Free Unravelled (Revealed #2) by Alice Raine Page A

from my stupor by David in the front seat swivelling to look at me with a stunned expression on his face. The last twenty minutes quite apparently more than made up for my subsequent lack of drama as his employer.
    Ignoring him, I burst from my seat as if a rocket had been shoved up my arse, then launched myself through the open door. Cursing as the bright sunshine temporarily blinded me, I squinted and made a haphazard dash in towards the pavement.
    ‘Allie!’ Shading my eyes, I winced at the penetrating light and frantically looked in both directions, trying to catch a glimpse of her long, blonde hair. It was just my luck we had stopped in a main shopping area, so the bloody pavements were chock-a-block with sodding people.
    Pushing through the crowd for a few seconds I stood in the midst of the jostle and yelled her name again, spinning in all directions. There was no sign of her.
    ‘Fuck.’ Cursing under my breath, I strode back towards the car and slammed the boot shut before rounding back to my door. Placing my foot on the floor of the car I stood up and rested a hand on the roof, scanning the crowd from my slightly higher vantage point. Ripping my phone from my pocket I dialled her number and shoved the phone to my ear, waiting impatiently for it to connect. It rang and my heart soared. Please answer, my gorgeous girl. My silent plea was to no avail though, because my call continued to ring until it clicked to answerphone.
    Disconnecting, I banged my hand on the roof. ‘Shit!’ There was still no sign of Allie, she wasn’t answering her phone, and I was starting to draw the attention of quite a few people in the crowd. Wasn’t this just fucking perfect?
    ‘Sir?’ Blinking away from my search I scowled down and saw David, now standing beside the car looking up at me and flashing wary glances at the gathering crowd.
    ‘Perhaps you should get in the car, sir. I can park up and then you can try and find her? It’s just that we’re causing a bit of a blockage.’
    It was only after he spoke that I vaguely noticed the honking of car horns behind us and looked over my shoulder. David was being polite when he said we were causing a ‘bit of a blockage’, because behind us there was a substantial line of cars and several irritated drivers standing beside their vehicles.
    Acceptance fell on me like a heavy weight – Allie was majorly pissed off with me and clearly didn’t want to be found. She had successfully melted into the crowd, and realistically no amount of aimless wandering by me was going to find her. ‘No, leave her to cool down. Let’s go,’ I murmured, dropping down and stepping back inside the car before slamming the door as hard as I could. The fierce tug and heavy thunk gave me some satisfaction, but not nearly enough to dissipate the agitated energy bubbling up inside of me.
    Fuck. I could barely think straight. My breathing was so loud and ragged it was as if I’d just run a marathon. As the car pulled forward I caught sight of David throwing me several concerned glances in the rear view mirror.
    What a total shit storm. I couldn’t believe Allie had run off like that. What the hell should I do? My phone was still gripped in my hand, so I dialled her number again, praying that she might answer this time. Again it rang, but just like last time the call went unanswered and I tossed it on the seat beside me with a grunt. Running a hand across my face, I found it drenched and slippery and wiped it on my jean-clad thigh with a curse.
    I cast my eyes down towards the abandoned newspaper and scowled before reaching across and grabbing it. Ripping my fingers violently through the pictures of myself and Savannah, I screwed it up and threw it to the floor in disgust, then watched with growing concern as my hand visibly trembled in front of me.
    Pounding heart, sweaty skin, edgy nerves, shaking hands … If I wasn’t careful I was going to have a panic attack right in front of David. Fuck. He knew I