Ch 20

Kane woke up before Samantha feeling like something was wrong. He smiled feeling the comforting warmth of Samantha sleeping on his chest. He ran his fingers through her hair till she slightly stirred cuddling closer to him. He wished he could stay in bed with her all day but he had to meet with Vince than pick Samantha up to catch their flight to Boston. He let out a deep sigh wondering how she would respond to his secret. He caressed her shoulder lightly cherishing having her in his arms. She slowly opened her eyes running her fingers over his chest.

"Good morning handsome," she smiled kissing him. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," he didn't want to worry her.

"It's not nothing," Samantha could tell something was troubling him. She moved on top of him playfully pinning his arms. "You're not moving till you tell me."

"Oh really," Kane laughed gently starting to push her off.

"Not fair, please tell me," Samantha leaned over kissing him softly.

"Did you ever have one of those feelings like the right thing to do was stay in bed all day?"

"Yes, many times especially since we have been together," Samantha caressed his face.

"That is what I feel this morning like the best to do is stay in bed with and if I don't something bad could happen," Kane pulled her against him.

"Then let's stay in bed."

"Sweetheart, I wish we could but I have to meet with Vince. We have a flight to catch this afternoon. I don't want to postpone letting all my secrets out anymore," Kane kissed her forehead.

"That is what your bad feeling is probably coming from. You're afraid what will happen when we land in Boston. You're afraid I'm going to leave you," Samantha stared into his eyes.

"I'm trying not to be."

"Kane, I love you so much and I'm not going to leave you."

"I love you more than anything in this world. I've seen and felt what its like to be without you and I never want to go through that again," Kane held her closer.

"You never will," Samantha kissed him deeply. Kane ran his hands down her body caressing her back through the thin fabric of her silk night shirt. "I think you're going to be late for your meeting with Vince," Samantha widely smiled as Kane gently rolled her onto her back.

"Oh well I have better things to do with my beautiful sexy wife," Kane kissed her undoing the buttons of her shirt not caring if he ever got to his meeting with Vince.

Hunter and Batista nervously paced in the garage of the hotel parking lot like two caged animals.

"Where in the hell is he Hunter? Your brilliant plan is already falling apart," Batista sarcastically said looking at watch seeing Kane was twenty minutes late to leave for his meeting.

"Just calm down. You throwing a fit isn't going to make him appear any faster," Hunter glared not willing to believe his plan might fall apart.

"I'm never going to get Sami back," Batista roared.

"Will you shut the hell up," Hunter pushed Batista. "If he hears your big mouth he'll figure out something is up."

"He isn't …." Batista stopped hearing footsteps. They hid behind a dumpster as Kane entered heading to his truck. Hunter immediately noticed the huge smile on Kane's face.

"You won't be smiling for long," Hunter softly said motioning for Batista to get into the black Ford Expedition next to them. Hunter got into the driver's seat and waited for Kane to pull out before following him. He followed him for a few minutes till they turned on to an empty road that led to the hotel where Vince was staying. "Brace yourself!" Hunter gunned the engine racing the truck along side Kane's till they passed him.

"Someone is sure rushing to their death," Kane sighed not thinking anything of the speedy black SUV moving in front of him. "What the …." he started to yell as the truck suddenly went into a spin turning to block the road. Kane slammed on the brakes going into an uncontrollable skid. Hunter and Batista watched as Kane's truck went into a ditch causing Kane to lunge forward hitting the steering wheel with a thud. Hunter looked around making sure no one was around.

"Come on move it Batista get the chains out of the back," Hunter nudged a stunned Batista.

"Did you kill him?" Batista stared at Kane motionless against the steering wheel.

"No, he should just be knocked out," Hunter grabbed some ropes and a bag from behind his seat. Batista got out going to the back of the truck grabbing the chains. "Help me move Kane to my truck then we will pull his truck out and you will drive it to the airport."

"What if he comes to? What if he is hurt?" Batista was getting nervous as Hunter opened the door tugging Kane out.

"Samantha," Kane softly said as they laid him on the ground. Batista looked helplessly at Hunter.

"It will be fine," Hunter opened his bag taking out a syringe. "This will help him sleep for hours by the time he comes to it will be too late to stop us. Stop worrying and help me move him before someone comes along."

"Fine," Batista cringed as Hunter plunged the needle into Kane's arm. Hunter grabbed a towel from his bag wiping the blood from Kane's forehead seeing the cut wasn't that bad.

The two men lifted Kane putting him into the back seat of the truck shutting the doors. Hunter backed the Expedition behind the truck as Batista secured the chains to Kane's truck. Hunter looked in his side mirror seeing a sight that filled him with fear.

"Damn it," Hunter glanced back at Kane laying over the seat before getting out of the truck to deal with the police car pulling up behind him. Batista looked up seeing the lights thinking for sure they were caught. Hunter nervously waited as the officer got out of his car coming towards him.

"There a problem here?" the officer asked.

"My friend ran into the ditch. I was helping him pull his truck out," Hunter said as the officer walked towards Batista.

"How did you run off the road?" the officer asked.

"I swerved to avoid a deer and next thing I knew I was in the ditch," Batista thought of something fast.

"That happens all the time on this road. The deer population is out of control around here. We are always getting calls about accidents on this stretch of road from them. You're lucky you didn't get hurt going into that ditch," the officer started to walk back to his car.

"You need me to call a tow truck," the officer asked.

"No, I should be able to get it out with my truck," Hunter answered.

