Icing on the Cake

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“What time does Calum get home?” Julia asked me.

“He’s usually done by noon.” I said, looking at the clock and seeing that it was already past one p.m. I was starting to get nervous.

I called Calum’s phone a couple times, but he didn’t pick up.

Panic immediately hit me.

Looking on my phone, I used Find my iPhone to track where his phone was. It showed me an address in Sydney that I wasn’t familiar with.

I decided to get into the car and go to the address. Once I got there, I saw that it was a shooting range.

Why would Calum go to a shooting range?

I waited in the parking lot, not wanting to go in. Calum eventually walked out on his crutches, then stood by the wall of the building to get out his phone, to call a cab I’m assuming.

“Calum.” I said loudly, getting his attention as I walked up to him.

“What are you doing here?” Calum asked.

“Why are you at a shooting range?” I asked.

“How did you even know where I was?”

“I tracked your phone.”

“You’ve been tracking my phone?” Calum asked, angrily.

“Yes! Because I’m scared Calum! When you weren’t home by noon, which is when your physical therapy was supposed to be done, I got scared! Why would you come to a shooting range after what happened?”

“Because I feel powerless!” Calum said. “I want to feel like I have control again!”

“And shooting a gun is the answer to that?”

“If it makes me feel better, and I’m in a safe and controlled place, what’s the big deal?”

I didn’t say anything for a minute. “Come on. I’ll take us home.”

Notes

WARNING
I hit writer's block on this, but I finally came up with a new idea. It will eventually lead us to the climax and end of the story, but it's going to take a while to tell the story so it will still be a while before the story is over. I will post as much as I can, but I am writing out of order because I'm writing what I'm inspired to write when I am, so I have lots of pieces of the story that I still need to put together.
Anyway.
I'm crying myself while writing some of this stuff, so there will, eventually, be some real tear jerkers coming up.