Not only did Jaylene's mother-in-law not mention her coming home in the conversation, but she also asked where Jaylene was, wanting to have a word with her and asking Joseph to hand over the phone to her.
He quickly said that Jaylene was still working overtime and hadn't come back yet, promising that when she returned, he would make sure she called them and so on.
After hanging up the phone, he paced around the house restlessly by himself, walking from one room to another and then back again.
For the first time, his heart felt so agitated, thinking about her getting angry tonight, thinking about her not coming back late at night, and wondering if a single girl like her might run into strangers or something.
He also wondered if she might be angry enough to simply move into a friend's house, and he didn't even have a single friend's phone number.
Waiting for her to come back and not seeing her, the phone still goes unanswered.
