Chapter 15

  They were all in Jon’s room as Mitch was wiring up Jon on the inside of his shirt. It would not only be a microphone/hearing device but also a tracking device too. Jon was putting on the shirt when Dave asked, “Mitch I thought you were supposed to wire Jon up not his clothing so shouldn’t you have taped all that to his chest?” Dave winked to Richie and Tico knowing that it would have hurt like hell if anyone had caught Jon wearing those devices on his chest seeing that he is covered like a rug on his chest.

Well this set the guys off laughing their heads off as Sarah gave them the eye and Jon stood there not very happy. “Yeah go ahead you assholes laugh it up. You would love to see this ripped off of me wouldn’t you? That’s why I asked Mitch to find an alternative way to place these suckers on me. But of course it would bother you assholes wouldn’t it chumps!” Jon said snickering as he turned around and let Mitch finish what he was doing.

Still chuckling Dave said to him, “Hey I was just trying to lighten the mood a little.”

“Well don’t I’m nervous as it is I don’t need you’re stupid little jokes Joker.” Jon said as he was now shuffling back and forth waiting for the time to leave.

“Ok Jon you know what to do right?” Mitch asked him.

“Yeah all you want me to do is just drop off the bag in the barrel and pull out the envelope and leave as fast as I can.” Jon told him nervously. “Oh and don’t stop for anyone just get back in your car and drive out of there.” He told them.

“Right because in the bag we’ll have a tracer sewn into the bag and also in a couple of the wrappers too just in case they figure out about the bag. Damn t.v. shows they give our secrets away to easily.” Mitch told them.

“Do you think they’ll realize about the money? I mean that it’s fake?” Jon asked him worried.

“I doubt it Jon. They aren’t counterfeiter’s so I doubt it very much that they’ll figure it out right away or if at all so we should get them way before they have time to take off with it.” Mitch told them. “Ok I have my men at the site now so you’ll be watched the whole time you’re there…” but Jon cut him off as he was upset.

“Mitch they just said me. What if they see your men there then what will happen to Karen? I don’t trust Dot as far as I can throw her. Believe me if she sees just one of your men there she’s dead.” Jon stressed.

“Nope no way Jon. I’m not going to risk both of you and they know what they’re doing so don’t worry you won’t see them and neither will they.” Mitch guaranteed him.

“You better hope so.” Jon told him pissed.

“Hey Jon Mitch knows what he’s doing. There is no way in hell we’re going to risk both you’re lives just because you’re being stubborn.” Richie explained to him as everyone else agreed. Jon wasn’t happy about this at all but he finally agreed to it as he had no choice in the matter. Mitch and Jon headed out to the warehouse as instructed but about a mile away Mitch stopped and got out and let Jon finish the drive in so if he was being watched they only saw him drive up. Mitch was then picked up by one of his men and they parked about a block away as one of his guys were videoing taping the whole thing just in case Jon got in trouble and they could descend on them within seconds.

Jon drove into the parking lot of the warehouse and stopped to look around. He then continued a little ways further when he saw the old car that was torn up. He took the left like he was told to and drove down about another mile when he saw the barrels lined up. He thought that looked really strange. “Mitch are you getting any of this? They have the barrels lined up.” He said as he knew Mitch could hear him. “I thought they said there were only going to be two barrels?” Jon asked confused. Jon didn’t like the set up but he grabbed the bag and got out of the car and headed to the barrels anyway. When he got there he looked in all four of them as he realized that there wasn’t any envelope in any of the barrels. “SHIT! They lied to us!” he yelled as he swung the duffel bag at one of the barrels. 

Just then Kyle walked up behind Jon holding a gun, “Is the rockstar having a hissy fit?” he laughed.

Jon spun around to face him when he figured he came out of the next building. “You piece of shit. I knew you wouldn’t play fair.” Jon told him angrily.

“Hey I would have but it’s your ex that wanted it this way. If it was up to me I’d have little big mouth here and trade her for that bag but no she wants you. So dump the money in this bag and let’s get going if you want to see her. I don’t know how much longer I can keep her alive.” He explained to Jon.

“What the hell does that mean?” Jon wanted to know.

“Just get in the damn car before your buddies get here or you’re not going to make it anywhere rockstar because they’ll be picking you up off of the cement.” Kyle told him as he gestured him to move towards the car with his gun.

Jon only did because he wanted to see if Karen was ok and find out what the hell Dorothea’s plan for them was. Kyle instructed him to drive as he got in the passenger’s seat. They drove for about fifteen minutes when then came to another vehicle and switched cars. They drove around again this time for twenty minutes when Jon spoke up.

“For Christ Sake how long are we going to be doing this huh? I mean I don’t think anyone is following us?” Jon said pissed.

“Look you know your ex just as well as I do and I’m not taking any chances that we are. I don’t need her getting all pissy on me. Look I would have left a while ago on her but when she grabbed Karen instead of Sarah well I couldn’t leave her. I knew her big mouth would get her in trouble but I want Sarah that’s it.” He told him.

“What? Then why did you leave her?” Jon wanted to know.

“I don’t want her I want her money you idiot. And if I grabbed her I could get her to sign over everything to me. The same with Dotty she wants that to. She wants you to give her a bigger pay day.  Plus I think she still has a thing for you and if I grabbed Sarah maybe I could look big in her eyes and she would get the one you seemed to like which she is jealous of so I kill two birds.” Kyle told him bragging.

“You’re an idiot. I don’t have a thing for Sarah I have a thing for Karen.” Jon told him giving him the eye.

“Wait you have a thing for Karen? But Dot said you and Sarah were like glue. That’s how we were going to black mail the both of you. Oh God she’s off her rocker. She doesn’t intend to let either of you guys go.” Kyle told him.

“Then we go in there ready to grab her. And I’ll tell the police you helped me right?” Jon asked him.

“Huh? Oh yeah I’m not going down for murder.” Kyle told him.

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 “Why isn’t someone calling us and telling us something?” Sarah wanted to know.

“Calm down Darling they will when they have something to tell us.” Richie told her trying to stay calm himself.

Just then the phone rang and Dave answered it. When he did his face turned white. “Um sure just hang on a sec ok? (turning to the guys and putting his hand on the receiver) Uh guys this is Doc and he wants to talk to Jon what am I supposed to say?” he asked as he nervously handled the phone.

They all just stood there and just froze not really knowing what to tell their manager at first when Tico grabbed the phone from David.

“Hey Doc yeah it’s Tic look Jon isn’t here right at the moment…hey look he’s been under a lot of stress these past few weeks and well you know how he is he needs to release it…well who the hell are you too say how he does it and you do want to keep the lead singer happy right? So let him be…Well a happy lead singer is much better than a pissed off one.” He told him as Tico hung up on him. “Well that should take care of him for a while. Now all we need is a call from Mitch letting us know what the hell is going on.” Tico said worried.

“Well it’s almost been two hours shouldn’t we have heard something by now?” Sarah asked shaking.

The guys just looked at each other not knowing what to say to her. They knew it was getting late and not hearing anything by now they knew it wasn’t a good sign.

