Chapter 20: Note [G]
Griffin rolled over, hoping to see Penny's beautiful sleeping face as his eyes opened. But to his surprise, the side of the bed she slept on was empty. He sat up and saw the note on the pillow. He picked it up and read it...
Griffin, I'm sorry but I have this feeling. A feeling my brother's alive and needs my help. I'm going to look for him at his college. Please don't be mad and don't try to stop me. I'll be back soon. You're the best thing that ever happened to me and I love you forever. Penny.
Griffin didn't know what he should be feeling. Angry because she up and left? Or maybe happy because he knows how much he means to her? I'll just be all the fuckin' feelings I can think of!
He got up and put his dark lace up shoes and usual leather jacket on. Like hell if he was gunna sit here and wait for her. Griffin walked to his computer and pulled up a web browser. It was a search page. He typed in 'Zack Collins'. He found a page from a newspaper in Michigan stating that he's a football player for the state college team. Lovely. A jock, Griffin thought. But when he found a picture of him, he was wrong.
It was a picture of Penny's brother. He was a little muscular but only in the arms. Otherwise, he was tall and on the slender side. Griffin took notice Zack had a striking resemblance to Mr. Collins, too.
Griffin hadn't been to the college before so he looked up a picture of the main campus. Pretty boring looking, he thought. He shrugged and jumped to the building.
Griffin strolled in casually to the main campus building. It was a welcome center type office. The receptionist behind the computer was on the phone. She hung up the receiver and looked at him.
"Can you tell me where Zack Collins' dorm room is?" he asked quickly.
She looked at the computer and typed a few things. "Friend or family?"
"Family."
"Your name?"
"Is this really necessary?" Griffin asked annoyed.
The receptionist looked at him curiously. "Yes. We don't want people walking off the street finding out student information."
"I'm Penelope's fiancé and I can't bloody find her! Just tell me where it is!" he yelled. Paladins could be here already. Anything to get in. He mentally patted himself on the back for the quick thinking.
The receptionist looked frightened. "R-room 18. In the western building."
Griffin huffed and ran out. A map on a bulletin board caught his eye as he hurried out of the building. He found where the western building on the map and ran as fast as he could there.
Griffin ran on the sidewalk. He slowed up as he saw a familiar car. Like the on the Paladins use. I hope I'm not too late...He looked in the front window. Go figure. A man in a trench coat was standing in the hallway. A woman walked out from around the corner and stood across from the man. Shite.
Note From Teh Writer: Only 3 more chapters! Are you guys excited? I'm super pumped to see what everyone thinks of the ending. My two friends who were keeping up with it as I wrote it at school were like 'O_O'. Heh.
And I'm still working on getting the art of Penny. I have someone drawing her and another doing some photoshop manipulation. As soon as I get ahold of those I'll be posting the link so keep your eyes peeled....Anyone can still message me if they would like to assist! 3 It would be much loved.