Michael Joins the Band
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David’s POV
It had been months since we had heard anything about our sister. Our uncle had cut us off from her all together and when she turned eighteen, we all went to his house to get her. When we got there, he told us that the day of her birthday she declared she wanted nothing to do with any of us any longer and she was leaving the state. It shocked us to say the least. Then I caught the eye of someone in the background who just shook his head. I couldn’t put my finger on it, but I didn’t let it bother me either. We all drove home with broken hearts. We had tried so hard for the last two years to see her, talk to her and even to get the courts to reverse their decision and let her come back home. We hadn’t given up on her. We all had our lives to live but I decided to use my business and my background to see if I could track her down. Things were slow at the office, and I knew with my skills I should be able to get a lead on her. I had been working for quite some time now without any kind of lead. I just didn’t know what to make of it. I was deep in thought when my cell phone rang. I looked at the number and it was Larry calling me. “Hey, I found a new guitarist for the band. When you get the time can you come to the house and meet him? He’s a former agent himself wanting to do a little something between assignments.” I could deal with another agent on the band. I know that I would love to be able to talk shop again with someone who would understand.
Michael’s POV
It had been months since that day in the desert. Months since that day that my sweet moondrop thought she saw me die and I couldn't tell her otherwise. Months since I heard her say that she was having my baby. Since I felt her tears touch my cheek as she kissed me and then ran away. I've been going out of my head trying to find her I got close a few times, but she eluded me before I could actually get to her. All I wanted to do was make her safe. The few times I got close it was confirmed that she was indeed pregnant. Heavily pregnant by the sounds of it. That was three months ago. Three of the longest months not feeling her touch, smelling her inviting scent, just knowing she's alive and well. I've been away from my job for eight months now searching for her. Chad is giving me all that he can, but it will only be so long before I will have to return to work or turn in my badge. While I don't want to give up my job I also don't want to give up on her yet. At this time, I don't even know if she is alive or dead, but I think she's still alive. I think I would have felt it in my soul if she were dead so I'm clinging to hope. I've utilized just about every resource the agency has to keep up with her. Unfortunately, her parents changed their names when her mother fled from the reservation. Moondrop never did tell me her real name so I'm left wondering where to start. Three months ago, when I lost her trail again, I realized where she was heading, she was just not taking a direct route. So, I got myself to San Fran and joined up with a band who just so happened to have a member leaving.
I had remembered that her brothers had all formed a band and were living in this magnificent city. I was naive enough to believe that finding a band made up of all brothers would be easy. There are a ton of bands like that here and more than half of them have little sisters that in one way or another have disappeared. A few of the bands didn't seem to care that their family members were nowhere to be seen but there were the few like the one I'm with that the missing family member was a hole in their hearts. Of course, the one I was with the sister hadn't been kidnapped she had chosen to leave on her own. The guys hoped that she would return someday but felt she was still angry with them because she couldn't keep living with them. The last time they had seen her she had as much as told them so. She wrote them a letter stating she was going to go and make a life for herself and when she was ready, she would reach out to them and until then they were to leave her alone. They had responded by telling her that when she was ready, she was always welcome back into their arms. They would always be there for her.
When I joined the band, I told the guys what my profession was and that I was and undercover federal agent and that I was on an undetermined break from it all while I searched for the love of my life. I also informed them that I would soon have to take off for a few weeks at a time in order to fulfill my duties with the agency. Because until I could find my love, I needed the resources that the agency could provide me, and I wasn't ready to give up on her yet. There was also court testimony I needed to attend to in order to put a very dangerous and cruel man away. I had told the guys as much as I could about that case. About the beautiful woman that I met and her courage to stay and bring this guy down despite the danger to herself. I told them about the despicable things this man who called himself uncle to all his working girls had done to them. The guys were all disgusted and hoped that I found my moondrop soon. I told them when I was done searching for her and found her one way or another, I would help them locate their sister and determine if she was ok. To that they were all thankful and told me in return that they would do what they could to help me find moondrop.