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Karen was sitting in the chair that she was tied to for the past morning and afternoon and she was getting cramps all over now. She was wiggling most of her body but she would stop when Dorothea would come in to check on her because if she didn’t Dorothea would smack her one right across the face for thinking she was trying to escape. She stopped wiggling when she heard the door about to open and Dorothea walked in. She didn’t look to happy.

Dot walked over to her and looked at her in the eye. “So what am I going to do with you when Kyle gets here with Jon? Hmmm I could let you go since he’s got his money. Or we could dump you off somewhere and they can find you later.” She told her smiling much too much to Karen’s chagrin.

“Well I’ll tell you what. I know you know all this karate crap and all but why don’t you untie me and give me a fair advantage let’s say so I can try and kick your fat butt and get the fuck out of here ok?” Karen asked her as quaintly as a grizzly bear.  

“What the fuck did you just say to me whore?” Dorothea asked her pissed.

“You heard me nut case now untie me.” Karen said with a straight face.

But all Dorothea did was punch her in the face which dazed her pretty good. She thought at least she would just slap her again but this time she had really pissed her off. Dorothea went to hit her again when she heard the door upstairs open and then close. Then she heard Kyle’s voice yell out to her.

“I’m down here?” she yelled back. She then heard footsteps coming down the stairs.  Opening the door he pushed Jon thru it with the bag as he was holding the gun on him.

“Well hello Johnny. Have him sit over there and give me the bag.” she told Kyle. He did what he was told as Jon looked at Karen as her head was hanging as she was trying to come too. She could hear voices but she thought she was dreaming when she could hear more than one at first. She was really trying hard to shake it off.

“Kyle tie Johnny’s hands behind him just don’t stand there God you’re useless sometimes.” She told him as she started to open the bag. Kyle went to tie Jon’s hands but he didn’t tie them to tight. He had made a deal with him that if he helped them get Dorothea that he would tell the cops that so he would get a better sentence.

“You let her talk to you like that Kyle?” Jon asked him being a smartass.

Kyle looked at him pissed and said to him, “Look smartass if you want to be like little Bitch face over there I’d watch your mouth.” He told him giving him the eye and tugging on the ropes to try and remind him that he could tighten these if he wanted to.

“Hey Dot what did you do to Karen?” he asked her trying not to over react.

“She got mouthy with me so I decked her what’s it with you?” she asked him curious.

Trying not to look like he was upset because then she would hurt her even more, “Because if you hurt her Sarah will be pissed and sic the cops on you like a bear on honey. What were you thinking?” he asked her.

But he didn’t get his answer when she pulled out a pack of bills and found out that all there was in it was twenty dollars bills on the top and bottom and in the middle were cut up newspaper posing as money. “ARE YOU FUCKING ME!” she screamed as she pulled at the rest and found out that all of them were the same way. “You fucked us over! You Son-of-a-Bitch!” she yelled and walked over to him and punched him but he was able to take it better than Karen was and when his head bounced back all he got for it was a split lip.

“Feel better Dot?” he asked her as he licked the blood from his lip.

“ARGH!!!! You fucking asshole! Kyle shoot him!” she yelled to him.

Kyle stood there staring at her then him. By this time Karen was coming around and she was lifting her head and could see what was going on. “NO!” she yelled.

“In fact shoot her I’m done!” Dorothea yelled.

“No way Dot. Look you want them dead fine but I’m not going to do it got that? I’m not killing anyone here. I didn’t sign on for that. I’m not going down for murder. And I’m done being you’re punching bag. Look I got him here for you because you wanted him here to try and get him to come back to you but if you kill him I don’t think he’s going to give you anything right? And you said you’re not in his will so killing him would be really stupid. So I’m outta here Babe. Good luck to ya.” Kyle told her as he took his gun and left.

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Mitch and Jeff were sitting in the car listening to Jon talking and hoping Jon would just put the bag into one of the barrels and get out of there. But unfortunately his instincts were right when he heard Kyle sneak up behind Jon. Luckily they had the bugs on some of the money and on Jon also. So he called his men to start following and as they were too. They weren’t too far behind when they caught sight of the car as they were pulling into this old Victorian house. So they pulled in a few houses behind them as they gotten out and entered. Mitch radioed his men to circle the block and then to circle the house and wait on his instructions. Mitch and Jeff were the first ones going in to access the house to see where they stood before they sent in the rest or if they could handle this on their own without getting Karen or Jon hurt. As they were entering the house Kyle was just leaving the basement when they grabbed him. They dragged him out of the house as fast as possible and down to their car to try and get any details out of him. Little did they know they wouldn’t be able to shut him up.

Mitch: “Ok Robertson where in the house are they?”

Kyle:    “They’re in the basement and believe me if you don’t go there now she’s going to kill them. She is that pissed off.”

Mitch: “Why? What is her problem?”

Kyle:    “How the hell do I know? She’s angry; she’s pissed at Bon Jovi for leaving her and screwing around on her and losing out on all that money. She thought that if she blackmailed him he would have to take her back. So she came up with this crazy marriage thing that she cooked up. When it didn’t turn out the way she had hoped I swear she went nuts. I’m so not going down for murder so I bailed on her I even told Jon that. He’s up there now I didn’t tie the ropes to tight so he should be able to get out of them.”

Mitch: “Does she have a weapon of any kind?”

Kyle:    “No I took my gun with me.” 

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 “Dotty come on you don’t want to do anything stupid do you?” Jon asked her as he was wiggling out of his ropes.

“Maybe I do. I thought you wanted that annulment from that whore? I thought that was the plan Jon? When we were together you were always spouting off that you were to fucking young for marriage and that crap.” Dot yelled at him.

Jon wanted to becare

ful because she was standing next to Karen so he didn’t want to say anything wrong and have her hurt her. “Yeah I know and I thought you knew I was only saying that for the damn press. You were the one that over reacted and also you didn’t talk to me about it in fact we hardly ever talked near the end you know that. Maybe if we did things differently we could have worked things out for us Baby.” Jon told her as he tried to keep the bile down when he did say it and looked over to Karen as she turned her head because she just couldn’t watch him play this out or let him see the mark on her face that Dotty had left there.

Jon looked at Karen when she looked away and his heart dropped. But he would have to ask about that later and try and get Dotty under control now. “Look I tried to talk to you but those little boys that you hang around with didn’t help matters. The more you hung out with them the more you became as stupid as they were. You do know you don’t need them right?” she asked him standing there with her arms crossed. Meanwhile Karen finally looked up at them both because what Dot was saying and the look on Jon’s face was priceless.

But when he saw her face and the mark on it he wanted to flip. So he was working feverishly to get those ropes off faster. “What the Hell Dot! You hit her!” He yelled pissed.

Surprised that he would care that she did, “Well yeah I did why? You know she has a mouth on her and she deserved it. Why the hell do you care anyway?” she asked him as she walked over to him.

He had to think fast but then he did get the ropes off so he wanted to wait until she turned her back to him before he made his move. He had to also answer her before she got suspicious of him so he looked at Karen with a sly smile and said, “Yeah well I really wanted to smack her a couple of times myself. I don’t even know how Sarah stands her.” He said as he winked at Karen hoping she would get what he was doing.

