Chapter one hundred and seventeen:
Becky followed Zac from the cab to the front of the house, and
stood patiently waiting for him to find his keys in the numerous pockets of his
suit.
Becky hugged his jacket around her to keep herself warm. She felt
something brush against her side, and removed Zac’s
keys from the pocket. “Looking for these?” She held them up triumphantly.
“Yeah,” He laughed, reaching for them.
“Wait, you’ll have to trade me.” She held them away from his
grasp.
“Trade you what, babe?” He grinned.
“You can have your keys for… a kiss.” She propositioned.
Zac chuckled. “You drive a pretty hard bargain.”
“Yeah?”
“Yeah.” He stepped towards her, his hands
sliding around her waist.
He leaned forward and gently kissed her lips.
Becky leaned into the kiss even when he pulled away, wanting the
kiss to last.
The front door jerked open and Jimmy the bodyguard stood in front
of them. “There you two are! I’ve been calling you all night!”
“I turned my phone off.” Zac shrugged.
“Me too.” Becky felt a blush rise in her
cheeks.
“Christy is in the hospital.”
“What?!” Becky demanded.
“What happened?” Zac asked immediately after, “Where’s Ike?”
“They think she drank too much, but from what I saw, I would say
alcohol poisoning.” Jimmy said, pulling the door closed behind him.
“Jenna and Taylor are already at the hospital, Isaac went with
Christy I the ambulance and I promised to drive you two when you arrived. Come
on, we’ll take my car.”
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Jenna was pacing back and forth in the waiting room, looking for any kind of
news on Christy’s condition. The doctors had confirmed alcohol poisoning and
were in the middle of pumping her stomach. Isaac had stayed at her side.
“Jesus, Jen. Will you sit down? You’re going to wear a hole in the
floor.”
Jenna plopped down in a chair directly across from him. “She’s
going to be okay, right? I mean, this is a minor thing-“
“I’m sure she’ll be fine. She’s alive, and she’s breathing again.
She’s in a hospital; I think they know how to handle this.”
Jenna sighed heavily and dropped her head into her hands. “You don’t
get it
“You did?” He looked up finally. “Where did you get it?”
“Never mind where I got it,
“Then where did the other two come from? I was in there myself and
there were at least four bottles.”
Jenna got up and crossed the room, sitting down next to him. “Promise
not to tell anyone?”
“I promise I will tell someone, because when you make me promise I
won’t, it gets someone in trouble.”
Jenna sighed. “Fine… I’ve been getting emails- Christy too- from
those people… who were threatening us before.”
“We didn’t think it was a big deal, Jimmy was there, and we didn’t
think it was serious.”
“Obviously it is serious, Jen! This could have been prevented if
you girls would have said something!”
“It wouldn’t have mattered! These people were just looking for an
excuse,
“You should be scared!”
“Yeah, well you and your stupid bodyguard are obviously doing a
hell of a lot to protect us then, aren’t you?”