Finally we're on the way to get Zoe, thought Wade. Please let her be ok….
Judson walked over to Zoe to see if she was awake yet. He was getting impatient since wanted to talk to her. However, he didn't realize that Zoe was just playing possum and pretending to still be knocked out. No way in hell was she going to give in to him. She knew deep in her heart that Wade would be there, either alone or with Lavon. Just let Judson stay stupid and think she belongs to him. He walked over to Zoe, who is still laying on the table, and begins to poke her.."C'mon Zoe, we have so much to do. Time for us to begin our life together and we need to get this house ready to sell. I think we'll move somewhere far away and start all over again. Won't that be fun? Zoe had all she could do not to scream at him, but she knew that once he knew she was away, there are no way that she would be able to avoid him. Judson just said "OK, I'll be back shortly, then we'll have dinner and begin our life together!" I told you that once Wade knew you didn't love him, he would just disappear. With that, he turned and walked out of the room.
Jesse was still watching the house, but Judson still didn't make an appearance. It looks like that barn isn't where Zoe is after all. Now we just have to figure out where in the house she is. He figured he'd get a jump on things and try peeking in the windows. Very carefully he snuck up to the house. Thankfully it was dark by this time, so at least he had some kind of cover. The first window he looked in had Judson sitting at the kitchen table. It look like he was going through Zoe's purse. All of a sudden he got an enraged look on this face and starting tearing up a piece of paper. Jesse could only assume that it was probably a picture of Wade. "Way to go, Wade. You can piss him off without even being here". He had to laugh at that one. He didn't get any farther since he received a text from George that they were almost there and to meet them down the road. So, off he took to report at least what little he knew.
The two cars pulled up next to each other, well out of view of the house. Everyone piled out and immediately went over to Jesse. "Well, what did you find out", asked Wade. Everyone looked on nervously waiting to hear what he had to say. "I didn't see Judson every go out to the barn, so I think we can figure she isn't in there. He's been hanging out in the kitchen, but he has Zoe's purse and is really pissed about something." Jesse said. Wade had to laugh "I would think it probably the picture of the two of us…probably set him off!".
"How are we going to get into the house", asked Brick. "It might be best if we have some kind of diversion to distract him".
"Good idea, Brick", said Lavon. "Any ideas?"
"I have an idea", said Wade. "There's only one of us that can pull it off though". He turned and looked directly at AB. "Me? She squeaked. "Are you really sure about that?"
"Well, with what I have in mind…none of the guys can do it, and Lemon is too volatile to do it. I need you to go up to his door and knock. When he answers, just tell him that you have a sick cat and could he please take a look at it. You need to act like you're really upset. I don't think he can resist a female in trouble. Once he comes out the door, we can get him then and afterwards we can find Zoe.". "Hopefully he'll think with his dick and not his head and fall for the plan".
The group looked at each other and decided that it was worth a shot. Since they didn't have any weapons, the had to rely on their wits to win this battle. "OK", said AB. I'll do it.
After they were all in safe hiding places, AB took a deep breath and walked up to the door. She knocked a couple of times and when Judson finally answered the door, she managed to squeeze out a few tears. "Hi Judson. Remember me? I'm AnnaBeth Nass. My cat is really sick and I fear for her life. Could you take a quick look at her and let me know if you think it's serious? She's in my car out on the road" Judson looked around and didn't see anyone so he told her he would, but he couldn't spend a lot of time on it. "Thank you so much, I would feel so much better", she said. With that..Judson took a couple of steps outside the door behind AB.
