FULL CIRCLE
Chapter 48
"What have you planned for the weekend?" Frank asked as he and Miles loaded the rest of the equipment in the car trunk.
"I am going to at least stop by home long enough to give Mikayla her present. But after that I haven't decided," Miles replied. He looked over at Frank. "Think she'll like it?"
"Trust me, she'll love it. It's a gift from her big brother," Frank assured him.
"She did seem to like me," Miles admitted.
"If she likes you then she'll like anybody," Frank joked. He slammed shut the trunk and made a hasty move for the front seat while Miles was still deciding on which way he should take the comment.
Stephen watched them for a moment before interrupting to say, "If you're finished loading up, I'd like to get going before the traffic gets bad."
"Yeah. We're ready," Miles replied as he got in the backseat and fastened his seatbelt. "If we leave now, we'll be making good time before everything starts to slow down"
"Good. Because I'd really hate to miss this flight," Frank spoke up.
Stephen quickly consulted the map before heading for the airport via the quickest way possible. They made good time and managed to arrive at the airport with plenty of time to get their equipment loaded up.
After he and Frank had gotten their boarding passes and were waiting for their flight to be called, Stephen turned to Miles and said, "I except to see you at Headquarters bright and early Monday morning."
"I'll be there," Miles replied. He reached in his pocket for the keys and headed for where they'd parked the car. As he hurried along, he thought about what he should be doing besides just leaving
the present. He'd had plenty of time during his night of misery to reflect upon his actions. And he'd come to the conclusion that he was pretty well disgusted with himself. Not only because he'd
decided to go get drunk and ended up making himself sick instead.
He'd go and let his father explain why he'd never told him about Rachelle and Kayla. It didn't guarantee that he'd even like or accept what he'd been told. But he'd listen to the explanation.
And then he'd go back to the hotel.