"We're going to have a baby,"
"What? You're pregnant too," Todd said as he sat down. What was he going to do? He couldn't abandon his child which meant he had to find a way to tell Marty the truth.
"Yes, I'm pregnant Todd. It came as a surprise to me too, but I'm happy about this. Once this baby is born, we can finally be a family," Tea said as she wrapped her arms around him.
"Tea, I'm always going to be there for the baby, but you and I...we're not going to be together. I love Marty and the only reason that I've been sleeping with you is because you've been blackmailing me, but enough is enough. I have to tell Marty the truth about the baby...about everything before she hears it from somebody else."
"Marty's going to leave you once the truth comes out and once she does, I'll be there for you," Tea said.
"Marty will forgive me," Todd said as he walked out of the door.
XOXOXO
He picked the locks and let himself into the house. He climbed the stairs and entered her bedroom.
"Todd, is that you," he heard her call out as he stood outside the door.
He opened the door and entered the room, pointing his gun at her. "I'm not Todd, but I need you to come with me," he said as he approached.
"Please...please don't hurt the baby," Marty said as she placed her hand protectively over her stomach.
"I wouldn't dream about it," he said as he pulled out the chloroform filled rag from his back pocket and covered her mouth until she passed out.
He picked her up in his arms and carried her out of the house. He placed her in the backseat of his truck and drove away.
XOXOXO
Tea removed the extra padding that she had stuffed inside of her shirt when her phone rang. "Todd?" She asked hoping that he had called her.
"Tea, it's me Tomas," she heard her brother say.
"Tomas, I'm so glad that you called me back. Do you have her?" Tea asked.
"Yes, it's all been taken care of. I had to use chloroform, but the baby shouldn't be hurt."
"Where are you taking her? I want to be there when the little bitch wakes up."
"I don't think that's such a good idea Tea. If she becomes too agitated it could kill the baby, besides I'm going to let her go as soon as the baby is born and you don't want her telling the police that you were behind the kidnapping."
"We could just kill the little wrench."
"I'm going to help you Tea, but I will not kill her and I recommend that you don't either if you want to hold onto your future with Todd," Tomas warned.
"I suppose you're right. I'll let you handle her...let me know as soon as the baby is born. Love ya," Tea said as she hung up the phone.
XOXOXO
"Marty, I'm back...Marty?" Todd called again when he realized that she wasn't in bed.
He grew frantic when he searched the entire house and there still was no sign of her.
He picked up the phone and dialed John's number. "John, Marty's missing. I need your help," Todd pleaded frantically.
"How long has she been gone?" John asked.
"A half hour or so."
"She's not officially missing unless it's been twenty-four hours. She probably just went to the store or something."
"She's supposed to be on bed rest John."
"Then she probably came to her senses and left you, either way, it's not a police matter until she's been gone for twenty-four hours."
"If anything happens to her because of your incompetence, I'm going to fucking kill you," Todd said as he threw the phone at the wall.
XOXOXO
"I thought that I told you not to hurt her," he said when he saw Tomas carrying a passed out Marty.
"Relax, it's just a little chloroform, she'll be fine," Tomas explained as he carried her into the house.
"She better be," he growled as he shut the door.
"Where do you want me to put her?" Tomas asked.
"Upstairs in my bedroom. Is Tea going to be a problem?"
"No, I convinced her to stay away. I told her that I would contact her once the baby is born."
"Great work Tomas," he said as he followed Tomas and Marty up the stairs.
Tomas laid Marty down on the bed and then left the room.
He gently placed the restraints around her wrists. Then he sat down next to her and moved the wisps of hair out of her face. She was heartbreakingly beautiful and he hated that he had to kidnap her, but it was necessary if it meant keeping her away from him.
He watched her sleep for hours and grabbed her hand as she began to open her eyes.
Her head hurt and she was seeing things, she had to be seeing things, because he had removed his scar and changed his face to become a better man. She blinked her eyes a couple of times, but the haunting scar was still etched on the face that haunted her dreams. "Todd?" she gasped out.
XOXOXO
"Tea, what are you doing here?" He asked as he opened his front door and let her walk into his apartment. He hadn't seen Tea since she had helped him get off on the forgery charges six months ago.
"I need you to do me a favor Tom. I need you to forge a letter for me."
"Do you have a copy of the handwriting? Tom asked.
"I do," Tea stated as she provided him a copy of Marty's medical notes that she had left in one of her patient files.
"What do you want the letter to say?" Tom asked as he grabbed a notepad and pen.
XOXOXO
Todd tried calling Marty several times, but it went straight to voicemail. He had to find her. She knew that her pregnancy was high risk. She wouldn't have left on her own, which meant that somebody had taken her against her will.
He had no other choice, but to call him, even though he found him completely annoying. He cringed at the memory of the flight that they had taken together when they first met. He would have preferred to work with anybody else but he needed the best to help him find Marty. He took a deep breath as he dialed his number.
"Spaghetti it's Todd Manning. I'm not sure you remember me, but we sat by each other on a flight to New York together three months ago," Todd began.
"How could I forget? The Demented one had the Jackyll convinced that he was going to die in a fiery crash."
"Yeah, that was me...anyways, I need to hire you as a Private Investigator. Can you come over right away and I'll explain the details?" Todd asked.
"The Jackal was just about to have dinner with his beautiful Maximisita. Can this issue wait until the morning demented one?"
