Family Secrets- Part 10
Lexie sighed and noticed Shelley still sitting at the computer, she looked near tears. "Come on honey, how would you like to go visit Tilly again for a bit while we look for Duncan?" "Okay" Shelley whimpered, taking Lexie's outstretched hand "You go and pack some stuff for over night and I'll ring Tilly's mother." Shelley nodded and ran to her room. She was extremely worried that Duncan might have done something stupid and she didn't want to hold up the search anymore then she already had by promising not to tell about Glenbogle. Ten minutes later Shelley was back at her friend's house and Lexie and Archie were in the car cruising around the nearby neighborhoods. Lexie was trying to hold the tears back; Archie glanced at her and reached over to place his hand on her leg. "It's going to be okay Honey. We'll find him" Lexie shook her head "What if we don't? Oh Arch I don't think I could stand it" "Shh, Shh" He soothed "Come on we've got to think positive" Lexie nodded and looked out the window. "Should we go the police?" Archie shook his head "I don't think they can do anything until it's been 24 hours" He replied Lexie nodded, taking a deep breath "What do we do?" "Here" Archie replied, handing her his mobile "Ring the hotel and tell them to keep an eye out he could go there" "Okay"
Finally at 2am they stumbled back into the house without success, and collapsed on the lounge "Arch" Lexie commented, "You don't really think he could be trying to get to Glenbogle do you?" "He wouldn't have enough money, you know how much it costs to get a ticket to Scotland" Lexie nodded "Guess so. How did he even find out about it though?" Archie thought about this for a minute before remembering that he'd caught Duncan acting weird in the computer room before "The e-mail" He declared suddenly "It had to be the e-mail I got from Paul" Suddenly Lexie couldn't help it anymore, tears rolled down her cheeks "Oh Archie" "Shh" he whispered, "Come here" He pulled her into his arms and stroked her hair "14 years together Lex, we've got through 14 years, we can get through this" Lexie's head bobbed up and down in timid agreement 'why had they yelled at him, why did he run away. She didn't think she'd survive if anything happened to him' Archie continued to stroke his wife's hair as he tried to block out his feelings of fear and concentrate on where else his son could have possibly gone.
At 10am the next morning the front door opened and Duncan walked in. he had no idea of all the chaos he had created. He walked into he lounge room and stopped, his parents were on the lounge. His mother was asleep in his father lap but Archie was wide-awake. "Where have you been?" He asked, his voice dangerously low "Do you have any idea what your mother and I have gone through?"
Lexie sighed and noticed Shelley still sitting at the computer, she looked near tears. "Come on honey, how would you like to go visit Tilly again for a bit while we look for Duncan?" "Okay" Shelley whimpered, taking Lexie's outstretched hand "You go and pack some stuff for over night and I'll ring Tilly's mother." Shelley nodded and ran to her room. She was extremely worried that Duncan might have done something stupid and she didn't want to hold up the search anymore then she already had by promising not to tell about Glenbogle. Ten minutes later Shelley was back at her friend's house and Lexie and Archie were in the car cruising around the nearby neighborhoods. Lexie was trying to hold the tears back; Archie glanced at her and reached over to place his hand on her leg. "It's going to be okay Honey. We'll find him" Lexie shook her head "What if we don't? Oh Arch I don't think I could stand it" "Shh, Shh" He soothed "Come on we've got to think positive" Lexie nodded and looked out the window. "Should we go the police?" Archie shook his head "I don't think they can do anything until it's been 24 hours" He replied Lexie nodded, taking a deep breath "What do we do?" "Here" Archie replied, handing her his mobile "Ring the hotel and tell them to keep an eye out he could go there" "Okay"
Finally at 2am they stumbled back into the house without success, and collapsed on the lounge "Arch" Lexie commented, "You don't really think he could be trying to get to Glenbogle do you?" "He wouldn't have enough money, you know how much it costs to get a ticket to Scotland" Lexie nodded "Guess so. How did he even find out about it though?" Archie thought about this for a minute before remembering that he'd caught Duncan acting weird in the computer room before "The e-mail" He declared suddenly "It had to be the e-mail I got from Paul" Suddenly Lexie couldn't help it anymore, tears rolled down her cheeks "Oh Archie" "Shh" he whispered, "Come here" He pulled her into his arms and stroked her hair "14 years together Lex, we've got through 14 years, we can get through this" Lexie's head bobbed up and down in timid agreement 'why had they yelled at him, why did he run away. She didn't think she'd survive if anything happened to him' Archie continued to stroke his wife's hair as he tried to block out his feelings of fear and concentrate on where else his son could have possibly gone.
At 10am the next morning the front door opened and Duncan walked in. he had no idea of all the chaos he had created. He walked into he lounge room and stopped, his parents were on the lounge. His mother was asleep in his father lap but Archie was wide-awake. "Where have you been?" He asked, his voice dangerously low "Do you have any idea what your mother and I have gone through?"