CHAPTER 35

TRAVIS

It has been about two days since Lucy was threatened and we haven’t heard anything since then. I am worried about her being at work without a cop but I understand why she didn’t want one. At least me and Adam have been able to leave the house when she does and also be back at home when she gets there. 

She wanted to go out tonight back to the club to try and get her mind off things. We are sitting here at the bar as we wait on a room to be available. She leans in to kiss Adam and his phone goes off. He jumps because I guess he thought he turned the ringer off. He pulls it out of his pocket and I see happiness drain from his face. 

He pulls me to the side, “Look at this text I just got.”

He hands me the phone. 

**I told her to leave you alone!** 

**So, now it is your turn. You** 

**need to leave her alone or**

**she will no longer be in your** 

**life! Don’t push your luck!** 

I lower my voice so I know Lucy can’t hear me, “What the fuck? Who is this person and does that mean they are here? Does line up with when she got the threat in her car because it was shortly after we came here the first time.”

He shakes his head, “I don’t know who it is and to be honest I want to get her out of here as fast as possible.”

“Here, take her to the car. I am going to try and see if I can speak to a manager about their guest list. Maybe you know somebody on it?”

He shrugs, “Maybe, it could be a good idea even though I don’t know of anybody that would be in here.”

He grabs her and tells her, “I am getting you out of here, it is not safe for you here. We are going to the car and Travis is going to look into something.”

She nods in agreement and they start to walk outside. I headed back over to the bar and asked the bartender if I could speak with the manager or owner. He called the office and told me that they were headed down. 

A man walks up to me, “Hey, my name is Kyle and I am the owner here. Is there anything I can help you with tonight?”

I shake his hand, “Yes sir. So, me and my two partners were in here on New Year’s Eve. A few days later my wife gets a threat about leaving one of us alone. We didn’t know where it came from until tonight when my partner got a text while we were here. Is there any way I can get a list of the members and guests list tonight? I know the policy of privacy but I am a lawyer and will only use that list to find out who is threatening my wife.”

He shakes his head, “Unfortunately I cannot give out that list unless a lawyer like yourself has a warrant. I have never dealt with something like this but if you do get a warrant I will definitely give it over.”

His phone starts ringing, “Hold on let me take this….”

His face is white as a sheet as he is talking on the phone. “I am so sorry I have to go right now somebody just got attacked in the parking lot.”

“Oh fuck! My wife!”

I start running outside bypassing the owner and he is right on my tail as he is running outside too along with three security guards. I see a body on the ground next to where our car was parked. I am so scared for my life as I am running to the body and the closer I get I can see that it is Adam. 

I get to him and all I see is blood everywhere. 

“Babe. Babe. Please babe are you okay? Please wake up!”

I continue to shake him but he is not awake and there is a huge gash on his head. It almost looks like somebody hit him in the head with a hammer. Fuck, where is my wife? Our damn car is gone and I can’t find our keys on him. 

I look back at the owner, “My wife has been kidnapped and he has been attacked. I need an ambulance, police and I need that damn guest list right fucking now!”

He doesn’t hesitate this time, “Yes sir right away.”

I watch him grab his phone out of his pocket and immediately call somebody. He better get me that fucking guest list or I am going to have my office on his ass. I am holding Adam in my arms waiting for the ambulance to get here as I feel tears slide down my face. I didn’t even realize I was crying because of how mad I am right now. 

I hear the sirens as they are getting closer and I am not prepared to tell them that my wife was kidnapped. Especially not being here at this club but at this moment I don’t care they can judge all they want. The ambulance pulls up first and parks their rig right beside us. An EMS worker gets out with their bag and walks over towards us. 

He kneels down next to me, “What happened here?”

“I honestly don’t know I was inside when it happened and I walked out here and found him like this. Please help him!”

He looks at me, “We are going to do everything we can but we need to get him to the hospital!”

“That’s fine, please just help him but I am going to ride with you!”

They start working on him and getting him on the gurney. I walked back over to the owner and told him to tell the police that I will be at the hospital to give a statement. I gave him my name and phone number so he can call me to give me the list. He also told me he will get me the outside camera footage to help find Lucy. 

The EMS worker waves me down. I shake the owner's hand and run back to the ambulance. I hop in the back with Adam and he is still unconscious hooked up to an IV and has a ventilator so he can breathe. He looks so helpless and I just want to hold him. I am so pissed off at myself for not staying with them. 

If I was there I could have helped and protected both of them. Why did I stay back? Why couldn’t I just take her home and talk to the owner tomorrow? None of this would have happened if I would have just left with them.