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“Yes?” Her man Gene presumed was Sammi’s brother opened the door and looked confused . “Sorry, dude but I don’t need to buy anything.”

“Is Sammi here, your sister?” he asked.

Her brother’s eyebrows furrowed. “What do you need with my sister?”

“I’m dating her. Is she here? Last week, she told me she was moving in with so she could sell hers.”

His eyes went wide. “Did she say anything else?”

It was Gene’s turn to look shocked now. Why was he concerned?

“No, she didn’t. Just said she was helping you with something and needed to move in. So, is she in here?”

Her brother relaxed, and he shook his head. “No, I haven’t seen her for five days. She was supposed to move in, but she never came. Tried contacting her, but she hasn’t responded.”

“What do you mean she hasn’t responded?” Gene crossed his arms.

“Exactly what I said. I’ve tried calling and texting her, but she hasn’t responded. Didn’t know what happened; maybe she left town. She promised she wouldn’t, but with everything going on, I wouldn’t be surprised if she did.” He shrugged.

Sammi wouldn’t just get up and leave. Not when he was her Daddy, and they had a connection. It wasn’t like her to do something so flighty.

“Do you know where she could have gone?” Gene asked.

“No, and right now, I don’t really care. I need to work things out since Sammi’s left me in a pickle. I’ve got to go.” Her brother attempted to close the door but Gene placed his foot in the way.

“What else do you know? Did she say anything to you before?” Gene asked.

Something was off. The way her brother looked around as they spoke didn’t sit well with him.

“Did Deccan send you to find out where both of us were?” His eyes went wide. “Shit. Just tell him I’ll get his money soon.”

Gene’s eyebrows went up as he stared at her brother. He kicked his foot out of the way and slammed the door. What was going on? Why did he think Deccan senthim?

After pulling up Ezekiel’s contact on his phone, Gene called him.

“What’s up, boss? Car break down?”

“You said Sammi didn’t come to work at all while I was gone?” Gene got straight to the point.

Worry flooded him as he thought about every possibility. Where was she? Why wasn’t she answering her phone?Had Deccan done something?

“Yeah, promise. What’s wrong?”

“She didn’t move into her brother’s house. She hasn’t answered him in five days,” he explained while walking to his car.“Her brother mentioned something about Deccan. I’ll head there before going to the hospital.”

But his mind wouldn’t leave her possibly being in the hospital. What if she had struggled with her diabetes and she was unwell? What if she didn’t hear her phone go off? He had caught her putting her phone on silent a couple of times so she could ignore it telling her about her blood sugar.

He made sure she knew she couldn’t do that again.

“If you see her, let me know.”Gene told his friend.

Gene hoped and prayed she wasn’t Mercy Hospital and had nothing to do with Deccan.He knew he shouldn’t have left her alone. He had a bad feeling, one that got worse when he realized he wouldn’t be able to speak with her. But she hadn’t messaged him once. Why hadn’t she?

“Did she contact you at all?” Gene asked as he started to drive.

It was a long shot since she hadn’t reached out to him or her brother. What was going on?

“No, she didn’t. I meant to go check on her yesterday but several of the animals got out and everybody was rushing around to get them back into their field,” Ezekiel explained. “Do you need me to do anything? Get anything or meet you there?”

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