name coming up, publishing company I'm guessing he works for, and that's about it. Not even a photo? How rude." Amanda stated. "Do you happen to have a picture of him from this weekend?"

"Unfortunately, not. I guess we will just have to wait and see if he contacts me, since he doesn't seem to exist online." Madi said a bit deflated. "This little guy is the only man I need right now anyways." she said as she lifted up James and made him laugh.

"Yeah, he's real cute until he needs changed" Amanda joked.

"I don't care, the next two weeks is all about us! We don't need to wait around and worry about the Mystery Man." Madi said, more so trying to convince herself than anyone else.

Amanda and Madi spent the next two weeks catching up and having girl time, watching reality TV while drinking wine in the evenings, shopping, getting mani pedis, redecorating James' room, taking James and the Dogs to the park and visiting the great lakes near the end of the trip once the weather started to warm up a bit.

On Madi's last night, they were sitting on the couch with the dogs laying by their feet, James and Theo long gone to bed and the baby monitor on the side table while having multiple glasses of wine. Tomorrow was Saturday and Madi was headed to see Eric. It had been 2 weeks, and still no luck on the Rob front.