Luckily Karen did get what Jon was doing but it did sting a little anyway but she knew she could shrug it off knowing that Dorothea would get hers in the end. Dorothea walked next to Jon and stopped.  She then straddled Jon as she sat on him and started to caress his face. Jon’s insides were tightening but he had to keep a straight face and just when she grabbed him by the back of his head and by his hair she started to move in to kiss him as Karen looked on in horror. Just then the door flew open and Mitch and Jeff came in as Dorothea’s head flew sideways but before she could do anything Jon’s arms came up and grabbed her tight so she couldn’t move.

Chapter 14

Mitch gave Jon the signal on the third ring and he then picked up the phone. “Hello? Yeah it’s me first just tell me that Karen is alright.” He told them calmly.

“Yeah the Bitch is fine now but if you don’t do what I say she won’t be.” Kyle told him.

“Well then put her on so I know she’s fine then and we can deal.” Jon told him.

“No I told you she was fine so if you want her back you’ll do what I say. So listen up shit head and take notes.” He told him as Dot was pacing the room.

“Not til you put Karen on the phone you…” But Mitch was shaking his no at Jon to make sure not to start any name calling at him and to just stay calm. He didn’t want him to get into a screaming match with him. So much to his chagrin. “OK look just put her on so we know she’s ok and then we can start to deal.” He told him. But then Jon heard a click. “He hung up the fucking phone!” he exclaimed.

“Yeah I was afraid of that. Just under a minute too. They knew the phones were tapped. Let’s see if we can get them the next time when they call in with the instructions we might have a chance then.” Mitch told them.

“How! If they know were doing it then they’ll be timing it again. We’ll never find her like this. I swear to God if they hurt her…” Jon was yelling.

But Richie walked up to him, “Kidd it will be ok we’ll get her back. Plus we’ll get them and they will pay for doing this I promise. They can’t hide forever now can they?” Richie told him.

“No I guess not.” He said dishearten.

“Um excuse me but what if they don’t put her on the phone then what do we do?” Sarah asked.

“They’ll give us a hard time about it but they will eventually just to shut us up if they want the money. Don't worry Sarah will get her back.” Mitch told her confidently.

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As Kyle hung up the phone Dorothea was still pacing the floor. “So what did they say?” she asked him anxiously.

“What the hell do you think he asked me? He wants to talk to her. So what do you think do you want her to or not because you said she’d tell them who we are.” Kyle said to her.

“You idiot they know who we are. I still have connections with them and last night they went to this party and Jon got drunk really drunk. My source heard them talking just before they left when that reporter pissed Jon off. She heard them say something about me and a Kyle and that they needed to be back at the hotel and get him into bed so he’d be sober by morning. So you’re not that stealthy as you think you are.” Dorothea told him.

“Ha ha well just as well then we don’t have to hide anymore. Besides we have our tickets we’ll be out of here before they can say boo. As soon as we get the money we’ll tell them where they can find bitch face.” Kyle said smiling.

“Yeah I guess but you don’t know Jon we’re going to have to get the hell out of here fast.” She told him.

“Look Karen will be at one end of the city and will be at the other so when they go get her we’ll be on our way Dotty and gone to paradise.” He told her as he walked up to her to kiss her but she stopped him.

“After we get the money Kyle.” She told him.

“Yeah sure. So do you want me to give them another call or what?” he asked irritated.

“Yeah go ahead but no talking with her I have a photo that will be at the reception desk by the time you call them in ten minutes so until then.” She told him smiling.

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Jon was pacing the floor as usually which was driving everyone crazy. By this time Tico and David were there waiting also now. By now a half hour had pass and finally the phone rang again but before Jon could pick it up Mitch put his hand on the receiver.

“Ok Jon I need for you to keep your cool can you do that?” he asked him.

Jon shooked his head yes and picked it up, “Hello?”

“Hey rockstar ok here’s what we want. Get a duffel bag and put two hundred and fifty thousand dollars of unmarked bills in it and there’s this warehouse over on Pleasant Street.” Kyle was trying to tell him when Jon broke in.

“No way not until I talk to Karen you loser.” Jon said calmly.

“Yeah I get that but don’t you want to hear the rest? Look there’s a trash barrel you dump the bag in there ok? Is there a knock at your door yet because I’m going to have to hang up.” Kyle told him.

“Look Robertson don’t hang up. Who’s coming to the door?” Jon wanted to know. When just then an envelope came underneath the door. Richie picked it up and gave it to Mitch as Jon dropped the phone and headed towards the door opened it to see who tossed it underneath. When he looked out the elevator doors were just closing. “Damn It!” he screamed!

Sarah in the meantime picked up the phone and started to talk into the phone, “Kyle, Kyle wait! Don't hang up Please!” Sarah yelled as the phone was dead.

“Come on Sarah let’s sit down. He’ll call back like Mitch said this isn’t over.” Richie told her as he held her to see if he could calm her. Well Sarah melted into his arms as she really needed him right now because she was scared to death over her friend and that she felt safe with him.

Jon in the meantime wanted to punch something anything he was that mad. Tico was trying to calm him as Mitch opened the envelope. When he did he saw a picture of Karen standing with today’s newspaper. And very carefully she was giving the finger and apparently they didn’t notice. Mitch had to laugh at that.

“Um guys you really need to see this. I have to say Karen is one hell of a broad.” Mitch said as he handed the picture over to Jon.

“Why do you that?” he asked then he saw the picture. “Oh my God they took a picture of her with the paper! You’ve got to be kidding me!” he said pissed. “You know this doesn’t mean she’s alive now they could have killed her after this was taken.” Jon said angry.

“Jon take a look at her right hand and tell me what you see.” Mitch told him smiling.

“What she’s holding the damn newspaper and giving the finger…she’s giving the finger and it looks like they didn’t even notice that’s great. I can’t believe they didn’t see her do that because if Dotty did see her she would have done something about it that’s for sure. She’s something else isn’t she?” he said smiling as he looked at the picture and taking in every feature of her.

“Jon, Jon?” Richie called him as he was staring in spaced it seemed.

“Uh yeah?” he replied.

“We need you here with us.” Richie told him as he nodded towards Sarah as he had his arms around her.

“Yeah I’m here.” Jon said as he took the picture and gave it back to Mitch. “Mitch what do you really make of this?” he asked him.

“Well they think we’ll accept this as proof of life so I want you to keep asking them to put her on the phone and don’t take no for an answer got it. We’re not paying anything until we hear her voice. Maybe we’ll get lucky and they’ll forget were tapping them and get a location.” He hoped.

Another fifteen minutes went by and the phone rang again. Dotty made them wait longer than she wanted due to Kyle running out for something. Jon grabbed the phone and this time he wasn’t playing.

“Robertson I want to talk to Karen NOW!” he demanded.

“Whoa rockstar calm down. Didn’t you get the envelope I sent over?” he asked him.

“Yeah I got it and that’s not enough. We want to hear her voice now you Bastard.” Jon told him pissed.

“Yeah I don’t think so. You’re going to have to settle for the picture for now. You’ll see her when you drop off the money.”  He told him

“No that’s where you’re wrong. You want your money you’ll put her on the phone now or you and Dot won’t get a cent I’ll let you two go talk it over.” And Jon hung up the phone.

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 Kyle stood there with his mouth open and then he hung up the phone just looking at Dot.

