Gage turned off the TV.
He had gone home to get some sleep, but after staring at the ceiling
without any sleep for an hour he had given up and sat down on the couch in
the living-room to watch some TV instead. He couldn't get Sydney out of his
mind. What was she doing now, thinking about this second?
When they met he had not felt this way about her at all. It came later, when they started working together more seriously. She had done great the first time and she was his first thought when Walker said he would need a partner. But he had only thought of her as another ranger then, someone he would work with, not fall in love with.
Gage knew that if he continued feeling this way about her he would no longer be capable of taking care of himself because he would always be worried about her. And there was no use ruining a good working relationship with a woman who didn't feel the same way about him as he did about her. He leaned back on the couch and closed his eyes, not expecting to go to sleep.
"Francis! Francis!"
Gage sat up, gazing around the dark room. He could have sworn he heard a voice calling out his name.
"Francis!"
There it was again.
"Who's there? Is anybody there?" he asked. This was a little too spooky even for him. Bank-robbers, murderers and gangsters he could handle, but voices calling out in the dark was something else.
He got up, walked over to a drawer and took out a gun. Then he got to the window and looked out. There was nobody there.
"Help her Francis, she can't hold on forever." It was more a whisper this time. He spun around, but couldn't see anyone.
Gage awoke with a jerk. It had been a dream. And a very strange one too. He didn't usually have dreams at night. He felt how the dream faded away in his mind. He brought a hand to his forehead and wiped the sweat away with the back of it.
"What was it about?" he asked himself out loud, not expecting an answer. "Oh, right. The old lady at the hospital" He had almost forgotten about her and her strange behaviour. What had she meant in the dream? "No, I have to stop this. I don't believe in signs or the paranormal. And whatever it might have meant, it has absolutely nothing to do with Sydney."
He closed his tired eyes determined to get some sleep before dawn. He tried to relax but couldn't. His eyes shot open once again and he reached for his cell-phone on the table.
"But....it can't hurt to check on her." He quickly dialled the number "She's going to think I'm crazy calling her at this hour because of a silly dream." He waited until at least twenty signals had passed but there was no answer. That's strange. Where could she have gone at three o'clock in the morning?ยด
Gage had a feeling something was wrong. He tried her cell-phone as well but it had been turned off.
"Sydney never turns off her cell-phone." He sprung to his feet and ran into the bedroom to get the keys to his car and hurried out the door.
To be continued
When they met he had not felt this way about her at all. It came later, when they started working together more seriously. She had done great the first time and she was his first thought when Walker said he would need a partner. But he had only thought of her as another ranger then, someone he would work with, not fall in love with.
Gage knew that if he continued feeling this way about her he would no longer be capable of taking care of himself because he would always be worried about her. And there was no use ruining a good working relationship with a woman who didn't feel the same way about him as he did about her. He leaned back on the couch and closed his eyes, not expecting to go to sleep.
"Francis! Francis!"
Gage sat up, gazing around the dark room. He could have sworn he heard a voice calling out his name.
"Francis!"
There it was again.
"Who's there? Is anybody there?" he asked. This was a little too spooky even for him. Bank-robbers, murderers and gangsters he could handle, but voices calling out in the dark was something else.
He got up, walked over to a drawer and took out a gun. Then he got to the window and looked out. There was nobody there.
"Help her Francis, she can't hold on forever." It was more a whisper this time. He spun around, but couldn't see anyone.
Gage awoke with a jerk. It had been a dream. And a very strange one too. He didn't usually have dreams at night. He felt how the dream faded away in his mind. He brought a hand to his forehead and wiped the sweat away with the back of it.
"What was it about?" he asked himself out loud, not expecting an answer. "Oh, right. The old lady at the hospital" He had almost forgotten about her and her strange behaviour. What had she meant in the dream? "No, I have to stop this. I don't believe in signs or the paranormal. And whatever it might have meant, it has absolutely nothing to do with Sydney."
He closed his tired eyes determined to get some sleep before dawn. He tried to relax but couldn't. His eyes shot open once again and he reached for his cell-phone on the table.
"But....it can't hurt to check on her." He quickly dialled the number "She's going to think I'm crazy calling her at this hour because of a silly dream." He waited until at least twenty signals had passed but there was no answer. That's strange. Where could she have gone at three o'clock in the morning?ยด
Gage had a feeling something was wrong. He tried her cell-phone as well but it had been turned off.
"Sydney never turns off her cell-phone." He sprung to his feet and ran into the bedroom to get the keys to his car and hurried out the door.
To be continued