Chapter 2
Matt drove Christina as promised home and she went immediately to her phone to call her friend Jared. She dialled and waited for a while….."Hello, this is the number of Jared Smith. I'm currently not at home. Please call me later again or leave me a message after the beep". Christina tried it three times till she finally gave up and went into the kitchen to make a little dinner. Christina started to get worried, this wasn't Jared's style to disappear like that. He was always at home and if not she would know because her job was to take care of his flowers. After dinner went Christina to read a book, but she was interrupted by the phone. She jumped to the phone thinking that Jared finally replied. "Hello! Christina Young here." She shrieked into the phone. "Hello Chris! Dear are you okay? You sound a bit…surprised" said the voice on the phone. It was Christina's friend Lisa. She worked with her at the lab but was at the moment at home to take care of her new baby Harry. "Me? Yes of course, I just….never mind. How are you? How is Harry? Is he a nice baby?" answered Christina and sat down, ready to talk for awhile. "Oh yes, he is fine. He grows sooo fast!" said Lisa happily. "How is the work at the lab going? How was your presentation today?" she asked. "Oh it's fine, really. Do you already miss the lab? The presentation, hmm, they didn't give me a real answer, they only said they would think about it" answered Christina with a sigh. Then she remembered what she wanted to ask. "Liz, did you lately hear something from Jared? He totally disappeared" she asked. "Me? No, I thought you're the one to ask things about him" answered Lisa surprised. "But you're right, it's awkward that there is no sign of him. Oh look, I have to go now! Bye Chris! Kisses" said Lisa quickly. "Bye" answered Christina and hung up.
She dialled for a last time Jared's number and, of course, she didn't get an answer. Disappointed and worried she went earlier than usually to sleep.