Chapter 3 - How much I've missed

Bryce’s POV

My wolf runs the entire fight through my mind daily, just so I don’t forget, like them not being with me every day doesn’t hurt me enough.  “You’re being ridiculous, Catalina, what makes you think for one second that I have any interest in another woman, you and Amelia are my world.”  He growls, “playing in the pool with that young Linda, while holding our pup, ring a bell dumb ass.”

I growl back, “that’s not what was going on,”  He snickers, really,” then her face as I yelled, “Cat, you’re being paranoid again, did you stop taking your meds?"

I walked to the cabinet to check, “here, take this,” I hold out the bottle to her, she glares as she knocks the bottle out of my hand, “I’m not crazy Bryce and the meds are working, it’s you that needs the help keeping your dick in your pants and out of the filthy slut,” she stormed past me, taking Amelia out of her highchair and up the stairs.

I picked up the pills that scattered all over the kitchen floor and called out to her, “I love you Cat with all my heart, we’ll talk when I get home.”

I entered my car and my phone rang, “Good morning Mr. Caswell, you’re first meeting is in 20 minutes, are you on your way?”

“Yes, Linda, I need you to send a dozen red roses to my wife, the card needs to say, “you're my world,” I’ll see you in15 minutes, have coffee and assorted pastries ready for the meeting,” I hung up. 

Coming home to a dark and eerily quiet house, had the hair on the back of my neck standing, there were balloons attached to Amelia’s highchair, the roses I had sent placed on the counter, tiny pieces of torn paper lay around it and a folded piece of paper sat with two golden rings on top.  I felt my heart clench in my chest as I slowly walked over, picking up the small rings, that were always displayed on her left hand and looked at the note, “you enjoy playing games, well let’s play a game, HIDE AND SEEK and your it.”

Whoever said it’s a small world, has never tried to find someone in it, but I never stop.

My phone rings bringing me out of my thoughts, Steve's name flashes across my screen, and I answer, “is it her?”

He chuckles, “I think it could be, but she told me her name is Trixie, who uses a false name like that?”

I sit up and hope again blooms in my heart, “she said her name was Trixie, that name was her favorite stuffed animals name you asshat, tell me you got a picture of her?”

He groans, “of course I did, I’m sending it now, but before you look at it, just be warned, she’s not looking the best in health, maybe she stressed, if she’s not your daughter, then I guess it doesn’t matter how she looks now does it.”

I grit my teeth as my phone pings, I swipe over to my messages, and it appears and I’m looking at my own sky-blue eyes, her mother’s nose and beautiful blond hair and a sweet dusting of freckles that span across her cheeks and nose.  My voice breaks, “it’s her, my sunshine, where are you?”

He sighs, “the fucking sticks of New York for all gods forsaken places, this town is so small, and I think it’s missed a couple of centuries in its architecture."

I shake my head as I stare at my Amelia, she looks sad, tired and thin, she was such a chubby baby, rolls of fat and a giggle that always brightened my world.  I gulped down the lump in my throat, “send me the location, I’ll be there before the sun goes down, follow her, find out where they live, all you can before I get there.”

He clears his throat, “I’ll wait for her shift to end and I’ll follow her right to Catalina, it’s taken too long to find them.”

I texted my pilot, Martinez, the information needed for the flight plan and to get the plane ready.”

I rushed out of my office, shouting at my secretary, “cancel all my meetings for the rest of the week, I’ll get in touch with you.”  I headed to Russ’ office, my best friend since we could wipe our own asses and stormed in without so much as a knock as his secretary shouts at me, “he’s in a meeting,” as I opened the door. 

His voice boomed as he let go of the girl’s ass, “what the fuck Bryce, ever hear of knocking!”

I smiled, "Yes, and I don’t care who’s orgasm I just killed.  He’s found them, I’m off till further notice,” 

He chuckled, “I got you covered man, go get your girls back."

I stepped inside the hospital and was taken to the finance department, which took over an hour to deal with.  I entered her room and their scent hit me, full force but my Catalina was in bad shape and was just a human now, fighting for her life.

I needed information and was directed to Dr. Ryan's office.  I introduced myself and he smiled, "there's something that may help her, now that we have all her information."

I looked at him, “I don’t understand, what information didn’t you have before?”

"Catalina, is a werewolf, if I had known that at the beginning, I could have helped her wolf, she’s weak inside her," he shook his head, "Amy didn't tell us and she's doesn't have her wolf yet, so I didn't sense it." I don't know what this situation is with your family, but we will talk more tomorrow, go see your daughter."

I stood in slilence watching my now grown daughter sleep, her head lying next to her mother’s hand, her eye lashes fanning her high cheek bones and I wondered how such a chubby baby ended up looking so thin.  She was the perfect mixture of her mother and myself, though, I remember her eyes were mine.  Her voice rang out in the silence, “Daddy! Daddy!” just like she would as a toddler.  I  her kneeld at her side and the words she whispered were wrong, I always looked for them, never stopped loving them.  Holding her in my arms was surreal, every small memory of her first 2 years of life, ran on a loop through my mind, reminding me of just how much I have missed.

When she woke and I introduced her to Steven, she was taken back but allowed him to drive her home and then work.  I was happy, until I spoke to the doctor again and now need to mark my mate with hope she will recover and about the Alpha demanding either I or Steve meet with him.  I growled, "I'm standing right here if he wants to see me."