Cherished (Wanted 4)

“Heather?”

I sat up quickly. “Jessie!” I practically screamed. “Is Scott with you? Where are you?”

I heard her sniffle. Oh no. She’s crying. I flew up out of bed and went straight for the closet. I started getting dressed.

“I’m, um…home…at Scott’s house. I need to talk to you, Heather.”

“Yes! Oh my god, of course. Want me to come there?”

There was silence for a few minutes.

“I don’t want Scott to think I’ve left. Can you come here?”

“I’m on my way. It might be closer to an hour though.”

“That’s fine. Heather?”

I stopped getting dressed. “Yeah?”

“Please be careful, and thank you.”

“Always, sweets. See you in a few.”

I hit End and pulled a sweatshirt over my head. I ran back out into the bedroom and sat down on the bed.

“What’s going on? Jessie is back? Scott is with her, right?”

I quickly looked at Josh. My heart skipped a beat at how handsome he was, sitting there with his messy hair. I wanted to run my hands through it and crawl on top of him. I shook my wayward thoughts away.

“I’m guessing so since she’s at Scott’s house, but she’s upset. Do you mind?”

“Of course not. I think Will, Libby, and I will head out and get some breakfast with Mom and Dad.”

I smiled and crawled across the bed. I moved my lips along his neck. “Hmm…what I wouldn’t do to have your parents take the kids for a few hours.”

He pulled back and smiled. His dimple caught my eye.

“I might be able to arrange that,” he said with a wink.

“Perfect. I’ve got to brush my teeth and then get on the road.”

I kissed Josh good-bye and ran downstairs. I peeked into the twins’ room, and they were both still sound asleep.

As I made my way out to my car, I hit Ari’s number.

“Bitch, you better have a good reason for calling me so goddamn early, especially on the one day the kids sleep in.”

I let out a giggle. “Ari, code blue. Jessie. Scott’s house.”

Ari let out a gasp. “Motherfucker. I’m getting up and dressed. I’ll call Ells. What’s going on? Oh my god, I’m gonna kick Jessie’s damn ass when I see her.”

“I’m not sure. She was crying. Mentioned something about she needed me to come there because she didn’t want Scott to think she’d left him.”

Silence.

“Ari?”

“Um…Scott’s here. I hear Jeff talking to him,” Ari whispered.