“Well what’s the matter? Why aren’t you talking to that idiot?” she yelled at him.

“That’s because he fucking hung up on me! He wants to talk to her your fucking plan went down the toilet Dot! Now what!” he screamed back.

“URGH! Well someone is telling him what to say because he can’t be coming up with all of this that’s for sure. He’s not that smart. Well fine if it will shut them up will put her on but if she says the wrong thing I wear I’ll deck her.” Dot told him.

“That’s fine by me. I’ll go get her and I’ll tell her what to say and if she fucks up she’s all yours.” Kyle told her.

Dot was waiting for the two of them when she could hear the two of them coming down the hall as Karen was complaining all the way. Entering the room Kyle pushed her down onto the chair that was by the phone.

“Couldn’t you have gagged her before you brought her here I mean really.’ Dot said to him irritated.

“I would have but I didn’t have anything to stick in her freaking mouth!” he shot back.

“Fine did you tell her what she is supposed to say and what not to say?” she asked him.

“I went over things and told her that you would deck her if she says the wrong thing. So when do you want me to make the call?” Kyle asked her.

Looking at Karen she walked over to her and stared into her eyes. “Look Bitch, you try and tell them anything that you shouldn’t and I’ll knock your lights out got it?” Dot told her.

Looking right back at her, “You’ll knock my lights out? What? You think were in some cartoon here?” she said her glaring back.

Dot then grabbed her by her throat as she wasn’t playing. “Look you think this is a game? Well it’s not.” She told her as she got into her face and as Kyle tried to make her let go as Karen was turning a slight shade of purple.

Finally he got her to let go as Karen was coughing her head off and Kyle said to her, “What the hell Dot? You kill her now and we’ll never get our money and you’ll be going to jail not me Babe. I’m not taking any wrap for murder.” He told her worrying now that she was unraveling.

“You want to make a bet? If I go down so do you. And so does our rockstar.” She told him as he nearly stumbled when he tried walking away and Karen sat there stunned.

“What the hell do you mean by that?” he wanted to know.

“Let’s just say I have things rigged that if we get caught he’s going down with us as an accomplice.” She told them smiling.

“You’ve got to be kidding? So wait you just gave it away in front of her? She can tell them what you said right?” Kyle said as he had an awful feeling about this.

“Oh did I? Just make the call Kyle now.” She told him as she went to make herself a cup of coffee.

Kyle picked up the phone and looked at Karen with a sorrowful look on his face. He didn’t sign on for this. Karen knew deep down that Kyle was a crook but not a killer and they both knew that Dorothea was crazy.

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The guys had order lunch but they weren’t eating very much. But Jon was drinking a lot at this point and it was almost one o’clock in the afternoon and it wasn’t even touching him yet.

“What the hell is taking them so long? Isn’t she right there with them?” Jon asked all agitated.

“She could be and their just drawing this out to piss us off. You need to calm down now. If they know that their getting to you then they’ll have the upper hand Jon.” Mitch told him.

“I just want this to be over and have her back here safe and sound is there anything wrong with that?” he asked.

Getting up and walking over to him Sarah wrapped her arms around him. “No Jon there’s nothing wrong with that.”

Holding her back, “Sarah I’m sorry I haven’t been much of a friend have I? I know this is just as hard on you too and all I have been doing is thinking of myself.” He told her.

Parting from him and looking at him she told him, “Yeah you have.”  Then she started to giggle. “I’m sorry Jon you left yourself open for that.”

“I really did didn’t I?” he told her as he gave her a kiss on top of her head when the phone rang. Everyone turn and looked at the phone. Taking a deep breath he picked it up.

“Yeah?”

“Ok I have her here with me but just a couple of seconds that’s it.” He told Jon.

Jon looked at the others and nodded his head that signal they were putting her on. “Karen? Karen? Babe you there?”

“Yeah I’m here and I’m ok tell Sarah I’m fine but do as they say or they will hurt me.” She told him.

“Well get you home I…” but she was gone.

“Bon Jovi you heard her now we want the money in small bills got it? No cops or any of your security we’ll know. Just you got that. You still know where the drop off is?” Kyle asked him.

 “Yeah I wrote it down. You want it in that trash barrel right?” Jon asked him.

“That’s right and if you want Karen here she’ll be at the address that will be in the barrel so when you drop the money off there will be an envelope with the address where you can find her. And you better get there as soon as possible if you want to find her alive.” Kyle then hung up the phone.

    Jon threw down the phone as he was pissed. Richie and Sarah really felt for him but she was going thru the same thing as he was. Jon told them what Kyle said but Sarah told them that she didn’t think he had the guts to really hurt her. But Jon and the guys weren’t too sure only because they didn’t know him especially with Dot giving him orders.

“Do you really think that he would if she tells him to?” Sarah asked them scared to death now.

“Look Sarah anyone can do anything if they think that they are in love with someone. So we don’t know what these two have for a relationship right now and Dot can be real manipulative if she puts her mind to it. (turning to look at Mitch) so now what?” Jon asked him.

 “Well I’ll get the money ready and we’ll make the drop while I’ll have one of my other men get Karen.” He told Jon.

“No he said me and I’m not risking Karen’s life if they can see you guys dropping it off.” He told them determined.

“Jon I can’t let you do that. First Doc would skin me alive. Second if something ever happened to you I would never forgive myself.” Mitch told him as the rest of them listened to them and knew there was no way Mitch was going to talk Jon out of this even thou it scared them to death.

“Mitch I get that but if something happened to Karen I would never forgive myself ever.” 

Chapter 13

“Did the other woman have long brown hair and did the man have medium black hair to his shoulders?” she asked him.

“No it was short black hair.” he said.

“Was he about six feet tall?” she asked.

“Yeah I think he was.” He said.

“Thank You.” Sarah told him and she turned to Austin. “I think Kyle cut his hair and the other girl sounded like Dorothea with the brown hair doesn’t it?” she asked him.

“Unfortunately it does. Let’s get you back to the hotel now before anything happens to you. Jon is going to kill me as it is.” Austin said.

They headed back to the hotel to see if any of them had gotten any information on Karen yet and why did they take her and not Sarah.

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Jon was getting ready for the party and as he was getting ready he was really excited thinking about last night and how wonderful everything had went. The only thing he hadn’t counted on was when Karen told him before she left that there couldn’t be anything between them when this whole thing was finished. That threw him for a loop. Even Richie couldn’t get over that. She had made up her mind only because she didn’t think he was going to have time for them or be able to stay faithful so she was just going to enjoy the time that they did have. Well Jon had other ideas and he was going to make her change her mind. He finally felt that he fell for someone that he could have a life with and he wasn’t going to let her go.

As he took a bottle of water out of the frig the phone rang and as he walked over to it there was a knock on the door. “Damn, come in it’s open.” He yelled as he answered the phone. Austin, Sarah and Richie came into the room. They had stopped by Richie’s room on the way in and started to explain what happened as they were entering when they saw Jon on the phone. “Wait what? Who the hell is this?” he asked as he saw them standing there when he realized Karen wasn’t with them.

“Never mind who this is if you want to see this Bitch alive again you’ll do what I say got that. Now…” But everyone there were waving their arms to get his attention to try and tell him who he was talking to.

