She put the last dish away in the cupboard and finally put the dish towel away. Wiping the sweat from her brow she allowed herself the chance to sit and take a breather.

She was worried; there was no denying it anymore. No matter how many tasks she gave herself, she couldn't stop the fear that was flowing through her veins.

Three days. Three long and painful days. That had been how long it had been since she heard word from her husband AJ; or rather Jeff. He had gone to Carolina three days before and there had been not one single word.

Just what could be going on there and why hadn't he called her? Even if it was just to tell her that he had arrived there safe and sound. Hence all the worry now. She would have called his cell phone but he hated them and he never had his turned on.

Jeff had told her years before that if someone really wanted to speak to him then they could do the rational thing and just search him out the traditional way.

Beth had never understood it then and she surely didn't understand it now. How was she supposed to search him out when she didn't know a damn thing about the man she had married all those years ago?

After the way they had met, the accident that had brought them together, she would hope that he would want to stay in contact with her. Not push himself further away. Didn't he realize that at a time like this, he needed her?

"He needs to do this on his own." She said to the air around her, trying to talk herself into believing it, when deep down, she didn't believe one word of it. When you married someone, you went through the hardships together, not alone. All she knew for sure was that if it was her this was happening too, she would want Jeff by her side the entire time. Not a million miles away in another state.

"Of all the times to push me away, why did you have to choose now?" she asked the air again, wishing her husband was there to ask himself.

Just what the hell was going on in North Carolina and was the man she loved even aware of the pain that he was putting her through?