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Hollywood Heights Season 2
Hello Loren Tate Chapter 29
Eddie took his cell phone out and called Jake who was going to report the incident to the police. He turned his attention to his new bride.
"Jake is taking care of it; I really don't want this getting out there, that's all we need paparazzi hanging outside our home." He noticed Loren was quiet and walked to where she sat far in thought.
"Babe it's going to be ok, I won't let anything happen to you even though I'm sure that note is nothing."
"See I'll be fine."
"I'm sorry babe; I'll feel better if I know someone is by your sides at all times."
"I don't need it Eddie."
"I'm calling the agency and we'll hire bodyguards, I don't want you alone anywhere."
"I'll be ok you don't have to do that."
"I'm afraid we have too."
The following day Eddie performed at the Avalon, after singing some of his older songs, he brought Loren out to join him in several duets. After they were done he held her hand and told their fans they had gotten married the day before.
The fans were excited and happy to see that their favorite couple Leddie was finally together again and this time it was forever.
Jake brought two bodyguards with Eddie's approval to look after Loren, the man was of husky built and his name is Darren and his partner a petite young lady Simone with a lot of experience. They were told to follow Loren and never leave her side. After performing that weekend at the Avalon both Eddie and Loren took off for their honeymoon for a few days.
He flew his new bride to one of the secluded islands out in the pacific that Max and Katie hid when they needed to get away and this island was very private! Eddie thought this was the perfect place where they could be alone, the bodyguards Eddie hired stayed at a nearby cabin just to make sure Loren was safe from any harm.
Eddie hired a personal chef so they could have their breakfast, lunch and dinners prepared for them, he wanted to spend every second with Loren, he knew once they returned they'd be very busy.
Loren woke up early and moved quietly out of bed, she didn't want to wake Eddie, she picked up her silky robe placing it over her tiny lingerie and took a walk to the beach that was just a few feet away from their cabin.
She heard noises coming from behind and she turned to see Simone coming her way.
She rolled her eyes, she knew Eddie meant well but wasn't this too extreme she thought, she smiled as she looked at her bodyguard. "This island is safe; you don't have to follow me everywhere."
"I'm sorry Mrs. Duran but your husband left specific instructions not to lose sight of you no matter where we're at."
"I think he just worries too much, whoever sent that note wanted to scare us."
"We take all threats very serious Mrs. Duran and we won't ignore anything regardless if it's serious or not."
Loren smiled. "Don't you have a family? You're still young?"
"No this job is my family; protecting people like yourself Mrs. Duran is what I do best."
Loren walked closer to the water getting her feet wet in the water. Simone turned towards the house when she heard noise and calmly walked a few steps away when she saw Eddie walking towards Loren.
He came from behind her holding her from the waist. "Don't take off without telling me where you're going."
She turned to face him placing a soft kiss on his lips. "You worry too much, didn't you say that note was nothing."
"I don't care Loren; I love you too much to let anyone hurt you."
"I love you for always caring."
"I will always care Loren, you will always have me because you taught me what true love is."
She hugged him and they kissed. Simone turned around to give them privacy, Darren walked to where she stood.
"Let's go and have breakfast, I think the lovebirds will head out soon and we'll need to be right behind them."
Simone nodded and followed him into the cabin, while Eddie and laid Loren on the soft white sand and held her while they kissed.
Meanwhile….
Both Max and Nora were notified of the note Loren had gotten. Max immediately hired Joe to help him find who was behind it. It was after 3 that afternoon and he sat going through paperwork at MK, Grace walked in to give him the mail along with some packages that have been delivered.
"I signed for these Max." She placed them on the desk.
He nodded and continued to look through the papers sitting in front of him. "You ok Max?"
"I don't know Grace, I can't stop thinking who send that note to Loren, I was on the phone with Joe and he's looking into that for us."
"It could be some jealous fan."
"I don't know and I'm glad Eddie hired some bodyguards for Loren, I don't want anything getting in their way."
Grace hesitated but asked. "Has anyone checked on Leah? She caused problems before, she could be at it again Max."
"Joe looked into it and she's somewhere in Florida, I guess she's trying to revive whatever career she has left."
"So she's really out of the business?"
"Yes, Jake cut her off and Jeffrey's mom took care of the rest."
"I heard they took her son."
