I must have left a dozen messages on her phone and probably just as many text messages. When I couldn’t get a hold of her, I called Trevor. He informed me that she had called out due to an emergency, but they hadn’t heard from her directly. I was only slightly worried until I drove to her place and realized that there had been a major fire the night before and the building had been evacuated. At that point, I just about lost it. It took me twenty minutes to locate someone who knew that a temporary shelter had been set up at one of the schools for the residents. By the time I pulled up and spotted her car, I was shaking with both relief and anger. “Excuse me?” She pulled her arm out of my grasp. “What exactly is your problem, Nick, and what are you doing here?” I pulled her outside before I completely lost it in front of everyone. “What am I doing here? For fuck’s sake, Chelsea, what are you doing here?” I clenched my fists. “First, I really don’t appreciate your attitude, Nick.”
