This Side of the Sun (The Sun Trilogy) by M. Lauryl Lewis

Author:M. Lauryl Lewis [Lewis, M. Lauryl]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Larson Falls Publishing
Published: 2014-02-19T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 13 ~ MISSING

When we woke the next morning, Lina was missing from the couch. Saul found a note on the kitchen counter.

Went for a morning walk. Be back by 9:30! –Carolina

9:30 came and went. Saul and I had both showered and dressed, although my clothes were stale from the day before.

“Should we go look for her?” I asked Saul as we sat in the kitchen drinking coffee.

He glanced at the clock on the microwave. “It’s 10:30. Let’s give her another fifteen?”

“Is her phone going straight to voice mail?”

“Yeah. Either it’s dead or off, I figure.”

“You’re worried,” I said, deciding to not pussyfoot around the subject.

He sighed heavily. “Yeah.”

“Is there anyone we should call?”

He sucked in the left side of his cheek and slowly shook his head side to side. “We have family in the area, but honestly they wouldn’t give a rat’s ass about Lina or me.”

“We should head out and look.”

He reached a hand across the small table and placed it over my own. I took that as a ‘yes.’

“Leave your cell here? I’ll leave a note to call me if she gets back.”

“Sure,” I said. “I’ll go grab it.”

It didn’t take me long to retrieve my phone from the bedroom, and when I got back to the kitchen Saul was writing his sister a note.

“It’s almost 10:45,” I said. “Let’s get going?”

He nodded. “You sure you want to come with?”

“I insist.”

I slipped my sweater on and we left the house, leaving the door unlocked. The rental car was gone, so Lina could have been anywhere.

***

Saul’s truck was cold, but the sun was shining and the day held promise of being warm. He wasn’t very talkative and seemed tense. Even though we had only known each other for a handful of days, I could tell that he was worried sick about his sister.

“Is there anywhere you can think of that she might go?” I asked, thinking it prudent.

“She used to walk the beach a lot. There’s also a park not far that she’s fond of. Tide’s high, so we’ll check the park first.”

“You have your cell phone, right?”

He had both hands gripping the steering wheel, so let go with one to feel his chest pocket. “Yeah.”

“Want me to hold it?”

“Yeah.”

He didn’t make a move to hand it to me, so I scooted closer and fished it out of his pocket. I flipped it open to make sure the volume was turned up, and then held it in my hand as we drove. After about five minutes he pulled off onto a small roadway marked with a sign to Mt. Erie Park.

“She used to hike up to the summit,” he said. “I’d go with on my days off. We’d sit up there and just watch the view for hours.”

He drove the truck down the curving road that led to the trailhead.

“Saul?”

“Yeah?”

“I’m wearing sandals. I don’t think I can hike it.”

He parked the truck and looked over at me. “I’ll take you up there sometime. If you want.”

I looked at him and nodded.

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