Where were you?!?!?

So it’s 7pm, and I had been dozing on the couch.  It’s starting to get a little dark outside, so I grab my cell and call Gillian.  (Take note here – it’s for emergencies and for when she’s going out without us.  We have it restricted to a few phone numbers so don’t think she’s texting or on with her friends)

No answer.  I try again.  It is going to the message quickly which tells me it’s off.  Not happy.

I take a walk to the park to see if she’s there (“I’m going to the park with Olivia and maybe to Kelsey’s” – which is right next to it) and of course, she’s not.  I walk down near her friend Kelsey’s and call Fae to call Kelsey’s mom.

No Gillian, and she hasn’t been at Kelsey’s.  At this point, I’ve called her phone 4 times and I’m upset.  Not scared yet, but concerned because I can’t find her.  Went to her friends house and even better, no answer at her house.  I asked Aidan to go to his friends house because Gillian sometimes hangs out with his little sister.

“DAD!  She’s HERE!”

Okay, deep breath.  Nervousness passes, now the rage sets in.  She comes out very concerned, TURNING ON HER PHONE.  Which pissed me off to no end.

Needless to say, I let her have it.  Maybe I trusted her too much, I dunno.  I know she’s not going out that far or that late again.  Is this what it is to be a father?  Oye.