While they headed outside to wait on the cops to arrive, Miles put out a call that he should have done a long time ago. Better late than never, he just hoped that it wasn’t too late.
After dealing with the cops and locking up her place, the guys headed back towards Emmett’s to work out what could have possibly gone on.
The cops wouldn’t give them any information because they weren’t next of kin or had really any connection to her besides being her friend.
Miles felt like his whole world was falling apart and he didn’t know how to fix it.
“Daddy! Did you find her?”
“No, we didn't find her baby. She wasn’t at her apartment.”
The men had already decided that they didn’t want to tell Raelyn about the condition of her apartment. That wasn’t something a Little girl needed weighing on her mind.
“None of this makes sense, Daddy. Why would she just disappear?”
“I don’t know, babygirl, but we are going to do what we can to bring her back.”
Miles watched Rae crawl into Emmett’s lap and his heart broke just a little bit more. He wanted nothing more than to be able to hold his Little girl like that, but he had to find her first.
“I’ve put out a call to an old friend from college and I’m waiting to hear back from him. I’m not sure if you remember him, his name is Beauregard, but only people who had a death wish called him that.”
“Yeah, I remember him. Beau was a year or two ahead of us right?”
“Sure was. After he graduated he enlisted in the military and was a Navy Seal-Special forces to be exact. He’s out now and runs his own PI company. I’m hoping he might help with this situation.”
“Why would you need a PI, Uncle M? What’s going on that you aren’t telling me?”
Miles glanced at Emmett looking for his okay. There was no way that he was going to traumatize the sweet girl if her Daddy didn’t want that.
Getting the nod from Emmett, Miles took a deep breath before answering her question.
“When we got to her apartment it looked like a warzone. It had been destroyed and something about the situation just didn’t sit right with us.”
Rae was quiet for a little bit before she whispered “I wonder if this has something to do with the mystery texts and calls she was getting.”
“What are you talking about, Little Duckling?”
“Uh, well remember when Liv texted about wanting to come over and we had a sleepover?”
Emmett nodded at his Little girl waiting on her to continue.
“Well, she had a text come across her phone that struck her frozen. She brushed it off, but I didn’t actually believe her. Something didn’t feel right, but I didn’t want to push.”
“Why didn’t you come say something to Daddy?”
“I didn’t know exactly what was going on. I saw another come across her phone before she turned it off and hid it away. I didn’t know what to do Daddy. I’m sorry.”
“You always come to me, Little girl. You know that you can tell me anything and when this is all over we will be having a long discussion over my knee about you keeping things a secret.”
Miles heard Rae sigh dramatically and he had to hold back the chuckle that tried to escape.
Even at the face of a spanking the Little brat still had the dramatics turned up to ten.
“Thank you for telling us this now, Little Minx, but you should have said something sooner. Maybe there was something that could have been done.”
“I’m sorry, Uncle M.” Rae sniffed at him.
Ignoring the growl that Emmett let out, Miles pressed a quick kiss on her cheek. “All is forgiven, sweet girl. Don’t worry, we will find your best friend.”