CH 4 - COME HOME
It had been a week since Lexi had walked out of the house and out of the McCloud's life it seemed. No one had seen her and Xander had received her resignation via e-mail. She hadn't returned any calls, texts or e-mails either.
Xander was lost. He couldn't remember a day that they hadn't at least spoken to each other for the last twenty years. His siblings were beginning to worry also. Xander was unshaven, depressed and did nothing but work. They had already lost so much and now they were losing their eldest brother. Adam had had enough. This had gone on for a week too long as far as he was concerned and if Xander wasn't going to try and find Lexi and figure this out he would.
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The next day when Adam went into work at 9 am he went straight to the office to speak to Adam.
"Bro, I need some time as I need to go and deal with some things out of town. I have spoken to Craig and Callum and they are going to cover my shifts. Is this ok?"
"Whatever Adam as long as its covered it doesn't matter who does it." Xander replied.
"Jesus Xand! You don't even care about the business now either! Get a fucking grip!" Adam fumed then stormed out of the office. He was heading for London as he knew her only family were down there.
He caught the plane straight to London to see what he could find out.
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Lexi lay in bed. It had been a week without Xander or the rest of the clan, god what will it be like after a month or even a year. As soon as she had left the McCloud household she had phoned her only family, her cousin Catrina (Cat for short). Cat was happy for her to come unto she got everything sorted out.
"Lex get up!! It's nearly 12 o'clock!!!" Cat shouted up to her.
Thirty minutes later Lexi had drug herself out of bed, had a shower and was sitting on the opposite side of the kitchen table than Cat.
"Lex I'm not being funny but it's been a week and you're still as depressed as the first day you came here. You need to either phone him or start to get on with things without them." This was the same argument that they had been having since the second day that Lexi arrived in London.
"Honestly Cat I can't deal with this argument this morning." Lexi answered.
"But..." Cat started.
"No Cat please I'm begging you!" Lexi interrupted.
"Ok, ok I'll give you more time but you know I'm here anyway."
Just then the doorbell rang, Cat jumped up and started running her fingers through her hair and checking herself in the mirror. Then ran off to the door. Lexi looked at the time 10.30 am, that will be the post at the door so that means Sandy the postman who Cat is obsessed with at the moment. Cat was longing to find her soul mate and Sandy was just another inv a long line of suitors that she wanted to test out. Lexi heard her cousin come back towards the kitchen and she slumped down in her chair as she threw the mail onto the table in front of Lexi.
"What happened with Sandy?" Lexi asked.
"It wasn't Sandy. He's on his honeymoon." Cat murmured.
