Ch 48
Lisa and Mark arrived back at the hotel happy to see the staff had already brought room service to their room. Lisa went to change and put Kelly to bed while Mark set out the food taking a few sips of beer. Lisa gave him a quick kiss before sitting down to eat their late night meal. She couldn't believe how hungry she was feeling looking at the delicious fruit salad. After the last few days of being nausea all the time, she was relieved to be hungry again.
"I'm glad your appetite is back," Mark smiled at her. "Now all we need is for your paleness to go away."
"It will I told you I just had a virus," Lisa winked at him.
"We will see. Did you check messages to see if the doctor called?"
"No, I'll check after we eat," Lisa wasn't in a rush to hear the doctor's news. She was feeling better and didn't think there was anything wrong. Mark took a few more swigs of his beer as the phone started to ring. "I'll get it."
"Mr. Callaway, this is the front desk there is a man down here claiming to have your daughter's diaper bag," the desk clerk said.
"You must be mistaken I don't have a …." Mark paused looking a Lisa. "Please hold on a second. Lisa, did we lose Kelly's diaper bag?" Lisa immediately perked up.
"Yes, at the arena. I couldn't find it anywhere. Vince said he would send it over if anyone found it. Why?"
"I guess they found it," Mark smiled at her. "I'll be right down to get it." He hung up the phone.
"Mark, why didn't you have them send it up," Lisa asked him.
"Because if its one of Paul's or Shane's tricks I don't want you to be around it," Mark came towards her leaning down to kiss her sweet lips. "Do you want me to call John to stay with you and Kelly while I'm down there?"
"No, we will be fine for a few minutes," Lisa caressed his face.
"Ok sweetheart, I'll be right back," Mark gave her a long lingering kiss. She smiled watching him go out the door thinking about how much she loved him. She looked down at her engagement ring imagining the wonderful life in front of them.
Mark was smiling the whole way down in the elevator. As he stepped out of the elevator he felt slightly lightheaded. He stopped for a minute steadying himself before going to the front desk. He waited for a few minutes while the clerk checked another guest in. He finally got Kelly's bag heading back to the elevator when he felt another strong attack of dizziness. His eyesight started to go blurry as someone else got in the elevator asking him what floor. He mumbled something not sure if it was the right floor. He felt like he was going to pass out when he heard the elevator chime open.
"Sir, it's your floor," the man said as Mark nodded ok stepping forward unsteadily. Mark looked around seeing everything was big blur while he rested his hand on the wall.
"Mark, sweetie are you ok?" he felt a light touch on his arm as the voice seemed to ring in his ears. He tried to focus seeing the blonde in front of him.
"Lisa, is that you?" Mark felt foolish for asking but he wasn't sure it was her.
"Yes silly, who else would it be?" Christina tried to sound exactly like Lisa amazed at how out of it Mark was.
"I'm sorry sweetheart, there is something wrong?" Mark felt his heart start to race. "I feel like I'm going to pass out. I can't see anything clearly and every sound is echoing."
"Maybe you drank too much," Christina guided him into the room shutting the door behind them.
"I only had one beer," he tried to focus on anything feeling like something was wrong.
"Let's get you to bed," the soft gentle voice echoed as she led him to the bedroom. She started to strip his clothes slowly as he became more out of it not talking anymore just barely standing. Christina got nervous as he started to pitch forward. She braced herself for him to fall on her when her lover jumped out of the closest grabbing Mark around the waist before he fell.
"Get rid of the damn wig and your clothing then get into bed with him," her lover softly said as he maneuvered Mark into the bed. Christina froze for a moment not wanting to do it. She looked at the door thinking of running to Lisa's room and begging her for help when her lover pulled her roughly slapping her. "Do you have a hearing problem? We only have limited time before that drug wears off so step on it."
Christina shook stripping off her clothing throwing it on the floor with Mark's. She laid down next to Mark listening to his deep breathing afraid to look at him.
"Good girl," the man smiled at her before going back into the closest not able to stop smiling. His plan was working perfectly Mark fell right into his trap and next Lisa would step into it too.
Lisa finished cleaning up their dinner and checked on Kelly before deciding to check messages to see if the doctor called. She dialed her voice mail listening to the message from her mom offering to take Kelly for a few days over the break. Lisa's heart stopped when she heard the doctor's voice come on the line with news she was expecting. She replayed the message numerous times to make sure she was hearing it right. She didn't know whether to cry or be happy at the news.
"Mark, where are you?" she wanted to tell him the news. She looked at the clock realizing he had been gone for almosta half hour. "It shouldn't take him that long to go to the front desk and back." She picked up the phone calling the front desk. Her pulse quickened when the clerk said Mark was there over twenty minutes ago. She hung up the phone feeling panic overtaking her. "Did he go somewhere else and not tell me." She tried his cell phone hearing it ring from the other room. She went to the door opening it to the hall finding it empty. She tried dialing John getting nothing but endless ringing and then his voice mail on his cell. Lisa stood in the middle of the room trying to figure out what to do.