A few days ago, I got a call that I needed to fly back to DC for a few weeks. Not what I wanted to do because as close as I could estimate moondrop would be close to delivering and if my hunch was right, she was making her way here to be with her brothers when she had the baby. But I needed to first testify in a preliminary hearing and second needed to be briefed on an upcoming case that they really needed me on. I was going to have to follow through on this. The guys were ok with it and the one that I replaced agreed to take my place for a few weeks. I had put out feelers all around the band community about finding my moondrop and still nobody came through. I was trying to figure out if any of the long-lost sisters had shown back up at home in the last week or so. More importantly if they did, did they have a baby with them? Were they pregnant? I got nowhere. The guys told me they would continue to inquire for me and keep their ear to the ground. I packed my bags to go and told the guys I should be back in four weeks. Another damn month. I'm not sure I can survive this torture of losing her like this and knowing that she was carrying my child. The idea of her being alone in the world frightened me. Hell, it more than frightened me it made me feel void.
I boarded the plane to DC and when I landed made my way directly to Chad's office. Since I had given up my place in DC I was going to crash with Chad and his wife for the month. When I got to Chad's office all the guys were there. They grabbed me in a group hug and asked me how I was holding up. Chad cleared his throat and said, "we got word that someone matching your woman's description was found floating in the Colorado river the other day." Oh my God what the f**k did he just say and why did it take him this long to tell me about it? I lost my mind. "Why in the f**k didn't you tell me this before I headed this way I could have gone and identified the body to clear it up one way or another." I slammed my fist into the wall I was desperate to know what happened to her and even more desperate to see her alive. "Relax buddy I went there myself to identify. If it was her, I didn't want you seeing her like that, and I wanted to break the news to you personally. It wasn't her." I must have been holding my breath because as soon as he said it wasn't her, I let out a long sigh of relief and found myself sinking to the floor. "She should be about due any time we need to widen our search criteria to hospitals where unknown women have come in to give birth, or where there have been suspicious activities revolving women who have recently given birth." Chad and the guys all nodded in agreement. "I will get someone right on that buddy. Now I know you don't feel like it, but we are all going out tonight for a bit. The ladies are all staying home so it's just us guys. I can fill you in on the next assignment and what is going to happen at court then."
We caught up a bit before the office closed and we were to head out. Two of the guys had become fathers and were basking in the glow of parenthood which only made me sink deeper into my own thoughts. Soon I would be a father as well and I didn't even know where the woman I loved was let alone if we were having a son or a daughter. One of the guys noticed my look and started to apologize. I smiled at them weakly and said "hey it's all good. One of these days I'm going to be sharing my own story of fatherhood I hope." They all patted me on the back and started asking me what it was like to live the life of a rock star. I just laughed at them and told them I wasn't a rock star I just played in a band. We weren't famous but had a good following to say the least. The guys I was in a band with were all great and all had jobs outside of the band. I told the crew that when this case was over, they should all take a trip out there to see us play. They all said it sounded like a plan and even hoped that by the time this next case was over we would have found moondrop. I only hoped those words would ring true. Every day without her was slowly killing me I hated her uncle for taking all this time from us. But I hated myself for not telling her the truth before I made her hide.
David’s POV
When Michael had to fly out to DC, we could all tell he was reluctant. He had a feeling that his lost love was in our area somehow and that if he just waited long enough, he would be able to find her and protect her from the bad guy that was chasing her. His biggest regret was not telling her the whole truth before she had disappeared. I told him I was happy to help if he would just give me some details about her, I would get a team looking for her in the private sector. He smiled at me and told me that I knew how things worked while it was still an open case, he wasn’t allowed to share any of the details at all. I nodded my head and told him I understood. That if she wasn’t found by the time the case was closed my offer still stood. He then told me that when his case closes if we still hadn’t found out sister that he would use all his resources to help us find her as well. I really hoped that he could find his moondrop as he called her. She sounded like such a strong and beautiful woman. What she was willing to endure and do just to bring the guy they were investigating down was amazing. You don’t find many women that are strong like that. I looked forward to meeting her and I hoped that she and her unborn baby were safe and would soon be reunited with Michael.
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