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He calain He needed to find out as going on and not just jump to conclusions

He sloalked down the stairs, almost as if he was in a trance He walked into the kitchen where Rosa was cooking "Hello Mr Anderson, you’re ho This attitude ain

"Have you seen my wife?" he asked with a bite to his voice She turned towards hio," she said perplexed, as if he should know this That hen he shouted at her

He iize Rosa," he said "It’s just that she’s gone and all I have is this note," he said as he thrust the note in front of her

She scanned the note and then her breath hitched as she re-read it She looked up at Lucas with some suspicion on her face He knew Amy had become friends with Rosa and the two of theether

"I didn’t cheat onhi to her, but he didn’t like the censure he saw in her eyes She i at her boss

"It’s not my business," she stated to him

"Can you tell me where Amy has been today?" he asked Rosa

"Didn’t you see her Mr Anderson? I packed her up a lunch and she was bringing it into your office She said she wanted to surprise you with a roht She was very excited when she left," she said

"She caht she would, but I assu, because she was only here for about fifteenanother word," she finished

Lucas suddenly sank down into the chair next to hier "No," he cried out with such devastation in his voice that Rosa put her hand on his shoulder

He knew she must’ve come by the office when Laura was in there If she’d been there at the rightan affair He slowly got to his feet "I have to make some phone calls," he said as he walked out of the rooain cupped his head in his hands He’d spoken with his security guards and found out that yes, she’d been there at noon and had left within five minutes She’d been there only minutes before they’d escorted his unwanted visitor out

So, she thought he was having an affair It see him was a little convenient Why had she not ? He assu she’d found hiet past the prenuptial agree

He called up the banks to find out howup the phone and once again felt sha He’d put a trace on all the credit cards to find out where they’d been used and found she’d not used any of them

Not only had she not used any of them today, but she hadn’t used them once since his mother and she had furnished the house There were zero purchases Why had he not paid attention to any of that? He hadn’t noticed that she hadn’t been out shopping, or gone anywhere

He wandered into their bedroo need for her to be there He had liked going baby shopping with her She was so excited about each new purchase He thought back over those trips and how they would pass through the malls and she never even looked at the jewelry stores, or many fashion boutiques

He looked into the siven to Amy and noticed the few pieces he’d picked up for her were still in there She’d taken nothing but so and the car, which she said she would return

The Car!

He was suddenly ju back into the office He’d been feeling hopeless on how to possibly find her, since she wasn’t using the credit cards, when he realized there was tracking on the vehicle He always added it on in case of theft or an accident

Within lanced at his watch It was eight at night He called his pilot and told hiene within the hour

Lucas jumped in his car and dialed his father as he drove towards the PDX Airport His father listened as Lucas explained everything that had happened "Get her back son, she’s the best thing that’s ever happened to you," his father said when Lucas got everything out

"I’ve been so stubborn and stupid, Dad I love her and was afraid if I gave herI finally realize that it doesn’t even matter anymore because without her inheart or not," he finished on a strangled note

His dad gave him a moment to compose himself and then let him know he and hisat all