"I do. Or at least I do now. But that doesn't mean you won't change in the future," Avery replied. "Don't think so far ahead. We'll talk after today!"

She had a terrible headache and it hurt just to speak.

Once they went upstairs, he halted his footsteps all of a sudden.

"Did you meet Shea tonight?" he said, letting go of her arm. "I didn't see her all day today."

"Didn't she call you at night?"

She thought Shea had called and told him that she would be speaking tonight.

"No." He answered firmly. "Where's my phone?"

The two went back to the room and looked for his cell phone. Alas, it was nowhere to be found, even after some rigorous searching.

"I'll give it a call." She picked up her cell phone and dialed his number.

There was no ringing in the room, which meant that his cell phone was not in there.

The two of them then went downstairs.

She kept on calling his phone until they finally found it under the sofa.

It probably fell to the ground during his fight with Mike earlie