“Hang on a sec.” Jon told him. “What? What the hell is going on here and where is Karen!” he yelled.

“Real quick Jon you’re talking to Kyle and he kidnapped Karen.” Sarah quickly told him.

“He fucking WHAT! Yeah ok…I want to know…hello? Hello? They hung up. They fucking up!” Jon yelled again as he slammed down the phone. “Can you guys please tell me what the fuck is going on!” he demanded.

They sat Jon down and started to explain what happen after they went shopping and went to the café. He sat there trying to control his anger. It really wasn’t aimed at them but was aimed at Kyle and Dorothea.

“No Austin I’m not pissed at you because you did your job. You were supposed to mainly take care of Sarah who the hell would have guessed they would have grabbed Karen.” Jon said running his hands thru his hair.

“Well Jon I need to call Mitch and let him know what happened. He’ll know what to do. I’ll go to Richie’s room to make the call so if they do call back just write down anything they ask for and where they want it dropped off but don’t make any promises. We need to see what Mitch says first.” Austin told them and he headed on out.

“I just can’t believe Kyle would do this. He hates her if anything it’s me that he wants. Why take her she has nothing that he wants.” Sarah babbled as she had tears running down her cheeks.

Richie was trying to comfort her as he told her, “Darling she does have something he wants. You. He knows by asking for anything you’ll give it to him. The only thing we don’t get is why Dotty is with him what is she getting out of all of this?” he said looking at Jon.

“Yeah that’s the question because she can’t know about her and I right? Or does she still think I have a thing for Sarah and that I’ll pitch in on the ransom? Or did they take Karen thinking that we would both pay anyway? Oh I swear if I could get my hands on those two.” He said as he went to the bar and pulled out a beer this time. “You two want one?”

“Jon we still have that party we need to go to that the record company is throwing us so going there drunk isn’t going to help you.” Richie told him.

“Fine don’t have one then.” he said to him in a tone that was cold and he drank about half of it in one shot.  

There was a knock on the door and it was the rest of the guys coming to get Jon and Richie.

“You guys ready to leave?” Tico asked. Richie and Sarah had to explain to the guys what happen as Jon was just staring into space as he was trying to figure out why Dorothea was involved with Kyle in the first place and what she had to gain with all of this.

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                Karen woke up in a room that was dim and she had a splitting headache. She looked around to see where she was figuring maybe she had passed out or something on Sarah and was brought back to the hotel. But as she looked around she didn’t recognized where she was. She sat up in the chair that she was tied to and tried to shake off the feeling of drowsiness that she still felt.  She knew yelling probably wouldn’t do any good and would kill her head on top of it. Trying to figure out why she was there she started to hear footsteps coming towards the door then talking. She couldn’t really make out what they were saying but she could make out that it was a man and a woman. Finally the door opened and Kyle walked in with Dorothea.

“Oh I should have realized that a skunk like you were behind this and you brought Jon’s whore with you.” Karen threw out to them.

Well Dorothea didn’t like that and went to lunge at her but Kyle stopped her. “She’s not worth it Babe plus we need her in one piece right now. So Karen you weren’t the one I was hoping to get but my little Sarah didn’t seem to have use the little girl’s room so I guess you’ll have to do,” Kyle told her with a smirk.

“Well I’m sorry to have to disappoint you Kyle but whatever it is you think that you’re going to get for me well you can forget it because she won’t pay for it. First rule of thumb never pay the dumbass kidnappers anything because they you never give back the victim alive.” She pointed out to them.

“You really don’t think that your best friend won’t pay anything for you to get you back safe and sound? Look I know she knows I probably snatched you. The only thing is she has no proof. But there is no fucking way in hell we’re going down on a murder charge so once we get what we want you’ll be released free of charged on a couple of conditions. Even thou I would love to see you dead.” He told her laughing.

“Feeling is mutual.” Karen smiled back.

“Look I told you I don’t want any witness’s so bigshot how are you going to prevent her or them from going to the cops?” Dorothea wanted to know.

“Look Dot I’ll have it under control alright! Believe me if they go to the cops it will be the last thing they do because they’ll regret it. Look you want your money and I want mine so trust me ok? Of course it would have been better if we had Sarah then your ex would be jumping over walls to get her back. But Sarah will make sure that he’ll pay you to get her best friend back trust me. We’ll have breakfast sent in about nine or ten hours. Your bathroom is over on the left and there is nothing in there or this room that will help you escape so don’t try but if you want to Dot here would love to kick your ass. Nighty night.” He told her as they left her to stir and Kyle untied her for the night.

Karen was pissed as she had the right to be as she hated him and now her just as much. Especially since what Jon had told her what she did to him. But she was in no condition to be able to retaliate against them. But oh she so wanted to. All she wanted to was be in Jon’s arms right now and forget this whole thing. Oh my God Jon. Do they know what’s going on yet? Had those two idiots even call them and even asked them for anything yet? Well one thing is for sure she’s glad she’s not there to see either of them right now and their tempers.

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The record company’s party was in full swing and they were pulling Jon in so many directions it was making his head swing. Everyone could tell that he wasn’t in a good mood and the more he drank the worse it got. The guys tried to play interference for him in most cases which seemed to be working in some cases but this one reporter was dead set on talking about how they found out about that his marriage was just a farce and why they didn’t realize it from the beginning. Well that question set Jon off and he started to yell at the reporter and it took Richie and David to drag him out of there and Tico to try and explain why Jon was the why he was. Sarah just followed them out to the awaiting limo and they waited for Tico. As soon as he got in they headed off to the hotel and went in the back way as the fans were all waiting for them in the front. Once in Jon’s room they got him settled in his bed as they got settled in the living area.

“What was that all about tonight?” David asked.

“I told you Jon got a phone call saying that they had Karen but when he started to talk to us they hung up on us. It’s like those idiots didn’t know we knew who they were.” Richie told them.

“This is all my fault. I was the damn target. Maybe if they call back we can exchange myself for Karen?” Sarah suggested.

“No! No way Sarah and I can tell you Jon would say the same thing. Plus we don’t know if they would even honor that request.” Richie said argumentative. 

“Well I have to do something Richie she’s my best friend!” she told him as she had tears in her eyes.

Walking over to her and wrapping his arms around her, “I know Darling and we will believe me we’ll get her back.”

“Well what about him?” David asked.

“What about him? He’ll sober up and be pissed and then those two will get theirs. But right now he just needs his space. I don’t think he realized that he was going to fall for someone the way he did and then find out his ex is fucking with him again.” Richie told them.

Just then the phone rang and they all looked at each other. Richie took a deep breath and picked up the phone. “Hello?”

“I want to talk to Bon Jovi or Sarah.” Kyle said demandingly.

“Well both of them went to bed. It’s been a busy day for each of them so you’re stuck with me.” Richie told him pissed.

“Fine you do know how to take a message?” Kyle asked him snotty.

“What do you want?” Richie shot back.

“Just make sure that they’re both are by the phone by nine a.m. tomorrow morning got it? Or I’ll send something back to you to prove that we have Karen with us.” He told them and hung up.

“That Bastard just threaten to send back something of Karen’s to prove they have her if we don’t have you and Jon by the phone tomorrow morning by nine a.m.” Richie told them and a little in shock.

