Bird Girl by Megan Rose

Author:Megan Rose [Rose, Megan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-13T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

When he woke up the next morning, Mark told himself he had slept well and that he hadn’t been up for six hours worrying about Lacey, because he wasn’t overprotective. The circles under his eyes said something different.

The salon was open today, but he didn’t know if Lacey was scheduled to work. After doing a few things at his store and eating his lunch alone, he went across the street and found Mayra. He tried to just stick his head in to ask Mayra about Lacey, so he wouldn’t be accosted by Lana, but it hadn’t worked.

“Mark!” Lana ran over to him and pulled him in the store. “I’m so glad you’re here. I have a business proposition for you that I want to discuss. Maybe we could –

“Actually Lana, I was just wondering if Lacey was in today.” Lana’s face fell flat and she ran a hand through her silky hair. She turned around and slammed a piece of paper down on Mayra’s desk, making Mayra jump out of her chair, and walked to the back of the salon. Mark looked at Mayra for an explanation, but she just shrugged.

“Nice to see you, Mark. But no, Lacey isn’t in today.” Mark held his breath. Was something wrong? Was she okay? “She has today off.” He realized his shoulders were up to his ears and he relaxed. She was fine. She was just tired from being stupid all night.

“Is something wrong? What happened?” Mayra looked worried and he told her, while at the same time telling himself, that there was nothing to worry about. Lacey was fine.

Lana eventually made her way back up to the front of the salon and tried to comment on Lacey’s lazy work ethic. Mark just turned around, walked out the door and across the street to his store. He didn’t know what Lana was even doing there still. Hadn’t she worked for the week? Mayra was back. Shouldn’t she be done now?

He pushed the thoughts of the women of Whindry and all of their problems out of his mind and turned the radio on once he was in his store. He was going to have a really productive day and maybe try to find some men in this town – he had heard they existed, but it seemed like it was a myth. Then, after work he would stop at Lacey’s to say “I told you so” like he was five-years-old.

Her door was locked, which was surprising, because Lacey usually left her door unlocked, especially if she was home. He knocked on the door and waited, but there was no answer. She was probably at the store returning her skank costume. He would stop by tomorrow morning before work and catch her then.

But tomorrow came and there was still no Lacey. For the next two days after that, Mark woke up and went straight to her apartment. He took his lunch break and went across the street to check the salon. He stopped by her place again on his way home, and he still wasn’t able to find her.

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