Girl Lost by Michelle Files

Author:Michelle Files [Files, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BookLovers.pub
Published: 2016-07-18T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

The next morning we woke up to the sun streaming in through the dirty window by the front door of the cabin. The fire had gone out, but we were warm, all snuggled together under the blanket. We didn’t linger though. We knew my parents would be worried, so we hurriedly got dressed and headed home.

We rode home as fast as we could. We didn’t say much on the ride home. There really wasn’t much to say. When we reached the ranch, all hell broke loose. Sarah and Adam must have been watching the stables, because the instant we got off the horses, they were right there beside us, with Sam Perez in tow. We tried our best not to look guilty. But I felt like what we did the previous night was tattooed across my forehead. Could they tell? I certainly hoped not.

“Where the hell have you two been?” Sarah demanded. “We’ve been worried sick.”

Jackson and I looked at each other, then quickly looked away.

“What was that?” she asked as her eyes darted back and forth between the two of us. “That look you two just gave each other?” She sounded so accusatory.

“Nothing,” Jackson said. “We’re sorry we worried you. We got caught in the storm and had to spend the night in an old cabin we found.”

“We called the police,” Adam finally jumped in.

“I see that,” Jack said, looking over at Sam.

“We said we were sorry. We didn’t do it on purpose.” I was getting angry. They could have come out there and been genuinely worried and asked how we were. But, no. They came out yelling and acting like we got caught in the storm on purpose. They were the most frustrating people I had ever met.

“You okay baby girl?” Sam asked me very gently.

I looked at him, and with just the slightest smile, I nodded. It was barely perceptible. I’m not sure anyone else even noticed. But, apparently it was good enough for Sam, because he turned around and headed directly for his car, without another word to anyone. I was really starting to like that man.

I handed the horse over to Walter and I walked toward the house. I needed a shower, some breakfast and a nap. Not necessarily in that order. I could feel their eyes on my back. I didn’t care and I didn’t turn around. I left Jackson standing there to smooth things over with them. He was good at handling them, way better than I was. My temper usually flared up fairly quickly and made things worse. I knew this about myself, but it still happened. This time I was just too exhausted to deal with them.

When I got up from my nap it was early afternoon. I found Adam and apologized one more time for worrying him. He told me that they were sorry for jumping all over us when we got back. They were just scared and it brought out the worst in them.

I didn’t see Jackson the rest of the day.

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