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.