Born Out Of Wedlock

Austyn, Deborah and Kai drove straight to the airport in the pre-dawn hours and got on the first available flight. There had been no time to look for his phone or buy a new one. Kira must have called him a hundred times by now. He could imagine how mad she was. His ears were burning. Was she cursing him right now? She wasn’t the type to swear. The most vicious words she’d ever used were ‘jerk’ and ‘bastard,’ and they were both directed at him. Austyn placed a hand over his heart. It was beating rapidly and irregularly, as if trying to send him a message in Morse code. ‘You miss her,’ the message said. Austyn knew that. He missed her like crazy. He closed his eyes and visualised her face. Her cheeks would be puffed out, her lower lip jutting in a pout. Her face would be flushed with anger. Where was she right now? What was she doing? Was she stamping her feet in annoyance when her call couldn’t get through? Was she bad-mouthing him to her friend Giana? Stamford was fourteen hours ahead