Double Faced Twins

Chapter 29

Six Months Later

Benson

I wake up and stretch. I'm surprised to see Faith's side of the bed empty. I roll out of bed and pull on a pair of boxers. I smell coffee when I exit the bedroom, but I don't see Faith. She's nowhere in the apartment. I returned to the bedroom, pulled on sweats and a tee shirt, and left the apartment, then my office, and noticed Faith's office light was on down the hall.

About two months ago, we made some changes on my third floor. Liza now sits at the reception desk and works as Faith's assistant. Cindy has her own office beside mine, and Faith's office is across from Cindy's and next to Liza's area.

Cindy still works as my assistant. Liza receives all incoming calls into the office. If they ask for Easton Real Estate, she forwards the call. If the call is for Double Faced Advertising, she handles the call. It's been working quite well. Faith is currently renting out her office building and brownstone.

It's been six months since Grace went missing. Faith has her good days and bad days. Some days, she still has hope for Grace to return to her, and there are days of anguish when she has lost all hope of ever seeing her sister again.

Thomas and her make a real effort to be strong for each other, and Liza has been an amazing best friend for Faith to lean on when I can't. Henson has tried to contact Thomas and Faith, but neither is ready to open up that part of their lives. We had our private detective follow Henson for four months, and nothing had come of it, nothing at all. Detective Kidwell has had the same results. While Walker remains a person of interest, he's no longer the prime suspect. The mysterious woman is.

Detective Kidwell had high hopes that the video forensic team would clear up the video enough to identify the woman or the vehicle that she was driving. The video was too grainy to get anything definitive. We know that the car was a dark-colored four-door sedan and that the person who took Grace was a female.

As I get closer to Faith's open door, I can hear her crying, and my heart breaks for her. I knock lightly on the door frame to announce my arrival. I walk in, and she looks at me with red, swollen eyes.

I kneel in front of the woman who holds my whole heart in her hand. "Come here, Baby."

She doesn't hesitate. She falls into my arms, crying. I hold her and let her take all of the time that she needs to work through her breakdown. I'm not sure how long we were in that position. What I do know is that I no longer can feel my legs. I attempt to adjust without disturbing Faith and miserably fail when I allow a slight groan to escape my lips.

Right away, she leans back and looks at me while I grimace. "Oh, Babe. I'm so sorry."

I give her a look. "There's nothing to be sorry about. You know that I would walk over hot coals for you?"

There it is, her brilliant smile. She stands and reaches her hand down to help me up. I don't refuse.

She brushes her plump lips against mine. "I hope you know I would do the same for you."

I place my hands on her face and tilt it towards me. "Talk to me, Faith; what's going on today?"

She sighs. "I'm having an awful feeling today. I feel like Grace is slipping away from me. I can't explain it."

"Twin-tuition?" I ask.

She shakes her head as fresh tears begin to fall. I wipe them away with my thumb.

"Want to go and make me breakfast?" I grin.

She smirks. "You sure know how to make a girl feel better."