Page 84 of Mending Scars

Then, it hit me—Nori. “Maybe she went to Nori’s,” I said as I pulled out my phone and scrolled through my contacts.

Shit, I don’t have her number.

I looked at Kam and asked, “Do you have her number?”

Kamden grabbed his phone from his back pocket and swiped the screen. He pressed it a few times before putting the phone to his ear.

I stuck my hand out. “Let me talk to her.”

Kamden stared at me but didn’t reply.

God, he’s such an asshole,

I narrowed my eyes as anger simmered my blood. “Damn it, Kamden, give me the fucking phone!” I growled.

That motherfucker smirked at me, actually fucking smirked. He turned around as he greeted, “Hey, Nori. It’s Kam. Is Kai—”

I ripped the phone from his hand, cutting off the rest of his sentence. He whirled around angrily as I put the phone to my ear. I gave him a warning glare as I spoke, “Nori, it’s Ryker. Is Kaiya there?”

“No. Why would she be here?” She sounded confused.

“Fuck!” I yelled.

Where are you, Warrior?

“Ryker, what’s going on? You’re scaring me,” Nori urgently replied.

I rubbed my hand over my face. “Kaiya and I got in a fight. I left the apartment, and when I came home she wasn’t there. She’s not with Kamden either. She isn’t answering her phone.”

I heard Nori gasp. “Oh my God, you don’t think…”

“What?” I had no clue what she was talking about, but the fear and concern in her voice intensified mine.

When she didn’t answer, I demanded, “Damn it, Nori, tell me!”

“You don’t think the person who’s been sending her those texts did something, do you?”

Now I was confused on top of being worried. “Wait, what?” I tried to make sense of what Nori was saying. “No, that was months ago, before Kaiya even found out she was pregnant. The texts stopped.”

Nori sighed into the phone. “No, they didn’t, Ryker. Kaiya just didn’t want you to freak out and get yourself arrested over them, so she didn’t tell you.”

I slumped to the couch in shock. Those texts had been going on for over nine months and Kaiya had kept it to herself. No wonder she seemed so distant and off sometimes—she wasn’t cheating, she was hiding the texts from me.

I wasn’t sure if that revelation hurt more or less. I didn’t fully believe that she’d been cheating on me, but keeping the texts from me was real. She didn’t trust me enough to tell me what was going on.

Well, look how crazy you act.

I could hear Nori rambling through the phone, but I didn’t care. All I cared about was finding Kaiya, and I had no idea where to start. And now I was terrified that whoever had been sending Kaiya the texts was somehow involved.

The phone fell from my hand to the couch. I bolted up and ran out the door, ignoring Kamden’s shouts from behind me.

My apartment was still open since I’d left in such a hurry. I went inside and started looking around for anything that might tell me where Kaiya was. It was a long shot, but I was desperate.

I looked through our room first, but found nothing to help me so I went to the living room. I searched high and low, over every inch of the space, and still nothing.

Fuck.

Then, out of the corner of my eye, I could’ve sworn I saw a light flash. I jerked my head in the direction it came from, and then the small light flashed again from the couch.

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