It’s been three fucking long ass fucking days! By this time, Colt and Alec had to go back in for more packs of cigarettes but at this point, I had the entire box in my possession.
“JACKPOT!” Colt yelled. I was being forced to eat more eggs when Colt yelled. It startled me so much that the eggs went flying.
“The hell, Colt?”
“He found them.” Colt held out his phone for me to see a new message that just came through. Adalynn and Ann were sitting with Anthony on a balcony restaurant. Ann was feeding Adalynn some bacon with a smile on her face and Anthony was reading the paper.
My emotions for caught in my throat as tears filled my eyes. Taking Colt’s phone, I had to enlarge the picture of Adalynn. She looked happy and healthy. No bruises or scratched were on her face.
“Where are they?” Alec asked, interrupting my self spiral. He put his hand on my lower back and tilted the phone so he could see her.
“That picture was taken just a few minutes ago. Currently, they are at a restaurant call… what does my phone say?” Colt asked.
Not wanting to give him back his phone, I scrolled up. “Brille’s Cafe.”
“He is going to follow them back to their house so we will know where they are staying. We need to be ready to go tonight to get Adalynn back.”
Colt ripped his phone out of my hands as I jumped up from my chair in excitement. “Fuck yeah! About time!”
Turning, I made a bee line straight to my bedroom but stopped half way and froze. There was no reason to change now. Maybe I should lay my clothes out? Why would I do that? I only have one style of clothes. Bathroom, I should go to the bathroom.
Taking a few steps there, I stop/ped again. I just went before I sat down to eat my eggs. Eggs! Maybe I should eat to get my strength up! Turning back around, I took three steps towards my eggs but they were all on the ground. Nope, not eating. Maybe I shou…
“Kristen!” Colt yelled, snapping me out of my thoughts.
“What?”
“Come sit down. We have hours before we are going to get to leave.” Alec walked over to me and put his hands on my shoulders from behind. Pushing me, gently, he guided me to the couch. “Relax. We need you to be focused. l can’t let you go half cocked to kill Ann. If you can’t gather yourself, you are staying here.”
Alec knelt down in front of me. “The hell if you will!” I yelled.
“Then get it together.” This tone was so calm and quiet. Why did he have to be the level headed one.
“Was there any sign of Vivian?” I asked quietly.
“Not yet.” Colt said as he sat down beside me. “Here, you can watch my phone for updates as they come in.”
Colt laid his phone down on the coffee table and turned the phone on high. Alec got up and went back to the kitchen as I stared at the phone. Colt grabbed the remote and turned the T.V.
“How are you so relaxed right now?” I asked him.
“You are crazy enough for the both of us. We can’t all fall apart, someone has to stay strong.” Colt pulled me back against the couch.
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