Chapter 25

BRUCE

I opened my eyes to find the other side of the bed to be empty. The covers on the side Charlotta had occupied were tossed carelessly. I tried to remember what had happened the night before, but my mind was a blur of images and memories that refused to come into focus.

Why would she just leave like that? Or was this some kind of game she was playing?

I sat up and reached for my phone and frantically dialed her number, but the call went straight to voicemail. My phone started to blow up with texts and missed calls from Matt and the twins, asking where I was and why I hadn't been picking their calls. People have been asking questions why our systems went down.

I threw on my clothes, and rushed out of the hotel. I got into my car and turned the key in the ignition and began driving to the office. The stress of the situation and the worry about what was going on in the company came flooding in my mind.

When I got to the company, I was confronted by a sea of worried faces. Our em