"Hey, baby" Wade called out from the kitchen when he heard the front door open.
"Please don't call me baby" Lavon responded with a disturbed look on his face. "Not unless you're going to buy me dinner first" he added sarcastically.
"Sorry" Wade replied. "Zoe was supposed to be home like an hour ago."
"Wow" Lavon replied. "Since when did you get so clingy?"
"I am not clingy; I'm just a little annoyed" he explained. "I made dinner."
"You cooked?" Lavon asked warily. "In my kitchen? Please tell me you didn't break anything."
"I didn't break anything" he replied.
Lavon gave him a knowing look.
"Okay I broke one bowl, but I cleaned it up, it's not an issue. Now all this food getting cold that's an issue."
"I'm going to share a little cooking secret with you, there's this new invention you can use when your food gets cold. It's called a microwave. You just pop it on in there and in a few minutes it's warm again. It's like magic."
"Shut up" Wade replied. "What do you think is taking her so long?"
"Maybe she got tied up with a patient or something."
"Yeah that's probably it" he reasoned. "Well, she better hurry or she ain't going to have any food to come home to; I'm getting pretty hungry."
"You could try giving her a call-" Lavon suggested.
"You don't think I thought of that? She's not answering."
"Well then she must be with a patient" he replied. "I'm sure she'll come home soon" he added as he walked out of the kitchen. "Try not to break anything else."
As one hour turned into two hours Wade's annoyance turned to concern. Zoe knew about their date, and it just wasn't like her to be this late.
He tried her cell again. "Hey Doc, it's me again. Please give me a call when you get this. I'm getting a little worried 'bout ya. So yeah. Call me."
He stared nervously at the clock. "Okay, this is getting ridiculous" he said to himself. "I've gotta calm down. She's fine. She just got tied up at work. No big deal." But inside he felt like something was wrong and it was scaring him. "Maybe she got a flat tire or her car broke down or something" he thought to himself as he threw on a hoodie. "I should go look for her, that spoiled little rich girl probably has no idea how to change a flat" he added with a smile. He teased her all the time about being "spoiled," but truth was he usually found all of Zoe Hart's quirks adorable, even though he pretended to be annoyed by them.
He walked the route he knew she'd use to drive to get to work but saw no sign of her. When he finally made it to the practice he noticed her car in the parking lot. "See," he said to himself "No biggie, she's just at work." But, upon further investigation he noticed that hers was the only car in the parking lot. "Now that is a little strange," he thought to himself as he approached the building. It was then he noticed that the door was wide open. Suddenly Wade was in a panic. "Why the hell would she be alone in the building with the door open like this unless someone broke in?" he thought to himself. "Zoe!" he yelled running into the building. "Doc, answer me. Are you in here, are you okay?" he asked searching the building for her. He heard a whimper come from her office and he felt sick inside. A million scenarios raced through his mind as he ran to her office, but he still wasn't prepared for what he saw.
Zoe was sprawled out on the floor bloodied and bruised.
"Oh God" he yelled as he ran towards her. "What happened?"
"Wade?" she asked disoriented.
"Yeah baby it's me" he said choking back tears as he took her in his arms. "It's okay now, I'm gonna get you help" he added as he pulled his cell phone out of his pocket.
"Yeah I need an ambulance now" he shouted at the operator. "My girlfriend was attacked" he explained, shocked by himself as he said it. Was this real? How could this have happened?
He heard Zoe start to sob. "It's okay" he repeated stroking her hair "you're okay now Doc, I'm right here."
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