Blissful volume 2 (New Adult Romance) (9 page)
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Authors: Clarissa Wild
Amy
I dry my tears with a towel and throw all the empty bottles into a garbage bag. I feel like shit, though. Jack just left after yelling all sorts of crap
, and it’s freaking me out. Where has he run off to? Will he come back? Is he going to be okay? It just doesn’t feel right.
There are
just so many things that he’s not telling me, and I have a feeling I’m missing one big clue.
Digging through my memories, I try to discover what I’ve not been seeing. Then I remember the hidden box of clothes under his closet, and that he didn’t want me snooping around there.
It might give me some clues as to what he’s hiding from me.
I go upstairs and into his room. I immediately dig out the box and open it. I
n it I find another photograph of that woman. It has to be her.
“Where’s daddy?”
I turn around and see Madeline standing in the door. Holding her doll, she’s staring at me while yawning.
“Daddy had to go out for a second. Hey, Maddy, who is this?” I show her the photograph.
“That’s mommy. Mommy’s not here anymore …” she says, her voice turning softer with every word.
I get down in front of her and grab her by the arms. “What happened to your mommy?”
“Mommy didn’t come out of the water … Daddy says she’s in heaven now.”
My eyes widen. No. No, it can’t be. Jack’s wife drowned?
Madeline plays out the scenes with her dolls; the drowning and the coffin. Jack’s afraid of water, and he doesn’t let his daughter swim. He never lets me drive my car alone and he wants to avoid bridges.
Everything’s connecting in my head now. Little bits and pieces of information sticking together like one giant puzzle. That bridge. That crossing. The water. It must’ve happened there. That’s where his wife drowned
, and for some reason he’s blaming himself.
Shit. He has to be there right now.
“C’mere,” I say, and I lift Madeline and take her downstairs.
“Where are we going?” she says as I give her her jacket.
“Gonna pick up your daddy.”
Dragging her to my car, I forget to put on my own coat, but I don’t give a rat
’s ass at the moment. I need to find Jack. What if he’s really at that bridge? The place his wife died has to bring back memories he’d rather forget. He’s so blinded by his sadness that he’d do the craziest things. Like … jumping.
I start the car and drive away quickly.
No, I shouldn’t think like that. Don’t, Amy. You have to stop him before he does that. Stay hopeful. Maybe it’s not that bad.
Oh, who am I kidding
? I did this. I caused this. It’s my fault. I washed away all his drinks and made him face his pain.
I’m driving across the roads like a mad woman, ignoring upcoming traffic
as if I have a pregnant lady in the back. Inside I’m praying for Jack not to do anything stupid.
I hope I’m going the right way. Oh, god, I hope I reach him time. I don’t want to see him hurt. I don’t want him to go after her. I know he’s been thinking about it for a long time. No wonder he was such a wreck. I should’ve seen it sooner. Should’ve acted sooner. Maybe we wouldn’t be in such a mess then.
When I arrive at the bridge I put on the big lights and scan the area. My heart’s going in overdrive as I stop the car. “Maddy, stay here,” I say, and I get out.
I grab a flashlight from the back of my car and turn it on. Waving it about, I hope to find what I’m looking for, but all I see are tire tracks on the road.
Wait, what? Tire tracks?
I step closer and check them out. It looks like the trail went into the water.
No …
I run to the side and peer over the edge. I point my light at the water. In the distance, I can clearly see a
truck disappearing under the water. His truck.
“Jack!”
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