Ok ok so I'm a little behind. Well, I started school again, but the main reason I took so long is this chapter! I couldn't decide if I wanted to keep it how I had it or not. I tried about a million things lol then I ended up putting it back how I originally had planed it. So please excuse the lateness lol its not all my fault.

"Hello?" Adam answers his cell phone.

"Rove"? He hears a soft voice.

"Grace! Are you ok! Where are you?" Adam yells in excitement form hearing her oh so familiar voice.

"Shhh! Please! Are you trying to get me killed!"

"No, sorry. Where are …" Rove began to say.

Grace could hear the trace of fear in his voice.

"I'm fine for now Rove. I'm in Tennessee, in a mall."

"What do you mean in a mall?"

"I'm hiding. Listen, I escaped, but he knows that I'm here. So I don't have long. Is there any way you can get here fast?"

"Grace I'm in Indiana. I couldn't get even close before he got to you. I'll go back to the hotel and get Mr. Girardi."

"No!" Grace yelped.

"Why not! He's our only chance Grace! He can contact someone to come help you! You know what, I don't care I'm getting him."

Grace thought about hanging up. She didn't like cops and wasn't much for taking handouts, but then she realized, this wasn't just a cop. It was Luke's dad.

"Grace? Are you there?"

"Ummm err yeah," she answered.

"I'm on my way to the hotel now, don't hang up the phone."

"I'm not promising that Rove. I'm in this weird little "Janitorial office." Well, a closet with a phone. If anyone comes this way I'm going to hang up. I'll push a button to signal you got it?"

"Is the closet well hidden?" He asked with a shutter in his voice.

Grace tried to be her sarcastic self, but she was scared too and her voice cracked. "Yes Rove, you know me better than that."

"Ok I'm back at the hotel," he said.

"Thank you Rove."

Just then without a word Adam handed the phone to Will. (Who in return gave Adam a dirty look for interrupting another call Will was having.)?

Will took the phone and held it to his ear.

"Hello?"

"Hello, Mr. Girardi?"

"Is this Grace?" He asked as friendly and as calm as possible.

"Yeah, umm…"

"Are you ok? Where are you?" Will failed to keep his calmness as he busted out with questions to his sons girlfriend of four years.

"I'm in Tennessee hiding in a mall." Grace answered.

"Where in Tennessee Grace?"

"Chattanooga is what I believe the sign said."

"Ok Grace listen to me. I'm going to get a hold of some officers in your area. I'm going to have you stay on the phone with Adam, and when they are about there I'll let you know Ok?"

"Ok, but don't you need my location?"

"Yes (he laughs at the girls humor, even in peril) I suppose that would be helpful."

Grace described the road the mall was located on, and then she described the mall and her closet's location.

"Grace, yaw there?" Adam said anxious to talk to her.

"Yeah, um Adam? Is Luke near by?"

"Err I don't know…(Adam changed the subject) Grace are you sure your ok? Your boss said he saw Mitch hit you."

"Adam. I don't want to talk about that now, Ok?"

"Yeah, but Grace…"

"Adam." Grace said more sternly.

"Sorry."

About 45 minutes later Will gave Adam the ok to tell Grace that help should be there any minute.

"Ok" she said "Are you sure Luke isn't around?"

"Grace, there is something I have to tell you …"

Just then Adam could hear a door burst open.

"Oh Luke, I mean Adam err Rove, I gotta go they are here."

"Ok, be careful Grace." Adam hung up the phone.

Adam was glad she was safe, but the worst was not over. Mitch was still out there, and Adam knew the timer and Luke and Grace's relationship was running low.

Seeing that Adam had something on his mind Will approached him patting him on the back. "You Ok?" He asked.

"Yeah." He answered halfheartedly his word trailing off into a whisper.

Adam got up and sat on the couch in the dinning area. No sooner than he began to think about what he was going to do to help Luke Joan and Helen walked in.

"What are you doing here?" Joan asked.

"Grace called me. I had to bring the phone to your dad."

"And…" Joan pressed.

"She's safe."

"Then what is wrong with you? And where is Luke? How did he react?"

"I haven't told him." He said in a whisper.

"Are you crazy! Why not?" Joan yelled.

"I didn't know he was here I thought he was out looking for her." Adam lied.

Joan laughed out of disbelief. " You have to be kidding me! Why are you lying to me?"

"I'm not!" He yelled defensively.

"I can tell when your lying Adam! What's the problem?"

"I didn't know…" his voice trailed off again, out of shame for telling the same lie.

"Adam please! Luke wouldn't know the first place to look and you know it." She said as she watched his eyes drop. Adam it's his girlfriend! How could you not tell him? What if it was me that was lost?"

"I don't know!" He lashed out. "You tell him Joan! You tell him how his girlfriend probably isn't going to speak to him when she gets back. I'm not!"

"What do you mean?" Joan said as she tried to calm him down by grabbing hold of his shirt.

But Adam didn't have to explain. Luke appeared in the corner of his eye.

"I lied to her." Luke said with a blank face.

Joan and Adam turned to look at him.

"How long have you been there?" Joan asked.

When he didn't answer Joan started speaking again.

"Luke, Grace will understand. You, we were just trying to protect her. Adam will talk to her." Joan tried to reassure him.

She looked over at Adam. The same blank face was present there as on Luke. Joan taped Adam to get his attention; he just frowned and shook his head. In her mind she knew what would happen, but in her heart she couldn't help but to want it to be false. Luke had done nothing to deserve to lose Grace. He had been the one to refuse their plan. It had taken their threats to even get him to go along with it. How was it fair for him to do the suffering? He had never done anything but Love Grace.

Ok lol sorry about the horrible chapter. See why I had problems with it? I didn't really want to "save grace" (notice the quotes) so soon, but if I didn't it would be too drawn out. Ugh lol I just really don't like this chapter. Its been redone so many times. It's even cut some from its first version. Lol I bet I get like no reviews. anyways on a better note I do promise more excitement to come. Will grace forgive luke? Hmmmmm maybe ill leave a nice cliffhanger for a sequel. Lol I don't even know. The next chapter wont be the last. There should still be at least a few. Please please review! Give me some ideas, throw out some possibilities. Lol come on! Please! Oh last time I got 4 reviews I need more. Especially since im getting so many hits.