Page 76 of The Last Ultimatum: Part 1

“Tell him you're okay, Tilly. He's about to lose it over here.”

“I'm fine,” I whispered.

“You don't sound fine. I'll be on the next plane out of here and be home as fast I can.”

“Lachlan? Are you okay?” another woman asked.

“How many women do you have over there?” I blurted out.

The new voice chuckled.

“I think the distance is getting to them both.”

“Dude, you really need to go to her. Once you're in this state, your dingo isn't going to settle until you can physically touch her and see for yourself that she's okay.”

This time it was a male voice which very slightly calmed me down some. But only a little.

“Go away and let me talk to her,” Lachlan said.

Chelle laughed like they were old friends.

“Calm your mate down, baby sister. He definitely seems to be one of the good guys,” Chelle yelled in the background.

“We’ll be in the next room if you need us,” the other woman said.

“Hey, there's a dampener in my bedroom and it's already on, so you can take that room if you'd like some privacy.”

“Thanks.”

After a few minutes of background noise and rustling sounds and hearing a door close, everything on his end went quiet.

“Lachlan?”

“I'm here. Sorry for all the crazy.”

“Are you having a party or something?”

He scoffed. “No. Nothing like that. Chelle's here after I found her today. She's okay. I thought you'd want to know. Or maybe that was just an excuse to call you. I miss you so much it's crazy.”

My heart did a little flip in my chest.

“I miss you too,” I whispered.

We just sat on the phone for a while, listening to each other breathe. It was strange how much it calmed me, especially with how on edge I'd been lately.

“So,” I said, needing to break the silence.

“So?” he replied.

“What happens now?”

Finding my sister may have drastically changed everything. But I wasn't sure. I wasn't certain about anything anymore.

“Chelle is coming home with me. In fact, Taylor and Grant, the couple you probably heard in the background, thinks it would be best if we go sooner rather than later. My dingo has been on edge.”

“You're coming here or taking her back to King Tribe?”

“I said home. Home for me is wherever you are now, Tilly.”

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