Owen didn’t say anything further to Katanya; he waited until the line went dead and then shoved the phone into his pocket. He didn’t know what to do with his wife falling to pieces. He would rather not address his feelings - fear, panic, despair - but would have much preferred to shove them down and turn on his decisive commander mindset. Less feelings. More logic and doing.
The burner buzzed with a message. Owen resisted the urge to dive at it and start searching for the coordinates. But he sighed and wrapped his other arm around his wife. “I’m sorry Julianna. It’s my fault, okay? I should have seen this coming. I was complacent.” He lips brushing against her scalp.
The embrace was short-lived as Owen pushed her away from him gently with hands on her hips holding her just far enough away that he could assess her emotional state. “I can fix this. It will be alright. Anita will be fine.” It was a soft-spoken appeal. Please don’t cry anymore. His hands left her hips to wipe at her tears with his thumbs.
“I spoke to her.” He offered, voice still mild, comforting. “She seemed happy. She was eating strawberry icecream. They have no interest in hurting her. They want to keep her managed. So that’s a good sign.” The corner of his mouth curled up in his attempt at an encouraging smile.
This was Owen's best attempt at being comforting. But he couldn’t resist the urge to check the phone anymore. He snatched up the burner and flipped it open to find the coordinates he was expecting. No news of Anita. Owen glanced up at Julianna to let her know she still had his attention while he took care of more phone business. He could listen and forward messages.
>Received.
>And Anita?
He typed the messages quickly sending one after another in rapid succession. He wanted to see if he could get them to send back a picture of Anita, some proof that she was okay so he could show Julianna. Unless that would upset her more? At any rate he wanted proof to comfort himself.
Owen took out his Blackberry and quickly texted the coordinates to Katanya. He followed it up with a message of 22:00 signifying the rendezvous time.
The burner buzzed with a message. Owen resisted the urge to dive at it and start searching for the coordinates. But he sighed and wrapped his other arm around his wife. “I’m sorry Julianna. It’s my fault, okay? I should have seen this coming. I was complacent.” He lips brushing against her scalp.
The embrace was short-lived as Owen pushed her away from him gently with hands on her hips holding her just far enough away that he could assess her emotional state. “I can fix this. It will be alright. Anita will be fine.” It was a soft-spoken appeal. Please don’t cry anymore. His hands left her hips to wipe at her tears with his thumbs.
“I spoke to her.” He offered, voice still mild, comforting. “She seemed happy. She was eating strawberry icecream. They have no interest in hurting her. They want to keep her managed. So that’s a good sign.” The corner of his mouth curled up in his attempt at an encouraging smile.
This was Owen's best attempt at being comforting. But he couldn’t resist the urge to check the phone anymore. He snatched up the burner and flipped it open to find the coordinates he was expecting. No news of Anita. Owen glanced up at Julianna to let her know she still had his attention while he took care of more phone business. He could listen and forward messages.
>Received.
>And Anita?
He typed the messages quickly sending one after another in rapid succession. He wanted to see if he could get them to send back a picture of Anita, some proof that she was okay so he could show Julianna. Unless that would upset her more? At any rate he wanted proof to comfort himself.
Owen took out his Blackberry and quickly texted the coordinates to Katanya. He followed it up with a message of 22:00 signifying the rendezvous time.
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