Chapter 8
Ryan slept until almost noon on Saturday, and then spent his time giving the apartment a well-needed cleaning before going grocery shopping. He was so immersed in getting caught up he didn’t realize until he was getting ready for work that Merrick hadn’t called. He was undoubtedly doing the same thing I was—cleaning and shopping. It was something Merrick had done the previous Saturdays while Ryan had been immersed in preparing for the show. Still, Ryan missed talking with him, so he took out his phone to call him. “Well, that explains it,” he grumbled when he discovered his phone was dead. If I had put it on the charger last night…He hadn’t, so he did before heading off to work.
As soon as Ryan got up Sunday morning, he checked to make certain his phone was fully charged. It wa