“Jon is going to be pissed when we tell him this.” Tico said.

“Oh yeah you think?” David said.  

“Look guys I’ll stay with him and I’ll call down to reception to make sure they give me a wakeup call. You go ahead and get a good night’s sleep and we’ll let you know what happens tomorrow.” Richie told them.

They all said goodnight except for Sarah and Richie asked her what she was doing.

“Well I’m staying here with you what do you think I’m doing. I’m not missing that call tomorrow are you crazy?” she asked him.

“Sarah Darling you need to get a good night sleep and sleeping on the couch you won’t.” he told her.

“Look Richie I’m not going anywhere and besides I’ll sleep better if we can share the couch.” She told him as she smiled at him.

“Darling I get that but I really think it would be better if you sleep in your own bed tonight that’s all.” He told her sincerely.

Putting her hand on his cheek, “Richie I understand that but I’m not leaving.” She told him dead serious as he knew she wasn’t going to budge. As he was just about to answer her there was a knock at the door.

“I better get that.” He said as he got up and took a deep breath.

Opening the door Mitch walked in, “Oh hey Rich. Where’s Jon? I talked to Austin briefly and he says she must have been taken out thru back of the kitchen. I called over to the café and I had to get a warrant for the security camera so we should have that by tomorrow afternoon. You said Jon is sleeping?” Mitch asked as he was rambling on.

“Hey Mitch. Yeah we put him to bed when we got here he had one to many. He’s not taking this very well.” Rich told him.

“Well I can see that he takes the girl’s welfare very seriously but I and don’t take this the wrong way but I thought he kind of had a thing here for Sarah? So why is he taking this kind of over the top?”

Sarah and Richie just looked at each other and smiled. “Well Mitch that’s kind of a long story but to shorten it up, he has a thing for Karen.” Richie blurted out.

“Yeah well that was short. But does Dotty or your ex know this?” Mitch asked them.

“Not that we know of.” Richie told him.

“Well let’s hope not because we want them to think he’s into you Sarah. Kyle has his sights on you and his revenge and if they think that they now have what the need and want right there in front of them, well I really can’t tell you that we would get her back alive because from what you said before he didn’t like her in the first place. Ok tell Jon I’ll see him tomorrow and hopefully I’ll bring the security tape with me. Try and have a good night.”

Mitch left and Rich just stood there and knew he was in for a very long night. 

Richie made himself comfortable on one of the sofa chairs much to Sarah’s chagrin. He insisted that she take the couch. She still wondered if he liked her. He seemed to act it but was he just acting like he liked her or was it an act? God she just wanted this whole thing to be over and for her and Karen to go home. And she was going to change things at home and tell her parents that she wanted to run the business the way it should be run. She was finally going to stick up for herself.

Morning was here and the phone rang as Richie jumped up to grab it. It was their wake-up call and he thanked them. Sarah was opening her eyes as she could see Richie still talking on the phone. Once he hung up he walked over to her to see how she was.

“Well good morning Darling how did you sleep last night?” he asked as he sat down next to her in the sofa chair.

“Good thanks. Did you call someone I heard you talking to someone after the wake-up call.” She asked him trying to sit all the way up now.

“Yeah I did, it was room service. I thought you might want something to eat because I know I do and I need my coffee. I also ordered some tea just in case. Plus if his Highness in there doesn’t get his coffee when he wakes up well he’s like a bear so…you really don’t need to see that.” He told her smiling.

“Well I kind of did the morning we found each other in bed. And you’re right he was a bear if I remember.” She told him giggling.

“Oh that’s right he was yelling and having a panic attack wasn’t he?” he chuckled.

“Well maybe I wouldn’t have if I knew Sarah first or if this whole thing wasn’t just sprung on me by my fucking ex Rich!” Jon said from behind them a little pissed off and hungover.

“Hey Kidd you’re up.” Richie said as he made a face towards Sarah that wasn’t good.

“Morning Jon, look we weren’t making fun of you honest. It just that my siblings are the same way when they don’t get their morning coffee either. Now come here and sit with us because we do have a lot to tell you.” Sarah said as she patted the side of the sofa with her hand. Jon just looked at her curious so he walked over and sat down next to her. They told him what went down last night and he got upset that he was drunk and passed out on them. Once they were able to calm him down and told him that it was actually a good thing that he couldn’t talk with them right at that moment he realized that they were right. They also told him that Mitch is on his way and wants to be here when they call. So he will be able to help him answer any questions they throw at him.

Room service came and they were able to get something into their stomachs before Kyle called them back. Jon was antsy as hell and was pacing the room and driving the other two nuts. Finally there was a knock at the door and Richie jumped up.

“I’ll get it ok.” He told them. Anything he needed to do something. Opening the door it was Mitch.

“Hey good you guys are awake. Ok I had my guys put a tap on the phone downstairs and this is Jeff and he’s going to put one on this one too. Plus your attorney is getting the warrant to get the video from the café so hopefully we should have that shortly.” Mitch shot out.

“Mitch do you think this will work?” Jon asked scared.

“Yeah I do but you have to hold up your end and do what I tell you ok? You can’t freak out on the phone ok? No yelling or arguing with him. If they want money say sure but make sure you tell him you want her there as a trade or no deal. If he says no then no deal. He’ll hang up but he’ll also call back then it’s our move he’s knows it.” He told them.

“What do you mean? I don’t get it?” Jon asked him confused.

“He knows we’re not going to pay the ransom unless she’s there for the exchange. If we do a drop ok they can somehow have either someone pick the money up that we wouldn’t know or see or there could be another way like an escape hatch where they can take the money and we would never know it. At least this way Karen has a chance to get back to us alive.” He explained to them

“But what about the money they’ll walk away with it?” Richie said.

“No they won’t. They’re not experts so we put a bug into the bag as a backup just in case we can’t grab them at the scene. As for the money well let’s just say I have some very good fake money that we use for things like this and at a quick glance you can’t tell it’s not real. And with the bands on them and them not being professional bad guys yeah I think we can fool them at least long enough to grab them before they get away. Don't worry we’ll get them and once we get that video we’ll having kidnapping charges and extortion and I’m sure a ton more that Peter can come up with. But Jon we’ll need you to be able to go thru with this seeing that Dotty is part of this and not just Kyle you know.” Mitch asked him.

  Jon looked at everyone in the room as he ran his hands thru his hair then down his face. Then turning around and facing them dead on he replied, “Fuck them. Dot did this to herself and I’m tired of bailing her out.”

Just then the phone rang. “Ok guys we’re on. “Mitch told them. 

Chapter 12

Morning came and Karen had woken up and at first she didn’t know where she was. She thought that last night was all a dream. Until she tried to roll over and she couldn’t because for one there was this large hairy arm lying across her stomach and someone attached to her back so she couldn’t roll over or move for that matter. She smiled to herself as she started to remember everything that had happened when he brought her in his bedroom. She couldn’t be happier right now but she knew she would also have to come to reality soon when this whole thing was settled and she and Sarah would have to leave for home.

