Page 360 of John + Siena: The Complete Duet

“Something wrong?” Michel asked.

Siena passed him a look, careful in her words when she replied, “I don’t know, is something wrong?”

“It’s not like John to go MIA, that’s all.”

Or was it?

John did, in fact, go off everyone’s radar when he wasn’t in the best place. He often opted to turn his phone off and simply do what he needed or wanted to do without much thought or care for those who might be concerned about him.

Siena didn’t point it out, however. She also hadn’t noticed anything different about John lately. Usually, she tried to keep a handle on his schedule and routines because that was typically the first place to go downhill when something was off.

“He had an appointment after lunch,” she told Michel. “And he turns his phone off then. That might be why you can’t get a hold of him.”

“We were supposed to meet up a couple hours ago. And Pink said he didn’t show up to their meeting yesterday. I was going to call Andino—”

“Or you could just let John come to you,” Siena suggested. “We’re busy, you know?”

“Right, but—”

“I’ll let John know you were around, Michel.”

It was all she could offer. Now, she had to worry about her husband. Everything else came second.

After Michel left the office, Siena reached for the phone on her desk. First, she called John’s cell phone, but he didn’t answer. She didn’t bother to leave a message because for the most part, he didn’t check those anyway. The second call she made was to Leonard—the person John had an appointment with after what should have been their lunch date.

The therapist also didn’t answer the phone.

Well, then …

Siena never went to the worst-case scenario first. It wasn’t her style, and she’d learned to trust John. She was concerned, yes, but she would also give her husband the benefit of the doubt. She had to. That’s how their entire marriage worked.