Rafael closed from work and went home, he was much too tired to do anything else than go to sleep, he should have talked better with Nicole but she had been so stubborn it was her safety he was talking about they she had told him to mind his business, that had hurt more than anything and he regret everything that he said to her, yes, she was right for blaming him, this was all his fault, if didn’t have so many people trying to bring him down then Nicole won’t have had to face what she was facing, it was his fault, if staying away from her would fix that then he would, the caller has not called him back and his security officer told him earlier that the number was untraceable, he was scared, scared for Nicole but like she also said, she was from an influencial family and her house is protected so the extra security might not be needed, but what he couldn’t look pass was that there weren’t much security at her work place and there wasn’t any at the damn studio she always visits, what if something happens to her, he tried not to have any negative thoughts.
“She will be fine,”
He whispered to himself as he managed to take a bath and went to lay on his bed, he was dead tired, he purposely overworked himself just so he could be tired and fall asleep as soon as he gets home, it keeps his thoughts away from him and prevents him from giving in to the loneliness that has become his new friend, this was even worst, this was worst than when they had first separated, at least he had someone to talk to them but now he was completely alone.
“I hate it here,”
He said to himself, he wasn’t one to cry but he was feeling like it every minute that pass by, he hated this feeling so much, he felt like this before, two months after his parents died and none of his extended family had come for him, he had been sent to his first foster home, a home where he had felt like he belonged, his foster parents had been caring and all but that changed less than a month later, they couldn’t keep him for longer than that because they were running low on resources, so he was moved to another home where he became a loner again, that had been the only time he cried, not because of his dead parents but because he knew then that he wasn’t ever going to be fully part of a family, that’s exactly how he felt right now like he was a pre-teen again and no one wanted him.
“Go to sleep,”
He warned himself, pushing out the sad thoughts that crowded his broken mind, when that didn’t happen, he got up, went to his table, took the sleeping pills there, and swallowed two, after which he went back to lay down and waited for the drug to take effect, it didn’t take long before it did, he fell into a shallow dreamless sleep.
He was woken up by his phone ringing, he blinked and checked the time, it was barely midnight, who could be calling him by this time? he picked it up without checking who it was.
“Hello?”
“Rafael? Do you perhaps know where the twin is? Their mom called that they are not home yet and I can’t reach them,”
The person said, he got up quickly.
“Who is this?”
“It’s Aron, we have met a few times, I am Nicole’s friend,”
“Yeah, what did you say again?”
“The twin, they are not home yet,”
“What?”
He yelled getting off the bed and checking his time again, now that looks bad, why will they not be home by this time of the night, the drugs he had taken still made him feel dizzy but not with the thought of Nicole and her twin being in danger.
“I can’t get a hold of either one of them, their phones are not going through and it’s a weekday, they usually do not hang out on weekdays
“Oh, God, where are you right now?”
He asked looking for a pair of trousers and a t-shirt, he wore them in a hurry.
“I am at my studio, I had a job that needs to be done soon so I was working overnight, I got a call from their mom at ten pm and two hours later we still can’t get a hold of them.
“I am on my way,”
He said running out of his room and grabbing his car keys, he should have known this would happen, he hurriedly started his car and drove out of his house speeding down the road, it was midnight so everywhere was almost empty, there were only a few cars on the way, it took him about twenty minutes to get to the studio, he got off his car without turning it off, he met Aron at the entrance looking worried.
“Anything yet?”
He asked as he got close to him.
“No, nothing yet, they still aren’t taking their calls, I can’t even face their mom,”
Aron said.
“Oh God, I shouldn’t have left, I shouldn’t have let her talk me into leaving, this is all my fault,”
He let out squatting and holding his head.
“What do you? Did you know this will happen?”
“I did, I was threatened, so I got her, both of them bodyguards but Nicole didn’t want them and told me to leave, that was Saturday and barely two days later this is happening, I shouldn’t have left,”
He did still holding his head, the worst part was he didn’t know who he is dealing with and just what the person wanted and why he was threatening him in the first place, this was all a nightmare, it has to be a nightmare.
“This is not a time to cast blame, I was going over to the mansion, I am assuming you are coming with me right?”
“Yes, let’s go,”
He said waiting for Aron to lock up.
“I will drive, you look like hell, how did you get here in that state? ”
Aron asked him, he didn’t answer just go into the passage seat and sat down bringing out his phone he dialed his chief security officer.
“Lance, a check-up for Nicole’s location and where are car is,”
He said into the phone, Lance got the memo immediately.
“I will do that, where do we meet? I am guessing something is wrong,”
“Yes, we can’t find the girls, I am going to their parent’s house, meet me there,”
He said.
“Okay, Rafael,”
Lance said and he ended the call.
“How would he know the car to track?”
Aron asked him, Rafael looked at the younger man who looked just as worried as he did.
“I had Lance men follow her but she didn’t want bodyguards, still they had her car details just in case, I didn’t expect them to use it so soon, God I messed up.”
“Oh, she told me about that, Don’t say anything negative, let’s not think the worst yet,”
“I am not thinking the worst, I am scared, I don’t even know who it was that was threatening me and don’t even know what directions to take,”
Rafael responded.
“First let’s go talk to their parents, I just hope nothing is wrong and they are fine, I shouldn’t have let Natalie leave,”
Aron said.
“You guys?”
He asked.
“Not really, we are friends but I really like her a lot, but I don’t think she likes me like that, but she was upset about something earlier today, she didn’t tell me what but from her conversation, it’s with the real estate agent who was helping get a place for her new business, she wanted to go talk to him but I told her not to, and she said she was going on, that was before six and I got a call from their mom at ten that they were both not home and were not taking their call either, so I tried calling them myself but their numbers were not going through, I went over to place I know they sometimes go to at night if they want to hang out and I didn’t so that why I called you,”
He explained, Rafael regretted taking those damn sleeping pills, he was barely functioning, he could barely hold a thought for long, he didn’t even know how he had been able to drive safely to Aron’s studio.