Total pages in book: 98
Estimated words: 114647 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 573(@200wpm)___ 459(@250wpm)___ 382(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 114647 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 573(@200wpm)___ 459(@250wpm)___ 382(@300wpm)
“What the fuck?” I asked.
What the fuck was Sam thinking? Walking alone in the bad parts of town wasn’t safe for any woman, but definitely not a woman as pretty and petite as Shiloh.
“My sentiments exactly.” She said.
I couldn’t just believe that Sam would do that on purpose though. Sam just wasn’t built like that. Women were his weakness. “Where is Sam?” I asked finally, not knowing what else to say.
“He hasn’t been in yet.” Jack answered.
Walking into the down room so I could hear a little better, I pulled my phone out of my pocket and called him. It rang four times before Cheyenne picked up.
“Hello?” Cheyenne answered.
“Where’s Sam?” I asked curtly.
“He was picking me up from work. We’re on our way home. Why?” She asked suspiciously.
“Did he happen to remember that he had an appointment?” I asked.
I heard her asking Sam, and then his rumbled reply. “He says he doesn’t have an appointment. Shiloh was supposed to come by later though.”
“She’s already been here and gone. She waited a little over an hour before she left. I saw the Blazer as soon as I opened the bay doors this morning, and it’s only seven thirty.”
“James says that you missed your sister.” Cheyenne told Sam.
More mumbling, and then Cheyenne said, “We’ll be there in a few.”
And hung up.
Jack poured himself a cup of coffee and then took a seat at the bar. “He hasn’t really had much to do with her, has he?”
“I’d just assumed he was hanging out with her without us. It’s understandable, but I haven’t seen her at anything, come to think about it.” Winter said sadly.
“Didn’t she come to the baby shower?” I asked Winter.
She shook her head. “Nope. She dropped a present at the station though.”
“Why’d she come to the station?” I asked.
“She said because she didn’t know where else to take it.”
“What about your wedding?” I asked.
They thought about it, and I did too. “No, now that I think about it, she didn’t come to that either.”
“Who didn’t come to what?” Cheyenne asked as she shook the water off her shirt.
Sam followed closely behind, his face closed off completely.
“We were just saying how Shiloh hasn’t been to any of our functions. Sam, you know you can invite her, right? Bennett comes anytime he can. Stormy’s even been here a time or two, and she lives in BFE.” Winter asked.
Bennett was Payton’s brother who was currently in the Navy. He didn’t come to many functions now that he was deployed, but he came to as many as he could.
Sam didn’t answer, just ignored her question entirely.
“Sam?” Cheyenne asked sounding confused. “What’s going on?”
I definitely wanted to know the answer to that question as well. Shiloh wasn’t a bad person. She was actually funny and nice. In the few times she’d actually been around me, I’d enjoyed her company greatly. I’d definitely have pursued something more with her if my life wasn’t a big mess as it was. Shiloh didn’t deserve to be dragged into my mess.
“I guess I forgot about her.” Sam said by way of excuse.
“Three times?” Winter asked.
Sam’s gaze locked onto Winter’s stubborn one and held. “What are you talking about?”
Winter then went on to explain what she’d learned from Shiloh while at her call.
“Sam?” Cheyenne gasped.
“What?” He snapped.
“You’ve stood her up three times? What the hell are you thinking? And what the fuck, you told me she was working in a restaurant, not a rat infested hell hole.” She fumed.
My sister had one hell of a temper on her. Which made me love her all the more in this instance. I was extremely confused as to why Sam would’ve forgotten anything, especially when it came to his own sister.
The office phone to Free rang. I stepped up to the wall and answered it just after the second ring. “Free. James speaking.”
“Uhh, hi. This is Shiloh.”
“Hey, Shiloh. Looking for Sam?”
“N-no. My t-truck broke down about a mile from my apartment. I was w-wondering if you knew a tow service I could c-call.” She said stammered.
“Duncan’s. The number is...”
“Wait! I need a pen. Hold on.” She said hurriedly.
Glancing at Sam, I thought to help by offering a different solution. “I can have Sam text it to you.”
“Uhh, I don’t have a cell phone. But I have the name, I’ll just look it up. Thanks.” She rushed out before hanging up.
***
Two hours later and still there was no sign of Shiloh’s Blazer.
“Duncan’s.” Don answered.
“This is James down at Free. We’ve been waiting for a tow to come in, but it’s not here yet. Any ideas when you’ll get to it?” I asked.
“We’ve only had three tows today. None in waiting.” He answered.
“Did you get a call about a Blazer yet?” I asked.
“Yeah, already done it. Why?”
“Where’d you drop it off at?” I asked sharply.
Jack looked up from his computer, and Elliott looked up from his paperwork. Each gave me their full attention when they noted the anger in my voice.
“Some local diner off the interstate. Thought it was weird myself, but the lady said she lived there.”
“Okay, thanks.” I said and hung up.
“She didn’t have it towed here. Don said he towed it to the diner where she works. Although he said that she said she lived there, too.”
“Why wouldn’t she have it brought down here?” Elliott asked.
“Apparently, Sam’s not been a very nice big brother. Why would she bother?” I asked and then took the phone out of my pocket and dialed Cheyenne’s number.
She answered with the fist ring. “Hey, Jamie. Can I call you back?”
“Ahh, no. I need to go check on Shiloh. Get Janie off the bus for me?” I requested.
“Sure, but why does she need help?”
The twins were fighting in the background, so I made it quick, explaining what I’d learned from Don.
“I think Sam needs to do this.”
“I don’t want to wait. Thanks. Love you.”
Not giving her the chance to argue, I hung up and went out to the truck. It was still raining, and I decided to take the truck seeing as getting wet would only slow me down.