"Well that I don't know anything about."
Grace sat down. "No matter what a baby will always need its mommy."
"I know but that's Jeffrey's problem, after the mess Leah caused, whatever she got she deserved."
Nora walked in with a basket. "Hey I have lunch for my handsome hubby."
Grace stood up and smiled. "I'll get back to work."
"You don't have to leave on my account Grace, I have enough."
"I know Nora and thank you, I have a lot to get ready for tonight."
She left and Nora turned towards Max. "What's wrong with Grace? She seemed uneasy."
"We were talking about the note Loren got."
"Any news from Joe?"
"No I told him to look into everything and anything he could find, to check everyone that knows Loren; I don't care if they're friends or whatever."
Nora held him by his shoulder. "Max honey, Eddie is taking all the precautions necessary to keep Loren safe, maybe it was a sick fan playing a joke?"
"I don't care, if I find out whom he or she is, they will be sorry they ever sent anything to Loren and Eddie."
Nora hugged him. "I love you for caring so much Max, but I know Eddie will make sure Loren is safe."
Max hugged her back. "I know he will."
And that he did, both he and Loren took off for several months and toured several cities in California, both Nora and Max would fly into the city they were in and spend the weekend with them. This was the last concert in the city of Sacramento. Loren and Eddie were done with their last show and both were headed back to the Hotel to pack and get ready to fly home later that night.
Mel was looking through the videos she had shot during several of their shows.
"How does it look Mel?"
"Amazing, you and Eddie kill it each night Lo, I bet if we talk to Jake and convince him to put all of your shows on DVD's the fans would buy them."
"Well let's wait until we get home then you can tell him."
Loren sat and suddenly felt flushed, Mel noticed. "You ok?"
"I don't know I'm tired I guess."
"Are you eating well?"
"That's a dumb question; you know how much I love to eat."
Mel stopped what she was doing. "Omg Lo are you?"
"Am I what?"
"You know? Preggos?"
"I've never been regular with my period Mel and you know that, and Eddie and I haven't discussed that at all, and we've been so busy lately and to be honest I don't know when I had my period."
She turned away and continued to pack and away from Mel's view, she knew if she continued on the subject, Mel wouldn't let it go, so she continued to pack and as soon as Mel left the room she walked into the restroom and took a pregnancy test strip out of her pocket and followed the instructions on the package, within a few seconds the test strip revealed the results, Loren placed her hands over her face and shed a few tears. She was excited about this new journey both she and Eddie would be starting, a baby and she couldn't stop smiling. This was something she had to share with him first before anyone else found out. A huge grin appeared on her face as she thought how she would tell him. She looked at the pregnancy stick and she had the perfect idea! As soon as they get home that evening she will give it to Eddie wrapped like a gift. She placed it inside her bag and knew it would be an amazing surprise.
Later that evening both Loren and Eddie were packed and ready to go home. The elevators doors opened and they reached the lobby and found over 100 fans that were waiting to see them off. Many requested autographs along with pictures and they both obliged and were very patient and they took time to talk to some of their fans. They were grateful to their fans for everything they did and they wanted to see them happy.
Darren and Simone stood nearby where Loren was standing talking to some of the fans, Jake walked in and signaled Darren to kindly ask the fans to let Loren and Eddie get ready for their flight.
Mel was getting all of her equipment ready. "I'll meet you guys at the airport; I'll start loading my things."
Eddie signaled her that it was fine and she left.
Eddie turned to where Jake was standing. "Did Brenda call?"
"Yes she did and everything is set, they're just waiting for you and Loren."
Kelly walked in as well. "Eddie can you check this before you head home? You're both touring Europe in a few weeks and we have to confirm certain details."
He walked towards Kelly and Loren stopped him. "I'll head to the limo with Simone babe."
He smiled and kissed her. "I won't be long babe, I love you." He turned towards Darren. "Make sure the entire luggage was brought down."
"I will as soon as I walk Loren and Simone to the Limo."
Simone responded before Eddie. "It's ok Darren; I'll go ahead with Loren." Both ladies left and Eddie turned his attention to where Kelly held some paperwork for him to look through.
Within 15 minutes Darren withdrew the cell phone out of his pocket and called the Limo driver to bring it closer to the door so he could load the remaining luggage, there was no answer and it went directly to voicemail. He turned to where Eddie stood talking to Jake.
