Rest and Relaxation by Rhavensfyre

Author:Rhavensfyre [Rhavensfyre]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: RavensHeart Books
Published: 2015-03-07T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Dani never returned that night.

Allyse sat at the kitchen table early the next morning, trying to concentrate on reading the New York Times. Her eyes burned from lack of sleep and they felt bruised, probably from her rubbing them every time they blurred out of focus. She finally gave up and put the Kindle down on the table, pinching the bridge of her nose to try and ease the tension there. It was useless to try and read. The words just flowed together into an unreadable jumble and never reached her brain.

When she first realized that Dani wasn’t in the house, Allyse had just assumed she had run out to the barn to check on something. When over an hour passed by and Dani still didn’t return, she really started to worry. Allyse finally let her nerves get the better of her and she called Dani’s cell phone. When Dani didn’t answer, she grabbed a flashlight and braved the walk out to the barn herself. Except for the horses, it was empty and dark. Curious faces peeked at her from over the stall gates, all surprisingly awake but definitely sans any human company. When she walked in they had all turned and stared at her in unison and it was eerily quiet except for a few small unidentifiable scratching noises she hoped to God weren’t rats. It was a little creepy. It felt like she had wandered into some secret horsey conclave and had disturbed their conversation. She slipped back out without a word and hurried back to the house. She hadn’t heard a motor start, so she knew Dani was on the farm somewhere, she just didn’t know where.

“Dammit, why does she make everything so very difficult?” Allyse cursed inside the empty house. Part of her wondered why she was worried at all. That part was telling her to just go to bed and leave it alone. Dani was a grown woman, not one of her children. Besides, this was Dani’s home, not a strange and unfamiliar place, and it wasn’t Allyse’s job to look after her. “Yeah, so why am I still worried?” she grumbled, wincing at the time even as she hit speed dial. It was almost midnight. “Erick is going to kill me for this.”

After a fitful and very short night of sleep, the first thing she did this morning was peek into Dani's room, expecting to find her sleeping soundly. Instead, she found a bed that was cold and partially made, exactly the way it looked last night. There was no way she had come in and slept, then crept out early. Allyse was sure she would have heard her. It was obvious that the younger woman hadn’t returned.

When she called Erick last night he had reassured her that Dani was okay and would be back in a few hours. “She does this sometimes, Allyse, when she needs to be alone. She could be anywhere on the farm. There’s several workshops and outbuildings around. She could be in any of those, but I wouldn’t suggest looking for her.

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