Page 60 of Falling for Him
“Sutton,” Rory hollers out from the place he stands behind her car. “Someone is blowing up your phone.”
Standing up she brushes off the back of her jeans and jogs over to the driver’s door, pulling it open. Quickly answering the call I watch as her happy expression from earlier instantly shifts.
“Wait, what?” She holds her phone to her ear and looks over at Brantley. Just by the panicked look on her face he is up and setting his plate aside. “Kendall, slow down,” she adds and Brantley stands on the other side of her rubbing her arm.
“Okay,” she adds, bouncing nervously on her feet like an overly anxious child. “Kendall, please, is she okay?”
She listens and when her attention shifts to me I feel like my entire body goes numb.
“Are you still there?”
It’s my turn to stand, my hands shaking as I fist them at my sides.
“Okay, but did you see her?”
She waits, then holds her hand up fisting her hair. “Someone call Adley,” Sutton hollers to no one in particular. I can sense the sheer panic in her voice. Sutton is slowly fading, falling into that moment when you lose all sense of rationality. “Call Adley,” shesays louder and several of the guys are scrambling to grab their phones.
I start walking toward her and she watches me approach.
“What am I calling her for?” Rory asks and Sutton ends the call with Kendall, still holding my stare.
“She has connections at Montgomery ER.” My stomach tightens and I feel nauseous. “We need her there, if she isn’t already, because they are bringing Lexi by ambulance.”
My legs are moving before my mind can catch up. Running across the property toward my truck, I trip over a pile of rubble and land on my knees. Hurrying back up I can hear my name being hollered out and then someone grabs my shoulder.
“I’m going,” I say, shrugging them off and Finn grabs me again.
“I know, but let me drive you, Bennett.”
“I’m fine,” I assure him yanking open my door.
“You aren’t,” he raises his voice. “The last fucking thing any of us need right now is adding more shit to this day. Give me the damn keys Bennett, because I’m driving you.”
I want to argue, but the way my heart is racing I know I should listen.
Once I’m up inside the cab, I grab my phone and call Adley. It rings four times then goes to voicemail. Ending it, I dial again and it does the same.
“Can you step on it?” I ask, my patience growing thinner with each passing second. I feel sick, my entire body trembling with the fear that washes over me. The not knowing what’s going on, not being with her, it’s crippling.
My phone ringing detracts me and I look down to see Adley is calling me back.
“Are you there?”
“I’m here,” she says in a calm tone and she doesn’t even ask what I’m referring to. She sees shit all the time and I know she’s going to downplay it for my benefit and for hers. This is too close for her, I know on the inside she is crumbling too.
“Have you seen her?”
“The ambulance is a minute out Bennett, we don’t know much yet.”
“Damn it, Adley.” She isn’t to blame but I need someone to be angry at. “I need to fucking know if she’s okay.”
“We all do.” I hear the shake in her voice and instantly feel like the biggest asshole. “I promise you, you’ll be my first call.”
“I’m on my way.”
“Okay, I’ll see you when you get here. Message me and I’ll come out and get you.”
I let out a heavy breath and end the call. Sitting in silence I watch the trees and other cars pass us by. Silence settles in over the cab of my truck, not even the radio is playing.