As she was lying there she could start to feel him move as he was starting to wake up. And that wasn’t all that was waking up either as she was getting his penis sticking her in her ass as well. She didn’t know to feel uncomfortable or to giggle. But he started to stretch then he started to caress her stomach and nuzzle the back of her neck as he pushed her away with his nose.

So she thought she would be the first to say, “Hey morning Handsome.”

Squeezing her tight, “Morning Beautiful how you feeling this morning?” he asked her wondering if she felt the same way he did.

Finally being able to turn around to face him as he was able to move some hair out of her face smiling like a goof she thought she tell him, “I feel like I can walk on cloud nine.” She said.

“Oh really? Cloud nine?” he chuckled.

“Well I was going to say walk on water but I thought that was too sacrilegious when you’re talking about ecstasy and sex.” She told him as she was blushing from ear to ear.

Laughing, “Yeah I guess you’re right. You know how cute you are when you blush like this.” he told her as he kissed her on her nose.

 Now she wanted to die of embarrassment. “No stop.” She said as she buried her head into his chest.

“Hey come on now where’s that girl that was so enthusiastic and up for anything last night huh?” he asked her chuckling.

“It’s the light of day. Everything changes Jon.” she told him as she came up for air.

Looking at her now a little more seriously he asked her, “Karen are you sorry that we had sex last night? Because I’m not and I have to tell you that when I do with certain people I don’t usually wake up with them by morning. My rule is once the deed is over they’re gone I like to sleep alone afterwords I don’t like having them in my bed when I wake up.” He told her.

“Really? So I’m supposed to get down on my knees and Thank You for letting me spend the night then?” she sarcastically shot back at him.

Sitting up, “Oh for crying out loud are we going to start this again? What we did last night was because the two of us wanted too. I thought we felt something for each other didn’t we?” he asked her a bit put off.

“Yes we did.” She told him almost in a whisper.

“I’m sorry I couldn’t hear you. What was that?” he was her holding his hand to his ear.

“Oh shut up you heard me. Yes I wanted you just as much ok?” she sneered at him trying very hard not to smile at him

“And I rocked your world…” he told her waiting for her answer.

“Oh well let’s not get carried away here…” Well that’s all Jon needed to hear and he grabbed her and laid one on her that if she was wearing socks it would have knocked them off. Karen didn’t know what hit her but before she could try and wiggle her way out from under him it was too late. He had her where he wanted her. As when they came up for air he looked her in her eyes and started to caress her face as she was still breathing heavy and he was smiling down at her. He was tracing her face with his finger as he slowly started to move it down her neck as her breathing became slow and heavy now and he had this sinister look on his face. Finally his hand landed on her breast as he started to massage it slowly when he took his finger again and went around her nipple in circles to try and drive her crazy. She could also feel his arousal on her leg so she knew that he was very horny himself so she knew this line of action couldn’t go on to much longer either because he would have to pleasure himself soon and put her out of her misery as well.

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Sarah had woken up and looked at her clock and it read ten twenty. She couldn’t believe she slept this late only because she was dying to find out about Karen’s date with Jon. She must have gotten in late because she didn’t hear her come in last night. I wonder what time she did get in. She got herself together before she called down to room service to order her breakfast. She then went to Karen’s room to see what she wanted then to get all the scoop on what happened when there was no answer when she knocked.

‘Great she’s out like a light. What the hell did he give her too much to drink?’ she thought? So she opened the door to see if she could wake her up and when she did she saw that Karen’s bed wasn’t even slept in. ‘What the hell? Oh she’s still oh? Crap!’ It finally it her where she was and she started to laugh and thought she better tell her all about it.

 Walking out to the living area there was another surprise in store for her. There lying on the couch was Richie sound asleep. She walked over to him and started to shake him so he would wake up.

“Richie? Richie? Wake up please. Wake up.” She kept saying and shaking when about two minutes went by and he finally started to come around.

“Ummm just a few more minutes Kidd ok. They can wait.” he babbled.

She looked at him giggling and again shooked him a little harder this time. “Come on Richie wake up will you?” she said as she continued giggling.

Opening his eyes he looked up at her and smiled. “You’re not Kidd.”

“Nope I’m not and you still have to tell me why you call him that. In fact why you guys have those nicknames. Oh and I’m calling down to room service is there anything you want?” she asked him as he sat up and gave her what he wanted.

When that was done and he came back from the bathroom and he sat down back on the couch. “So are you letting Karen sleep in?” but just as he asked that question the door knob rattled and then opened as she walked into two stunned people sitting there as smiles came across their faces.

“Well, well, well look who is doing the walk of shame this morning, Miss Karen.” Richie was smiling wide.

“Ok Richie knock it off. So did we enjoy our date?” Sarah asked her winking.

“Shut up now! And what is Richie doing here this early? Did he have a sleep over too?” Karen asked sarcastically?

“I slept on the couch young lady.” He told her chuckling.

“Well that’s no fun. Sarah you’re going to be an old maid if you don’t let down your walls. I’m going to try and get some sleep.” She told them as she headed off to her room.

“Why didn’t you get enough earlier?” Richie snickered.

“Shut up Sambora!” she said as she went down the hall.

Once she was out of ear shot Sarah jumped on the couch next to Richie all exited. “Oh my God Richie she spent the night with Jon! She wasn’t sure if she was going to or not. This huge for her.” Sarah rattled on.

“Ok calm down will you. This is huge for Jon too. He hasn’t really been with anybody seriously since Dotty so for him finally taking a risk on Karen is a big step for him. I mean he let her spend the night and that’s huge in itself.” He told her happily.

Sarah sat quiet for a minute and then asked him, “What the hell does that mean Richie that he let her spend the night? Doesn’t he usually let girls spend the night?” she wanted to know.

“Uh no he has this thing about groupies spending the night after he has sex with them why?” he asked her feeling maybe he should have kept his mouth shut.

“Well I wouldn’t sleep with a guy that say would kick me out of bed after the deed. Because that’s really the lowest of the low you know.” She told him as her voice got real low and cold at the end of her sentence.

“Well you have to see it from our perspective Sarah. (coughing) Leaving groupie’s in our rooms overnight and us well drinking and passing out especially well getting off they have a tendency to steal out stuff when were either passed out or sound asleep.” Richie told her.

“That’s horrible so why do you well you know…do them?” she asked him naively.

Richie looked at her and really didn’t know what to say. He really thought that she was cute because she didn’t really understand the life of a rock star. But he also didn’t want to come across as a shallow, horny, low life that only thought of sex either.

“Sarah I don’t want you to think that we’re perverts but were healthy young men and I’m not going to apologize for enjoying the fruits of your labors. We worked hard to get where we are and (gulp) it does come with some fringe benefits. Ah do you understand?” he asked her as he was starting to sweat.

Listening intently and as she was going to give him a hard time, “Oh I’m not sure keep going I’m listening.” She told him as she was biting the inside of her cheek so she wouldn’t laugh.

“Really? Oh ok well um it’s hard to meet regular girls so the groupies are who we meet the most and are the easiest (which he said almost in a whisper) but sometimes we get lucky and meet really nice women like you and Karen and I’m just digging myself in a hole here aren’t I?” he asked her.

Laughing, “Yeah you are. But your adorable doing it.” She told him smiling.

“Gee thanks. You do know I’m sweating like a pig here.” He told her.

