Free Trusting You: The Switched Series book two by Brittany Bromley Page A

they are meeting us at Ash’s. By the way, you were too asleep to hear Callie leave, unless you want to tell them where you really were,” he says, smiling for the first time today. He dials another number and starts talking again.
    “Can you trace Callie’s car and cell? Maybe her credit cards too. I need to know right now. She’s gone and we need to find her quick. Thanks. Just text me what you find out,” he says, before hanging up.
    “I need to make a call,” I say, pulling my phone out. I hit the redial button and Clay answers on the first ring.
    “Everything okay?” he answers.
    “No, her luggage and car is gone. I don’t know where she is. We are headed to Ash’s now. What do we do if she’s gone?” I ask.
    “If she’s gone, that means she probably went home. Give her a couple of hours and call her house. I’ll meet you at Ash’s,” he says, before hanging up.
    “Who was that?” Brody asks, sounding odd.
    “It’s really complicated,” I say, not knowing how to explain this one. Callie has really made one huge mess.
    I finally pull into Ash’s the same time Bo, Cindy and Clay pull up. That man is quick. Everyone looks at him strange, but no one says anything to him. We all start banging on the door trying to get someone to answer. Finally after what feels like forever a very confused Ash opens the door.
    “Please say Callie is here,” I say, walking past him through the door.
    “She was, but when I woke up she was gone,” he says, holding a letter in his hand and staring at Clay. Maybe they know each other.
    “She must have come to the hotel and packed. All of her bags are gone. She left. What did she say to you? Was she really that upset about last night?” I scream at him. I know I need to calm down, but I seriously don’t see her leaving over what happened with her and Molly. Something else had to have happened.
    I hear Brody’s phone go off and watch him look at it with a defeated look.
    “We can track her car or cell phone. She has to have them,” Ash says to Brody.
    “Already have,” he says, babbling some other stuff too. I start ignoring all of them talking and start thinking. She couldn’t have gone too many places. This is Callie we are talking about, the girl who doesn’t like to go anywhere by herself. They are all still talking and looking at the letter when I go over to Clay.
    “Where do you think she would go?” I ask him.
    “Like I said, I think she went home. I’m not sure why they don’t think that,” he whispers to me. I hope he’s right. He asks to read the letter she left soon after that and thankfully he told the entire family the truth about how he knows Callie and I found out a lot too about how he knows Ash. I’m assuming that is what sent Callie out the door.
    “I’m going to try to call Callie again,” I whisper to Brody.
    “Okay, I’m going to see what flights were out of Nashville this morning,” he says, grabbing a laptop.
    I go outside and dial her home phone instead of her cell.
    “Hello,” she answers, sounding exhausted.
    “You better have a really good reason for leaving me here while you snuck away,” I say hoping I’m not sounding mad.
    “I’m really sorry, I was in a little bit of a hurry,” she says.
    “Did you have a good flight?” I ask, knowing it’s only going to piss her off not knowing what is going on around here.
    “Seriously, you called to ask me about my flight? Does anyone else know where I am yet?”
    “Only Clay, he told me to give a few hours then call. I couldn’t wait that long. He seems to know you pretty well. It seems he used to know Ash pretty well a few years ago. What a morning it has been around here,” I say trying to not give anything away.
    “Are you going to tell me what happened?” she finally asks.
    “Clay told everything. I’m pretty sure he didn’t leave anything out. For what it’s worth, Ash doesn’t hate you. He is so in love with you he can’t see straight. He feels