He looked around the parking lot to check if her car was around but didn’t see any trace of that, then he remembered that she rarely ever take her car out.
She prefers going by Taxis or public transportation and he has warned her severally on that.
Not having the time to be mad at her for not doing so, he quickly went for his car to head home to look for her.
Just as he got into his car, his phone rang and his father-in-law’s name showed as the caller.
Clearing his throat, he slide the green button and placed the phone to his ear.
“Hello Dimitri” Kingsley’s cheerful voice greets him and he smiled a bit and tried not to sound panicked.
“Hello dad” he answered.
“How are you doing?”
“I am great thanks, and you?” he looked outside his car and tried to be too worried as he tells himself he is just being paranoid and she is fine where she is.
“I am doing fine son. My wife is really taking care of me” he chuckled and Dimitri let out a forced one.
“Okay, not to take your time, I am sure you are still at work, right?”
“Well, I am leaving work now” he answered.
“You are going home?”
“Yes, I am”
“Great, could you please tell Audriana to come home? I need her for something and I have been trying her number for a while but she isn’t picking up” he told him and Dimitri’s heart raced faster.
“She isn’t picking?” Dimitri frowned at that.
“Yes, I have tried like five times now and it would just ring. I don’t know if she is sleeping or having the online lectures that are making her not pick up but please when you get home, tell her to home to meet me” he told him and Dimitri let out a sigh and rest his head on the steering wheel.
“I also tried to call her not too long ago and she inst picking also”
“Really? That is strange, she never leaves her phone unattended and would always let us know when she is going to be busy and wouldn’t be taking calls or messages” Kingsley said worriedly.
This made him more scared and his mind went to one person to ask before he starts freaking out.
“Sir, please be calm and don’t worry about anything. She might be with Sofia and having some girl time together, I will call Sofia once I drop this call” he told Kingsley after a moment of trying to recollect his thoughts.
“Okay, I would try and I will also call Aiden and Caleb. You know how close Audriana and Aiden can be?” he laughed a bit to lighten the mood.
Dimitri could feel his jaw clenched at the thought of Audriana with Aiden at the moment and him comforting her.
He shouldn’t feel this way since he was the one who made her cry moments ago. He would be the one she would cry to and it angered him.
Trying his best not to think of them together at the moment and making sure she was safer where she is and bringing her home when he sets his eyes, he let out another sigh and nod his head then answered since he wouldn’t be able to see him.
“Sure, do that and I will give you an update of what I have,” he told him and disconnected the call.
“I am so going to give that boy a piece of my mind once this is sorted” he muttered then dialed Sofia’s number.
Just as he pressed call, someone approached him and he looked to see Aiden as he stood there in casual wear with his phone to his ear and a worried frown on his face.
He stood just outside of the car and put his hands in his pocket as he answers the person he believes is Kingsley on the other line.
“To what honor do I owe this call from you?” Sofia asked sarcastically.
He was so tempted to say something back but that wasn’t important at the moment.
“Did you see Audriana?” he asked focusing on what she was going to say.
“No, I haven’t but I spoke to her” she replied.
“When?” he asked already starting to feel relieved but wanted her to answer what he asked to confirm that she is fine.
“Early this morning I think” she answered then yawned.
“So she isn’t with you?” he asked as the worry grew in him again.
“No, she isn’t with me. She told me she was heading to your office, didn’t you see her?” Sofia asked.
“Yes, I did see her but she was supposed to head home after coming to my office. I called her office and school but they said she hasn’t been there either and my best guess was she is with you” he said and tried to tell himself that she was good and nothing is wrong with her.
“Well, she isn’t here maybe she went to see Mum and Dad”
“I dont think so, because her Dad asked me to inform her of her presence being needed at home.”
“Have you checked home”
“No, bu-”
“Then why dont you go check home? Like you said she was supposed to be home or…” she paused for a while before continuing “did you do something to her?”
“Why would you think I would do something to her?” he asked feeling attacked and annoyed by her question.
‘I would never do anything to hurt Loveth’ he said to himself.
“Say something? Did you say something to her?” she asked but got no response.
“Miguel, did you say anything to my friend? Anything that might have triggered her to go somewhere?” she asked like she was questioning a little child about his behavior.
She got no response but a sigh from him.
“Dimitri Miguel Lorenzo Te matare si algo le pasa a mi amigo, maldito seas” she spat angrily.
“Just calm down Sofia, we just had a little disagreement and I sent her home,” he told her.
“Or more like you said something that made her feel bad? Dimitri, it isn’t nice that you talk to her the way you do, it isn’t. Now is not a time for me to scold you, go find my friend and we would continue this discussion” she said.
“Okay, please try to call her and let me or her parents know when you know something, okay?”
“Okay, bye for now” he took the phone from his ear and got out of the car to stand beside Aiden.
“Why are we looking for Audriana?” Aiden asked with a frown.
“We… I said some provoking things to her and sent her home then I started having this bad feeling and tried calling her but she didn’t pick up my calls” Dimitri explained to Aiden and got a glare from him.
“I really want to punch you in the face but now wouldn’t be the right time for that. Let’s look for Audri first then we will get back to you.” he walked past him to his car.
Dimitri turned to his car and saw Aiden’s hand held out to him, he raised his brows questioningly.
“Your keys man, I am driving as I interrogate you about the possible places she could be.” he handed him the keys and went to seat in the passenger seat while Aiden sat in the driver’s seat and started the car.
“Now, who else does she hang out with aside from Daniella and Earl?” he asked and Dimitri shrugged since no one came to mind.
“Okay, we are going to locate those two” Aiden said.
“How?”
“I do keep tabs on those two since I am not too comfortable with them around my baby girl,” Aiden said with all seriousness.
He really wanted to punch his annoying friend for saying his wife was his ‘baby girl’ but he just kept it in and looked out of the window.
“Did you two really date?” he asked after a while and Aiden took a glance at him and focused back on the road. “Before I came into the picture?”
“Is that what is important now?” Aiden replied.
“Sorry,” he bowed his head like a scolded child then his head snap up as he remembered something… rather someone.
“Philip,” he said then looked at his friend who threw him a confused ‘are you okay?’ glance.
“She might be with Philip, been long I heard of him but I guess she is with him,” he told Aiden.
“She is with her former lover? Well, I am not too surprised since they are pretty close, and are you sure they still keep in contact with each other?”
He really want to react to what Aiden said but he managed to push it past him and answer him without imagining Aiden getting punched by him.
“I am not sure about that but we can always get him to tell us where he is keeping her” Dimitri answered.
“Violent much?”
“Shut up and drive” he replied and Aiden rolled his eyes and drove to the address Dimitri gave to him.
***
Te matare si algo le pasa a mi amigo, maldito seas – I will kill you if anything happens to my friend, damn you.