“I know but answer me this Jon isn’t going to hurt Karen by doing a groupie well while we’re here is he? I mean I don’t know what kind of arrangement they made but I just don’t want him to hurt her Rich. There are some things in her past that well…I know she won’t tell him unless they get real serious so I just don’t want him to her that’s all.” She told him seriously.

“Why what happened?” he asked concerned.

“I can’t tell you I’m sorry. Karen would kill me, she would have to give me permission or she would have to tell you herself.” Sarah told him.

“Yeah ok I understand I won’t say anything.” He told her.

“Well you can’t say anything to Jon either got that!” she told him giving him the eye.

“I promise I won’t say anything. Look I’m going to check in on Jon and to see if he survived the night and maybe I can get some details out of him while you can see if you can get anything out of Karen. I’ll see you later?” he asked her.

“Yeah I’ll see you later.” She said back. So Richie got up and stepped towards her and leaned down and kissed her on the cheek. Then he smiled and left. Sarah sat there and just thought maybe it wouldn’t be too bad if something did happen between them after all.

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A few hours later after everyone got themselves fed and taking care of their personal shit Richie decided to go see if Jon was up and so he walked to Jon’s room and knocked on the door and waited. It didn’t take long for him to answer and when he did he had this dumbass smile on his face.

“Hey man what’s up?” he asked Richie.

“Well I could ask you the same thing Kidd but that smile tells me everything, especially since I was with Sarah when Karen did the walk of shame this morning. So spill.” He told him as he walked past him. Jon just stood there with his mouth slightly open as he shut the door and turned to ask him what he was doing in their room this morning.

“Rich what the hell were you doing in the girl’s room this morning?” he asked him as nice as he could.

“Oh me well I was keeping Sarah company last night and we were having a nice time drinking some wine but not getting drunk and watching some movies and talking a lot you know having great conversations about our friends…” as he was stopped right there.

Walking over to him, “What do you mean about your friends? What the hell did you guys say about us?” Jon asked pissed.

“Oh don’t get your panties in a twist will ya. Nothing that we haven’t already said about each other before except we expanded on it. Jeesh calm down. And don’t worry I built you up so she’ll tell Karen that you’re a real good guy. But I certainly knew that she was going to well you know. I thought she was going to wind you up pretty good on your first date. I saw how beautiful she was when she left. But the question is how the hell did you get her in bed with you anyway?” Richie asked his best friend.

“You want a beer?” he asked him as he got up and walked over to the bar.

“Yeah sure.” He said looking at him strangely.

Walking back with the beers he sat back down and sipped his. Looking at Richie he had that dumbass grin again. “Yeah I guess we did huh? Rich it was…awesome man. You know I wasn’t going to rush her but I’ve been fucking horny since I woke with Sarah you know and been confused ever since. And I’m so fucking tired of jerking off you know?” he told him taking another swig.

“Tell me about it. These girls are driving me crazy too. I really like Sarah but I get that she’s been thru a lot and I don’t want to rush her either.” Richie told him.

“But you said you were there this morning did you spend the night?” Jon wanted to know.

“Yeah but I spent it on the couch. She got really tired so I sent her to bed and I just fell asleep on the couch. What the hell happened to us?” he asked him.

“I don’t want to say it because with my luck I’ll jinx myself. This is the first time since Dot I feel I can trust someone.” He told Richie.

“Yeah I know and we know what she put you thru Jon. Oh and Sarah said if you hurt Karen you better hide.” He told him smiling trying not to spit out his beer.

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Finally Karen crawled at of bed as Sarah teased her to no end. They ate lunch as Karen told her everything that happened as they laughed and squealed.

“Oh Karen I’m so happy for you. So what did you and Jon talk about? Did you guys talk about well you know being together?” she asked hoping.

Looking at her and shaking her head she replied, “Sar we’ve only slept together this one time and it was well you know spontaneously. We were talking and well things got kind of got…oh God I can’t remember everything got real fussy after that.” She told her as she turned bright red real fast.

“Oh my God tell me was he good?” Sarah asked with a goofy smile on her face.

Breathing heavily, “From what I can remember like I said everything is kind of fussy you know. I think I passed out a couple of times.” She told her kind of embarrassed.

“Nooo holy crap. Really? Shit Maybe I should have took him up on his offer then huh?” she told her kiddingly to see what her reaction would be.

“You’re a Bitch you do know that right?” she told her smiling.

“Really? You hurt me.” She said as she grabbed a pillow and threw it at her.

“Hey!”

They were goofing around for a bit then they got dressed because they wanted to go out shopping to pick up a few things and get some new clothes they needed for a party the guys were throwing. So they got the security guard Austin and off they went off.

 They hit a few stores and were doing some damage but they haven’t done this in a long time they figured so they said fuck it and just had a good time. They were getting hungry so they found this little café and went in to order something light as Karen had another date with Jon tonight and she had picked out this cute little outfit to wear. Their security guard sat near them so he could see them. In the middle of their meal Karen had to use the little girl’s room and excused herself.

 Sarah was enjoying her sandwich and going over her purchase’s receipt when she realized that Karen hadn’t come back and it had been over five minutes now. She thought that was funny because she knew Karen usually didn’t take that long. Damn it why wasn’t she watching the bathroom. Why would she thou right? Looking around she couldn’t see her anywhere. So she got up and went over to the security guard.

“Hi Austin did you see Karen leave the ladies’ room?”

“I saw her go in but no isn’t she still in there? It’s only been what a little over five minute’s right?” he asked her.

“Yeah but she doesn’t take that long and it’s not like where fixing up anything here we’re not wearing that much make-up so there’s nothing to fix. Just washing her hands.” She said getting upset now.

“Ok well she might just be in there fixing herself up I don’t know Sarah let’s go take a look ok?” he told her as they started for that bathroom. Austin looked around to make sure nobody was really watching them when they got there so first he sent Sarah in to make sure no other women were in there and when she gave him the all clear he went in to check the stalls out.

“Ok Sarah just stay here and make sure you hold people off until I look in each stall.” He told her. So Austin went thru all eight stalls one by one and luckily didn’t find her in any of them. “Well she’s not in any of these so that’s a good thing but the bad thing is where the hell is she then?” Austin asked perplex. He also looked around to see if there were any other ways to leave here without going out thru the door. The windows were barred so she couldn’t have gone that way and he checked the walls just in case if there were any secret passages. He wasn’t going to take any chances because Jon would kill him if he missed anything. He left the bathroom as there were two ladies that wanted to go in as Sarah was holding them off.

“Hello Ladies it all clear now.” He told them.

“Are you sure? She said that you saw a man go in there?” the one lady asked.

“Oh you’re all set no one is in there someone made a mistake.” He told them. They were relieved to hear that as they entered the bathroom. Austin took Sarah by her arm and they went to the corner of the café. “Ok Sarah I want you to come with me we’re going to the kitchen to see if anyone went out that way.” He told her. Sarah was getting really scared now. She knew Karen wouldn’t just walk away on her own. They asked around in the kitchen when finally someone told them that he did see three people leave thru the back door. Two women and a man. Sarah took a picture out of her wallet and showed him a picture of Karen and he told them that one of the women was indeed Karen.