Kelly walked to where Darren stood. "Is Loren in the limo with Simone?"
"Yes I just tried calling the driver to bring the limo to the door." She watched as he called and again slipped the phone back in his pocket.
Kelly noticed he was uncomfortable and asked. "What's wrong?"
"I don't know, wait here, the driver didn't answer the call and I think maybe they left to do an errand and that's why he isn't picking up."
He left and although he wasn't easy to read, Kelly barely knew these body guards Eddie had hired to look after Loren, it was clear to Kelly that Darren was concerned about something, she stood with her hands crossed and tried to see if she could see Darren outside.
Darren walked to where he knew the Limo was parked and was trying not to be negative or think of a hundred reasons as to why this Limo driver wasn't picking up the call when he specifically told him earlier that day that it was important he stay close to where Eddie and Loren were.
Darren wiped his forehead, he was feeling nervous as he came closer to the limo, a brisk wind from the west gave him relief as his steps grew larger and he finally reached the limo, he noticed Simone was nowhere to be found and as he quickly looked around there was no sign of Loren as well, he noticed the tire next to him had been slashed. Adrenaline pumped through his body as he pulled the small caliber gun from inside the holster he kept hidden inside his jacket. He scanned the Limo all around and slowly opened the door to where the driver should be and the seat was empty, then he circled around to the other side and opened that door and again there was no sign of Simone or Loren.
Back at the hotel….
Eddie turned towards Kelly. "Where's the Limo?"
"Darren went to find out, he should be here shortly."
He looked at his watch. "How long ago did Simone head out to the Limo with Loren?"
"I don't know Eddie I wasn't paying attention."
Jake walked to where they were talking. "What's the hold up? Brenda said they're ready to take off."
Eddie didn't respond, he opened the door and walked to where he knew Darren was waiting with the Limo and Loren.
When he got there he saw Darren trying to get the back part of the Limo open. "What's taking so long Darren?"
The look he gave Eddie send chills down his spine. "Where's Loren?"
"I don't know sir; I've been trying to locate the driver, Simone and Loren."
Eddie practically ran to his side to help him open the rear door, when they finally did they found the Limo driver laying there unconscious.
Eddie yelled for help, both Kelly and Jake ran towards them. "Call 911." Eddie yelled out.
Darren carefully pulled the driver out of the back area and he started to wake up. "Where am I?" He asked as he shook his head and suddenly felt a sharp pain on his head.
Eddie quickly ran to his side. "Where are my wife and Simone?"
"I don't know sir, I was waiting in the Limo and someone knocked on the window when I got out, I guess I was hit because I don't remember what happened."
Eddie's horrified look send Jake into action, he walked around the bushes that surrounded the Hotel, he heard moaning and when he looked he saw Simone getting up and holding her head as well.
"I found Simone." He yelled out.
Kelly reached his side followed by Eddie. "Are you ok? What happened? Where's my wife?" Eddie voice was shaky and frantic.
Simone had a few drops of blood running down the side of her face. "We reached the Limo, as I was helping Loren to get inside I was hit and woke up until now, I didn't see anyone or anything as we both walked towards the Limo."
Eddie's breathing became heavier with each breathe he took. He looked at Jake and Kelly. "Where is Loren? Who took my wife?"
Meanwhile several hours later…..
The room was dark and Loren was finally waking up, why was she feeling so out of it? She felt dizzy and remembered someone grabbing her from behind and as she shakes her head and tries so hard to focus as she's scanning the area. "Hello is anyone here?"
She finally remembered she was on her way to the limo with Simone, and looked around and wondered. "Omg! " She realized Eddie was nowhere in sight. She called out to him.
"Eddie!"
Someone opened the door and it squeaked as the person on the other side slowly opened it. The person standing there let out a small laugh.
Loren was quick to respond. "Who's there?" She tried to pull herself closer to the wall and walked away from the area she laid on. But she felt pain coming from her leg, she looked down and realized she was wearing a huge brace that hung from her ankle and it buzzed and shocked her if she moved out of range. "Who are you? "
The person finally spoke. "Hello Loren Tate please enjoy your stay."
I know I know the chapter ends here! Any guesses what's going on? Kindly review please.
