Part 35
“I think it might just be a touch of morning sickness again,” Lola said.
“Oh shoot, you’d been having such good luck with it,” she said. “I’ll tell you what, you go lay down, put your feet up, and I’ll bring you a nice cup of tea.”
Lola nodded then turned to head down the hallway to her bedroom. Tommy poked his head out of his door as she past.
“Is he gone?” he asked, worry on his young face.
“Yes,” she said. “But he knows,” her voice trembled. “He knows that Kyle was trying to tell us something.”
Part 36
Lola walked steadily to her bedroom, but as she rounded the corner she noticed something was missing.
“Tom!” she called.
“What - what is it?” he said popping around her door frame.
“Did you take the envelope out of my room?” she asked.
“No, why?”
“It’s not here,” she said. Lola started searching her room, looking under the dresser and in each of the drawers. She ducked quickly to the floor and scanned under the bed, as panic began to set in.
“It’s okay, we’ll find it,” Tommy said trying to reassure her.
“What if he took it?” she whispered.
“Bryon?”
“Yes, he could have asked to go the bathroom, saw it on my dresser and took it.” Lola stopped where she stood and covered her open mouth with her hand.
“Ask Mom,” Tom said. “She’ll know if he came back here.” Lola nodded and rushed past him and back into the living room where she found Gloria folding laundry on the couch.
“Mom,” she said urgently. “When Bryon was here, did he ask to go to the bathroom or anything?”
Gloria squinted her eyes slightly. “Oh yes, he did, I almost forgot! He brought me this. Said he found it on the floor.” She reached over to the end table and picked up a manila envelope. “I’m surprised you left it out in the hallway. Anyway, he was concerned too, so he brought it to me.”
Relief flooded Lola as she took the small package from her mother, but as she opened to inspect the contents, she found there was nothing inside. All the blood drained from her face.
She dug her hand into the envelope again, hoping she missed something the first time, but it was empty. His words, Kyle’s words were gone. She sat down next to Gloria on the couch, surprised at how suddenly hopeless she felt. If Bryon had it, then he had the first clue. That’s how he knew Kyle had left her something.
“Lola,” Gloria said. “What was in that envelope?”
Lola didn’t respond.
“Lola,” Gloria tried again. “I don’t like this. One minute I think you’re doing really well. Ok, that might be an overstatement, but better, then the next you’re quiet and pale just like…well like in the beginning,” she finished firmly. “And I won’t sugar coat this. At this point do you think you might be suffering from depression? Do we need to really look at this more closely?”
“Mom,” Lola started, She took a deep breath. “That envelope had a letter from Kyle in it.”
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