Vanished (The Saved Series, A Military Romance) by Eckhart Lorhainne

Author:Eckhart, Lorhainne [Eckhart, Lorhainne]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2013-12-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

They pulled in front of an older red brick building at the edge of South Norfolk, where there was a very clear division between rundown and old and renovated and brand new. The address they had was in the former. The building was three stories tall, with the bricks cracked and chipped, the windows broken, and garbage scattered here and there. It was a place he couldn’t believe his wife would choose to live in.

“Are you sure this is the place?” Eric yanked open the door and stepped out onto an icy sidewalk. Vagrants seemed to linger up and down the street, and a questionable man covered in body piercing and tattoos stepped out of the building. He had a look about him that said to Eric he’d more likely stick a knife in him than have a conversation with him.

Terri slid open her coat, showing her sidearm and badge, and the man scurried the other way. Eric took in everything, and he couldn’t believe that Abby was here and had been this whole time. He found himself frozen, unable to take another step. He didn’t know what he’d do if she looked at him and refused to go with him. He didn’t know if he could handle that kind of hurt.

“Eric, are you coming?” Terri said as she stood on the top step, her hand on the black door with meshed glass that looked a hundred years old.

He started up the steps, his feet feeling like lead. Inside, the building reeked of urine and he didn’t know what else. There were muffled sounds of yelling, doors banging, TVs blaring. There was garbage scattered here and there on the old wood floor and down the hall, and the stairwell was narrow, but there was a suite at the bottom of the stairs that said aretaker, obviously missing the C.

“Do we knock?” Eric asked.

“We better find out what room Abby is in,” Terri replied.

Eric looked up the old stairwell and could see the faces of his childhood staring back at them: young kids with messy hair and a lost look in their eyes.

Terri knocked on the door, and Eric found himself looking around behind him, watching her back. A man’s voice barked out, “Just a minute.” Eric could hear him mumbling, and the door was yanked open to reveal a large, balding man who was more wide than tall.

“What do you want?” He glanced from Terri to Eric. He was annoyed—the man was actually annoyed. The TV was blaring in the background, and he shouted over his shoulder, “Tina, turn it down!”

“You have an Abby Hamilton in this building?” Terri asked, flashing her badge in the man’s face.

“She in some sort of trouble? ’Cause I don’t want any of that here,” the man barked. He started coughing.

Eric slapped the door with his hand. “That’s my wife. Which room is she in?”

The man took Eric in, his height and then his uniform, and obviously thought better of provoking him. He gave Eric a look that had his skin crawling.

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