Alvin groggily woke to the sound of his phone ringing. He hated getting calls from telemarketers. He needed sleep. The night before was rough. Today was Monday, the start of another grueling week. Alvin shifted in bed to reach towards the nightstand. He picked up the phone, rotating the screen towards his blinking eyes. Alvin slid his finger across the screen and lifted his phone to his ear.
A shaky voice on the verge of tears managed to finally speak.
“Alvin, Simon didn’t show up to work today, have you heard from him?”
Alvin ran frantically from his bed to the top of the stairs overlooking the main floor of the house. His heart racing as he tried to make sense of things.
Dave continued frantically knowing Alvin had been woken from a dead sleep.
“it’s not like him to miss work”.
Alvin’s voice came out in a dry rasp.
“I haven’t heard from him since yesterday afternoon.”
Dave’s voice dropped.
“We are heading to his house to check on him.”
Alvin turned to see his partner exiting the bedroom to join him at the top of the stairs. Matt wrapped his arms around Alvin, reassuring him. Alvin turned back to the phone.
“I’m on my way!”
Alvin turned back to Matt.
“Simon is missing. He didn’t go into work today and…”
Alvin was tugging at his messed hair trying to make sense of things as he filled Matt in on the situation. Matt immediately brought out his own phone to call the studio.
“Avy, it’s Matt, Alvin’s brother is missing…”
The faint voice of Avy could be heard through the phone’s speaker.
“You’re not coming in today are you.”
Matt began to break down.
“He was like a brother to me too, we have to look for him. Honestly, I fear the worst.”
Avy paused before continuing.
“I know what it’s like, you both have the day off. Just let me know if you find him.”
Alvin wipes the tears from his eyes and hugged Matt.
“Thank you”, he paused, “we should go”.
Throwing on the closest bit of clothing, the couple head to Dave’s house.
