Just You by Mari Carr

Author:Mari Carr [Carr, Mari]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Carried Away Publishing

Chapter Five

Laura Sanders

I love movies that touch me and make me cry. Sometimes there’s nothing more cleansing than bawling your eyes out when the Titanic goes down or when Bette Midler sings “Wind Beneath my Wings” in Beaches. When I watch those movies, it makes me realize that my life’s not as bad as it seems.

* * *

Laura washed her soup bowl and spoon, placing them in the drainer to dry. Though she had a dishwasher in the townhouse, she could count on one hand the number of times she’d used it. The only good thing to be said for eating alone was that it made for a quick, easy clean up.

It had been a month since Mason’s trip to the emergency room. Since then, Katie had withdrawn from Laura once more. It was like the first few months after Laura left Mason all over again. Katie wouldn’t return her calls or texts. When Laura stopped by Katie’s school one day to surprise her with lunch, Katie had accepted the food Laura had packed with a quick thank you before dashing off for some important parent conference.

Bryan, like Kristen, insisted that Katie just needed time, but Laura wasn’t sure that was true. It was becoming more and more apparent she’d lost her daughter forever and that thought left her with a weight on her chest that wouldn’t lift and jerked her awake night after night with tears in her eyes.

Bryan’s reappearance in her life helped alleviate some of the pain. After spending so much of the year since her divorce alone, it was nice to have someone to talk to again. When he was in town, they ate dinner together—either at his place or hers—then they’d watch TV or go to the movies or dancing or they’d just sit around and talk. It was refreshing to hang out with someone with whom she shared so much in common.

She’d tried to phone him a couple of times today to invite him over, but he hadn’t returned her calls. She was reaching for her cell to text him when it rang. She didn’t recognize the number, but she answered anyway.

“Hello.”

“Laura?”

Laura recognized Trina’s voice. “Trina. Is everything okay? Is your dad all right?”

“I think so.”

Laura’s heart began to race with fear. Had Bryan been in an accident? Was he hurt? “What happened?”

“Nothing. He’s just not returning my calls. I was wondering if you’d heard from him.”

“No,” Laura’s anxiety increased. “I haven’t been able to get in touch with him either. Have you driven by his apartment?”

There was a moment of silence on the other end.

“Trina?”

“I drove by a few hours ago, but his car was gone. Today’s the sixth anniversary of my mom’s death.”

The words blindsided Laura. “Oh.”

“It’s a rough day for Dad, but I hoped this year, with you, maybe he wouldn’t…”

“Disappear?”

Trina released a long breath. “Yeah.”

“Do you have any idea where he would go?”

“No. I wish I did. Since the two of you were friends from high school, I was hoping you would have some guesses of places he might go to hide.

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