"Ok, I'll help you out," the officer grabbed the chain helping Batista secure it to Hunter's truck. Hunter was trying to control his nerves as he got into his truck waiting till the chain was secured. It took a few tries but they finally got the truck out of the ditch and the officer went on his way leaving Hunter and Batista both breathing a sigh of relief.

"That was too close," Batista sighed.

"Let's get moving before another cop shows up. I'll follow you to the airport. We will leave the truck there and then put the rest of my plan into action," Hunter hoped there would be no more little surprises.

"Sounds good to me. The sooner we take care of Kane the sooner I can comfort his poor wife," Batista grinned.

"You'll be comforting her very soon," Hunter happily smiled getting into his truck trying not to think about how Samantha would feel when Kane didn't show back up at the hotel. "I'm sorry Sami this is for your own damn good," Hunter said under his breathe pulling the truck behind Batista.

Samantha was finishing packing her and Kane's things when the phone started ringing. She quickly went to answer it surprised to hear Vince on the other end.

"Hello Samantha, is Kane still with you?" Vince asked surprising Samantha as she looked at the clock.

"He left here about 45 minutes ago. He should be there." Samantha remembered Kane saying it was only a 15 minute drive to Vince's hotel.

"Well he isn't here and I have to leave to catch my flight. Can you please tell him I want him in my office Monday as soon as he arrives at the arena," Vince sounded very ticked off.

"I'll tell him. I'm sorry he didn't show up today that isn't like him at all. He must have car trouble or something," Samantha tried to think what could have gone wrong.

"He can give me his excuse on Monday. Have a nice Thanksgiving," Vince hung up while Samantha was still deep in thought. She quickly dialed Kane's cell phone surprised when it went to voice mail.

"I saw him charge that phone and he said it would keep it on," Samantha softly said getting a terrible feeling in her stomach. She thought for a minute then grabbed her room key heading downstairs to the parking garage. She raced to the spot where Kane's truck was parked seeing it was empty. "He must have had car trouble. I have to find him." She was on her way to call a cab when the front desk clerk called her name. She was surprised when the clerk handed her an envelope. She tore it open reading the note inside feeling like she was going to faint. She read it over again making sure she was reading it right.

"Samantha, I'm sorry I can't stay with you. I need time on my own. I hope you can understand us rekindling our relationship was wrong I still have too much to work out," Samantha read out loud the note from her husband feeling her heart shatter. "This isn't happening again." She shook her head not believing he was gone again. "He promised he wouldn't leave again," she wiped her tears away going back to her room slamming the door. She wanted to hit something and at the same moment cry her eyes out in frustration. "Where is he? He wouldn't leave again." Samantha cried not able to control her emotions. She tried pulling herself together reaching for the phone calling the only person she knew that could help her figure out what was going on.

Batista got rid of Kane's truck throwing the keys for it in the rental return box hoping no one saw him. He hurried into the truck with Hunter feeling satisfaction when he saw Kane out cold still in the back. They drove for hours finally arriving at the beat up apartment building. Hunter had rented one of the apartments and hired a contractor to make some necessary changes to ensure his plan to keep Kane for a while would work. Batista and Hunter struggled moving Kane to the first floor apartment throwing him onto the mattress in the middle of the bedroom.

"This place is a dump," Batista looked around the room at the bricked up window and the gray walls with only a mattress, a small fridge, two lamps and a TV mounted to a corner in the wall.

"What did you think I was going to give him luxury accommodations," Hunter made a last minute inspection of the room and the bathroom making sure there was no way Kane could get out.

"Won't the neighbors hear him when he wakes up and starts trying to get out?" Batista asked as Hunter hit the walls a few times making a metal clanging sound.

"I made sure the contractor made this room and bathroom soundproof. There are air vents all over the place but the contractor assured me no one would hear a sound from them. It doesn't matter anyway this whole building is empty. It was supposed to be demolished until I approached the owner with a sweet rental deal for this apartment. I paid him enough rent to cover every damn apartment in this rat hole. I convinced him I might want to buy it which of course I won't. I just wanted to stall him from tearing it down earlier," Hunter wickedly smiled.

"You are a sick man," Batista shook his head.

"Like you aren't the same as me. You would do anything to make things happen your way. Don't tell me you wouldn't go to any lengths to get what you wanted," Hunter glared at Batista.

"I would do anything no matter how evil to get your sister back," Batista looked at Kane not believing that Samantha had chosen to go back to him. "I'm getting out of here before I beat the life out of that freak."

"You better not touch him. Sami has to believe he pulled one of his disappearing acts. Hopefully by the time he is set free the mark on his head will be gone," Hunter ushered Batista out checking one more time he had left Kane enough food and water for the time he would be in there.

"Who is going to let him out?"

"No one is. He will let himself out," Hunter grinned coming out shutting the heavy metal door locking it.

"What?"

"See this here," Hunter pointed to a box on the door illuminated with the current date and time. "It will automatically unlock the door and open it setting Kane free to deal with the wrath of his wife and the misery of finding she doesn't want him anymore."

"You thought of everything," Batista was amazed at all the planning Hunter had put into his plan.

"I always do I never leave out any detail," Hunter planned to check on Kane every day just in case any problems arose. "Let's get out of here before he comes too."

"Do you think Samantha knows he's gone by now?" Batista asked trying to think of the best time to go comfort her.

"I'm sure she got his farewell note by now," Hunter felt a ache thinking of the misery he was causing his little sister but there was no choice he had to carry on with his plan to get Kane out of her life.