Chapter 21

Cole

After punching the idiot multiple times, I notice that Ophelia is gone. I take off running for my car, hearing my Aunt yelling for me to stop. I don't care what happens to me, but I have to talk to her. She has to know how I feel about her and that all of this was a huge mistake.

I drive by her house again, and she isn't there. I have been looking everywhere and haven't been able to find her at all. She has to be staying somewhere close, but nothing is turning up. I called all the hotels and motels in the area, and there isn't an Ophelia Harris staying in any of them.

I decide the next best option is my uncle. He doesn't answer his phone, so I head to the shop. He's always there, and I hope to find Ophelia there as well. Something in me is telling me that I am on the verge of losing her before I ever even get her.

I walk up to the shop, and the sign says closed. I try the door, and it opens. Maggie comes running from the back, with Gregory coming