Unbuttoned jacket thrown back, he paced around the room with every ring. It did not connect. He tried again. And again and again. The call was answered.
Alex kept trying until the unanswered call became unreachable. Panic became a violent stop in his heart.
Where was she?
Where did she go last night?
Alex said some stupid things that he himself didn't remember until the morning because he was drunk. Aurelia wasn't drunk. When he thought about how hurt she must have been, he remembered her crying face and repeatedly trying to talk to him, Alex couldn't help but fall back on the bed and grip his hair.
He called her again and again in hopes to connect with her. He couldn't sit still and do nothing. He left the house and took the car to go out.
On the way he called his friend whom
