I had tried relentlessly for the next couple of days to reach him. I'd stalked his house, went to all of our favorite places, and anywhere else I could think to find him, but there was no sign. He hadn't been home in days, and I wasn't close enough to any of his friends to reach out to them. I snickered-I'd never even met any of his friends.
I'd called all the hospitals, the police station-nothing. Unfortunately, I wasn't a family member, so there wasn't much more I could do. I sat at Starbucks-our Starbucks-for hours every day, hoping he'd show up, but there was never any trace.
When I started missing deadlines, I realized how far things had gone. Meredith had called yesterday after being contacted by Plum Muse. I knew what she'd say-they'd called me, too. I'd missed my deadline for Sh
