Tell no one, the catnapper had written on the note they'd left me. So what's the first thing I did? I called Dad and Boxy. Look, I had to. I told them everything. Okay, almost everything. But without Studmuffin, my heart felt like it was splintering over and over again. Unlike me, Dad and Boxy would know what to do. At the moment, all I knew how to do was pace Sunray's waiting area, wring my hands together, and let worry chew me up from the inside out.
Not a good time.
I also seriously considered telling Travis. He and Studmuffin were besties. He'd want to know, but he was currently not speaking to me, which broke my heart even more.
Ugh.
The second Dad pulled into the parking lot, I launched myself at him. Once he was out of Bernie, he held me without saying a word, just like he always had before whenever I cried my eyes out. Just him here with me was enough to make me feel a little better though.