All of a sudden it sounded like there was an earthquake! Judson looked up and saw Lavon on a beeline directly at him, followed by Jesse, George and Lemon. Judson took off running towards the woods, but he must have forgotten all about 'Lavon Hayes, linebacker'! Lavon ran as fast as his legs would take him and when he got close enough nearly flew at Judson and tackled him in a tackle that anyone in the NFL would be proud of! "Nobody runs from Lavon Hayes and gets away", said Lavon. With that said, he threw a punch right into Judson's stomach causing him to yell out. "Where is she" asked George after everyone had caught up with them. "Where is who?" asked Judson. "Don't play stupid, you bastard" said Lemon with a well-placed kick where no guy wants to get kicked! "Where is Zoe Hart?" she said. "I don't know what you're talking about", he said. That answer earned him twin punches from both Jesse and George. "Did that refresh your memory", asked Jesse? With that, Judson started to cry. "I just wanted her to love me".
Meanwhile, when Lavon and company ran after Judson, Wade, AB and Brick veered off into the house. Running from room to room with no luck, they finally ventured into the basement, and there she was..tied to the table and not moving at all. Wade had never been so scared in his life. He walked over to her and touched her face lovingly. She still didn't move, so he bent over and kissed her. (reminiscent of Snow White!).
Zoe was still playing possum but when she felt those lips, she knew her cowboy had come to save her. She slowly opened her eyes to see him staring at Brick ready to ask him a question. He didn't realize that Zoe was looking at him. All of a sudden he heard "Can I have another one of those, Cowboy?" Wade thought he was dreaming! He turned his head and looked into the most beautiful brown eyes he had ever seen. "Hiya, Doc"…"what's new?" With that, they both started to laugh. Brick and AB rushed over and they were trying to undo the ties so that Zoe could move. Brick said "Zoe, please don't move around too much until I can check you over. It looks like superficial wounds and nothing that requires stitches or anything else. You were lucky. It looks like you're just going to walk about with a bunch of bruises and a black eye." Zoe sat up and Wade helped her off the table. Zoe had never moved so fast as she did to get into Wade's arms. He held her so tight and kissed her hair. "I am never going to let you go again, Doc. I love you so much and I can't believe how stupid I've been. If I had my choice, I'd marry you right now so that there was no question!". Zoe just smiled at him…"We can do that if you like, but I think we should wait until tomorrow". They just smiled at each other.
Brick said "I hate to break this up, but we need to get outside and see what is going on. The last thing I saw was a Lavon Hayes tackle with George, Jesse and Lemon right behind." "They all came to help me?" Zoe said. She felt the tears filling her eyes. Wade just said "Yes, they all came willingly, even Lemon. But, let's head outside and see what's up. There's something that I need to do.
They walked out the door to see Judson surrounded by the 4 of them. They all got their shots in so he knew they meant business, but now they were just taunting him….making him worry about what was coming next. Lemon said to Judson "OK, fun is over now….here's come Wade". Judson tried his best to get away, but the others were having none of that. Wade walked over to Judson and looked him in the eyes and said "You lose", and then hauled off and gave him the biggest shot that he ever gave anyone in his life. Brick came up behind Wade and gave Judson such a punch that it nearly knocked him out! "Wow", said Brick. I didn't know I could hit that hard. That felt so good!". Then AB runs up and pulls Judson's hair. Everybody just looked at her. Lemon said "AB, is that ALL you got?". She said "yup, that's about as violent as I get", and everyone looked at her smiling.
When Zoe managed to catch up to the rest of them, she walked over to Wade and put her arms around him. He said "Zo, is there anything that you want to do to him while you have the chance said 'No, but I do want to do this"…she latched onto Wade's lips and got as close as she possible could as he wrapped his arms around her.
Looking at Judson she said "When you go to sleep at night, just remember how my lips look attached to Wade. That's there's they're going to be every chance that I get!"
Wade just smirked and said "Damn straight, Doc". "AND, by the way, you can also think about me and Zoe being married and her having my kids". Judson just looked at him and said "I'll be back Kinsella, don't think you've won her. She will still be mine one day".
That being said, Lavon called the Sheriff and they just bullied Judson around until he got there, with the exception of Wade and Zoe who somehow or other managed to sneak off somewhere.
Finis
Thank you for the reviews and hope those who read this enjoyed it. Since it was my first story, I wasn't sure how it would fly.
