"Athena" Maddie almost shouted into the phone, it was still early in the day but Maddie knew Athena would be up
"Hey Maddie what's up?" Athena asked calmly even though she had a growing worry this was about Buck
"We were just watching a movie and I don't know what happened but suddenly he just got up and said he couldn't do this and then he left. I tried to stop him but I couldn't. Oh Athena I'm so worried for him what if he does something stupid? What if life was what he meant when he said he couldn't do this?" Maddie was crying into the phone now
"Don't worry Maddie we'll find him" Athena said, trying very hard to not let her own fears take over or imagining the worst
"Oh I should have tried harder to stop him or called for help sooner, he has been acting weird all morning" Maddie cried
"It's not your fault Maddie and we will find him. Now can you tell me what he was wearing when he left?" Athena asked going into police sergeant mode
"Light blue jeans, a white pullover t-shirt and white sneakers" Maddie said
"Okay I'll get the description out there and I'll text Bobby to let them know what's happened in case he goes to the station. We'll find him" Athena said calmly
"Thank you Athena, I'll call you if he comes back" Maddie said and hung up the phone. Athena was left sitting with an empty feeling of deep worry, she really hoped that the young man she had come to see as a son was gonna be okay when they found him. She sent the text to Bobby
Buck is missing, mental state unknown, please let me know if he comes by the station
Within minutes Bobby's reply came back
Will do, keep me updated
Athena sighed, this was gonna be another emotionally long day. Athena filed the missing persons report on Buck, but not yet getting his description out there wanting to give the young man a chance of coming home on his own, she knew she would regret it if Buck really went and did something stupid but she couldn't help but feel that maybe he wasn't and that they were just overreacting because of the last few days revelations
It was maybe two hours later when Maddie called again to let her know Buck had returned home safe, Athena sighed with relief, she knew she had made the right decision in trusting Buck, but she couldn't help but think about if it had gone the other way, they needed to address the situation with Buck, make him understand how worried they all were and just wanted to help him, they needed to start putting their family back together. She wrote a message to Bobby to let him know that Buck was safe and home with Maddie, then after some thinking she sent him another text that they were having a family meeting later with Buck and Maddie if they agreed to it, then she waited for his reply. Bobby's reply came half an hour later
Sorry we were out on a call. Good that the kid is home safe. Sure thing about the meeting, I'll let the rest of the team know. See you later love Bobby
Athena smiled at the reply from her husband and went on to calling Maddie to let them know they were having a meeting later