"No, it can't wait. I need your help to find a missing person. Please Spaghetti I'm desperate here."
"The Jackyll's other name is Spinelli not Spaghetti, but I'll be there soon."
"Thanks Spinelli," he replied and then he hung up and began to look for any clue as to who had taken Marty from him.
XOXOXO
"Todd?" Marty gasped out.
"Yes Marty, it's me," Todd stated as he grabbed her hand.
"It can't be? You had surgery and changed your face," She said as she tried to lift her hand so that she could trace his scar.
"What's going on? Why am I in restraints?" Marty asked when she realized that she couldn't move her hands more than two inches off the bed.
"I'm sorry Marty, but the restraints are for your own good."
"Who are you? Why are you keeping me here?" Marty asked.
"I'm Todd Manning and I've brought you here to keep you safe from the imposter that has taken over my life."
"No! You're not Todd. He changed his face."
"Come on Marty, you know me...look me in the eyes and tell me that you don't know who I am," he challenged her.
Marty looked into his eyes and knew that he was telling her the truth. "If you're Todd, then who is the man that I love?"
"He is my evil twin brother Victor Lord JR. He has lied to you and brainwashed you into falling in love with him, but you don't love him Marty. You love me and I'm going to prove it to you," Todd stated as he leaned down and kissed her.
XOXOXO
Todd paced around his living room until he heard a knock on his door.
"Spaghetti, thank you for coming," Todd said as he opened the door.
"For the last time my name is Spinelli. The Jackyll would prefer if the demented one called him by his name if we are to work together."
"I will try to call you Spinelli if you stop referring to yourself in the third person and stop calling me demented one. My name is Todd."
"Why do you need my services Todd?"
"I need your help to find Marty Saybrooke. Her pregnancy is extremely high risk and she should be on bed rest. I know that she wouldn't have left on her own," Todd explained.
"Has the police been informed?" Spinelli asked.
"Yeah I called them, but they were completely useless. John refuses to open an investigation until Marty's been missing for twenty-four hours. He thinks that she left me on her own, but she wouldn't have done that to me."
"Does she have any bad history with anybody in this town besides you?"
"Blair hates her, but she wouldn't have done this, besides she's been in Tahiti with Ross Rayburn."
"Would anybody have any reason to hurt Marty to get to you."
"I'm not going to lie to you. I have a lot of enemies in this town and rightfully deserved, but most of the people that hate me love Marty and I really don't think that they would have any reason to hurt her."
"What about anybody that loves you. Is Marty the only one that you've been sleeping with or have you been unfaithful?"
"Marty is the only woman that I love," Todd answered defensively.
"Yes, but she hasn't been the only person that you've been sleeping with has she?"
"How did you know?" Todd answered.
"The Jackyll...I mean I," Spinelli corrected himself when he heard Todd sighing loudly. "I am very good at my job and I know the guilty expression of one that has been unfaithful. You have that expression on your face. Tell me about the other woman."
"Her name is Tea Delgado and she is my attorney. We were briefly seeing each other when Marty and I were on the outs, but when I got back together with Marty, I met with her so that I could end things," Todd explained.
"So what happened?"
"I'm not entirely sure. One minute, we were meeting for drinks and the next thing I know it's morning and I'm lying in bed naked with Tea."
"So, was your affair just the one drunken night you spent with her or have there been any others?"
"It was just going to be that night. I was going to tell Marty everything, but then I found out that she had a high-risk pregnancy and any stress could kill her or our child. I tried to end things with Tea, but she's been blackmailing me for sex. She's going to tell Marty everything if I don't continue sleeping with her."
"I see...do you think that Tea could have taken Marty out of jealousy?"
"I would like to say no, but I didn't think that she would have been desperate enough to blackmail me for sex either."
"I'm going to go and do some research into Tea Delgado's history. If she has something to hide, I will find it. In the meantime I need you to continue your affair with her. It will be best if you do not let on that she is a suspect. If she has taken Marty, we need her to be confident that her plan is succeeding so that she will become careless," Spinelli explained as he opened the door.
"Thanks Spinelli," Todd stated as he closed the door. A few minutes later he saw an envelope pushed under his door.
"Marty," Todd gasped as he recognized the handwriting on the front of the envelope. He frantically opened the door to search the hallway, but there was no sign of anybody.
XOXOXO
Marty was completely caught off guard as Todd leaned in and kissed her. She tried not to respond as she felt his tongue colliding with hers, but she heard the moan of pleasure escaping her lips as the kiss intensified.
"Marty," he whispered against her lips as she kissed him again. He continued to let his tongue mingle with his as he lowered his body on top of hers.
She could feel his erection pressing against her legs and she felt both frightened and excited. She didn't know what she wanted to happen, but she knew that if she didn't stop it soon, it would be too late.
"Ouch, you bit me," Todd said as he pulled away from her.
"It serves you right for forcing your kisses on me," Marty explained.
"You kissed me back," he challenged.
"You're delusional. You've kidnapped me and taken me away from To- well, you've taken me away from the man that I love and I want you to return me."
"I can't do that. You belong with me Marty. I'm the man that you love and we both know it."
"You may be Todd, but he's the man that I fell in love with. I will never love you no matter how much you keep forcing yourself on me."
"Keep trying to convince yourself of that babe," Todd said as he laid next to her and wrapped his arms around her.
"What are you doing?" Marty asked.
"I'm trying to get comfortable, now close your eyes and get some sleep," he said as he turned off the light.