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"Amy?" Ian called up the stairs. Dinner had been ready nearly five minutes and she still hadn't come down. "Amy!" he shouted again, walking up the stairs and into the room in which she was staying. He heard a door close from somewhere downstairs. Muttering a few swear words, he dashed downstairs.
The living room and dining room were both empty. He circled the lowest level searching for her. "Amy Cahill!" he screamed one final time. "yes?" she said quietly, walking in from the small room in the corner. It wasn't much. It's walls were colored peach and a few decorative old chairs sat against opposite walls. A large window took up most of the room, and, seeing as it faced East, one could view the sun rising from in there. Ian hadn't noticed it before, but Amy had seemed to take a liking to it.
"Where were you?" Ian asked strictly. "Oh, I-I went to answer a call in the parlor." she called it that, seeing as a room like it had occupied Grace's manor, and Grace had called it that. old person term, I suppose. Ian said to himself. "Alright, well, dinners done. Afterwards I trust you will accompany me for a walk on the seashore?" Ian said, more of a statement than a question. Amy nodded and walked to the table. "Enjoy." Ian smirked, taking a bite of his lobster.
"Any news from her?" Dan asked for the third time in an hour. Nellie sighed. She didn't want to lie to Dan, but if he knew about the call she'd received... no, she told herself. it'll crush him.
"Sorry, kiddo, but no. I'll check news headers online, though, see if she's turned up." she shrugged. "Hey, Nellie?" Dan asked, picking up her cell phone from the table, which she'd left out in the open. "What?" Nellie asked, trying to hide the alarm in her voice. "Can I play a game on this?" he asked, rolling the cell phone through his palms. "go ahead, kiddo." Nellie sighed. "I'm going to go get dinner from the machine downstairs. Egg salad okay?" she asked him from the doorway. "yeah." he said, opening the phone.
Once he heard the door slam shut Dan selected the Menu button. "Lets see." he said, opening her messages. "please enter password" a robotic voice asked him. Dan pressed four keys quickly. Please Enter Password. flashed across the screen. he tried a few more times, guessing birthdays, band names, even the Cahill family branches. Finally he tried the last one coming to him. Madrigal.
The screen blinked twice before flashing to the inbox. Dan stared questioningly at the screen but wasted no time searching for unknown numbers.
"This is Molly from the debt collection agency, just calling to check if you..." "How's school honey?" "Nellie, it's me, Amy-" Dan flipped passed it but quickly went back. He clicked on the message again.
"Nellie, it's me, Amy. I wanted you to know that I'm safe. Did you tell Dan yet? The message I sent? I don't know why I'm so concerned, of course you did. He's coming, I'd better go." In the distance Dan heard waves crashing onto shore, and a distant, strangely familiar voice calling her name.
Dan searched through the rest of the messages, checking for more from the number. Right before he could click on it the phone was snatched from his grasp. He whirled around on the couch to see Nellie holding it. "It was already in messages, I couldn't figure out how to exit it." Dan lied. "okay." Nellie said, her frown loosening up. She handed him his sandwich. "something wrong, kiddo? you look like you've seen a ghost."
"mrrp!"
I know it's not my best work, but July is awful for trying to think. It's too hot. At least in winter there's nothing to do!
Hope you liked it, I'll update soon!
