Promised You Heaven

Chapter 28-No Answer

Josh's POV

I rolled over in bed instinctively reaching out for Rhiannon, but she wasn't there. I felt my stomach drop as the events from the previous night came flooding back. It wasn't a bad dream, but it was definitely a real life nightmare. I peeked out of my door, seeing Rhiannon's door still shut. I gently grabbed the door knob, still locked. I took a deep breath as I walked to the bathroom, looking in the mirror at my eyes that were swollen from crying. My phone buzzed and I looked at the screen.

Sam-Are you and Rhiannon still coming over to see me and Danny's new apartment tonight?

-I might be able to make it, but Rhiannon isn't feeling great.

Sam- tell her we hope she feels better. Let me know if you can make it later.

-will do

Sam and Danny had opted to take the earlier moving date as well, moving in a block over from Rhiannon and I. put my phone on the counter and took a deep breath. I was exhausted, and I felt this numbness, while somehow also feeling so much pain. I decided to take a shower and get dressed, forcing myself to get ready for the day. I looked at the time and realized it was breakfast time but we didn't have any groceries seeing as we had just gotten here yesterday. I knew Rhiannon had placed a grocery order yesterday and it was supposed to arrive today, hoping they would be here in time for me to make her and I lunch. I sat on the couch, looking around at all the boxes that needed to be unpacked. I knew I didn't know where Rhiannon wanted everything but I needed to do something to keep myself busy. I had gotten a few boxes unpacked by the time I heard a knock on the door. I tipped the grocery delivery guy and started putting stuff into the fridge and pantry. I paused when I pulled out a bag of mangos. Before she was pregnant she had hated mangos, but she had been craving them recently. I knew she probably wouldn't want them now. I put them on the counter and opted to just take them to Sam because mangos weren't really my thing either. Once I got the groceries put away I took out the ingredients to make Rhiannon and I lunch. I decided on making her a sandwich with some chips. I layered on the things I knew she liked, simple: Turkey, pickles, lettuce. I put some potato chips on the side and grabbed a bottle of juice. I walked over to her door and hesitantly knocked with my foot, seeing as my hands were full. No answer.

"I'm getting the very clear message that you want to be alone, but I made you some lunch. I'll just leave it outside the door. You don't have to talk to me, but you need to eat or at least get something to drink." I said as sweetly as I could. No answer. I took a deep breath as I forced myself to walk away. The more she ignored me, and pulled away, the more frustrated and hurt I started to feel. I walked back into the living room to start unpacking more. I started with my boxes first, then as the hours passed I finally got to the point where all that was left were Rhiannon's. I thought for a moment if she would mind if I unpacked some of her things, I decided she probably wouldn't care. I started unpacking more of her vinyl, adding it to my collect, our collection. At the bottom of the box of vinyls I found a photo album. Most of them were pictures of her and her dad. She looked just like him, and always had a beaming smile on her face. Pictures of her learning to walk, a picture of her behind a cake that said 'happy fifth birthday' with a dollop of icing on her nose as she giggled, a picture of her with her first bike with her fiery red hair sticking out from under her helmet. I felt tears coming to my eyes as I realized I could have had all of these moments with a child of my own in the near future, if we hadn't have experienced this loss. The next page I saw was full of pictures of Rhiannon with a black and white cat, the kind that look like they are wearing a tuxedo. I looked at the pictures and realized she had probably had the cat for a long time. I was surprised she had never mentioned him, although I did know she loved cats. I continued to flip through the pages until I got to the end. I jumped when my phone went off,