You’ve Come All The Way Here For Nothing

Kira had no idea when she’d fallen asleep. She woke up on the bedroom floor, her entire body sore. Her head hurt. Kira reached for her phone. She called Austyn again. Same result. She checked the time. It was now more than forty hours since she last saw him. Kira was in full-on panic mode. Only the last vestiges of rationality stopped her from calling the police. She had one more person to ask. Austyn’s assistant was with him for almost twenty hours a day. Kai had to know where his boss was. Kira perked up when she heard the dial tone. At long last, no longer the busy signal she got every time she called Austyn. She waited for Kai to answer his phone. She waited and waited. The monotonous dial tone just kept ringing. Finally, the service provider came online and told her to leave a voicemail. Kira hung up and redialled. She finally gave up on the eighth try. ‘Kai Scott, pick up the phone!’ She shot an angry text to the assistant. No reply. Kira gripped her phone, resisting the urge to