"Damn it I shouldn't do this," Lisa picked up the phone with a shaking hand dialing another room in the hotel getting more endless ringing. She thought quickly remembering his cell phone.
"Hello," the deep voice answered.
"Glen, I'm sorry for bothering you its Lisa," she paused as he started to curse and she heard Adam's voice in the background.
"I'm not falling for this again," Glen roared.
"Glen, it's really me please believe me. Is Mark there with you?" Lisa cried into the phone. Glen felt terrible realizing it was really her.
"I'm sorry," Glen apologized to her as Adam looked on. "Mark isn't here. I invited him to join Adam and me tonight for some drinks but he turned us down. What's wrong?"
"He went downstairs over a half hour ago to get Kelly's bag from the front desk and he hasn't returned yet. I'm getting worried the front desk said he picked it up twenty minutes ago. He didn't say he was going anywhere else," Lisa was getting frantic pacing around the room. Glen was stunned for a minute wondering why Mark had left her alone. Adam took the opportunity to grab the phone.
"We will be right there," Adam said to her motioning for Glen to follow him to the elevator. "Just keep talking to me."
"I feel like I'm being foolish. I know he is a big boy and can take care of himself but he would have told me if he was going somewhere elseright?" Lisa picked up one of Mark's t-shirts holding it against her.
"You're not being foolish. Mark doesn't seem like the type that would just take off without telling you," Adam tried to comfort her.
"Mark would never do that to her trust me," Glen chimed in as the elevator climbed to her floor.
"Adam, where is he?" Lisa trembled wrapping her arms around herself.
"Sugar, don't worry we will find him," Adam softly said. "Open the door I don't want to knock and wake the baby." Lisa listened to him rushing to the door opening it. Adam was speechless when he saw her. He reached out pulling her into his arms holding her close as Glen watched helpless. "He will come back."
"I feel like something is wrong with him," she said against Adam's chest.
"Did you call John? Maybe Mark is with him," Adam tried to think of anywhere Mark could be.
"I can't reach John I tried him first," she clung to Adam feeling like something awful was going on.
"I'll try him," Glen spoke up as Lisa looked up at him.
"Thank you both for coming," Lisa was thankful she had friends like them to rely on when she was losing her mind. Glen was dialing John's number when an envelope flew under the door.
"What the hell is this?" Glen asked opening the door not seeing anyone. He slammed the door picking it up. He read it quickly not liking it at all.
"What is it?" Lisa asked him. "Is it about Mark?" Glen got a smile on his face thinking it was from Mark.
"Lisa, there is a surprise waiting for you in Room 235," Glen read it opening the envelope and showing her the key for Room 235. "I think Mark is just trying to surprise you again."
"I think we should still go with her and check it out," Adam noticed Lisa wasn't letting go of him. "You still feel something is wrong don't you?"
"Yes, please come with me," she looked up into Glen's eyes instantly weakening him. "Kelly is a sound sleeper, can you please carry her?"
"Sure," Glen went to get Kelly while Lisa buried her face into Adam's chest.
"I'm really scared," she whispered.
"Mark is fine. Glen is probably right. Mark is crazy about you and probably just decided to surprise you," Adam kissed her forehead as Glen joined them carrying Kelly in her baby carrier. Lisa held onto to Adam's hand as they went down the hall to room 235. Adam took the key from her sliding it into the lock. Lisa's heart beat rapidly as the green light flashed on and Adam opened the door. The sound of soft romantic music was playing making Glen believe he was right. Lisa slowly let go of Adam going towards the music hearing the ruffling of sheets. She got confused when she heard Mark's light snoring. She pushed opened the door finding Mark sound asleep holding Christina tightly against him both of them naked and covered in sweat. Lisa felt like she couldn't breathe looking at their bodies entwined together.
"I love you sweetheart," Mark softly whispered kissing Christina's neck making Lisa gasp. Christina jumped out of bed wrapping the covers around her going towards Lisa as she backed into the hallway trying to reason out what she was seeing in front of her.
"Lisa, I'm so sorry I didn't mean for…." Christina was cut off by Lisa slapping her hard in the hallway.
"You fucking whore. I don't want to hear your excuses. How could you do this to me," Lisa trembled as she tried not to cry.
"I'm sorry please he came on to me downstairs and this just happened," Christina tried to grab onto Lisa. Lisa pushed her roughly resisting the urge to slap her over and over. "I hope you rot in hell for the rest of your miserable life."
"I just gave him what he wanted. You obviously weren't satisfying him enough," Christina sneered at Lisa. Lisa lost control attacking Christina knocking her to the floor slapping her over and over till Glen put Kelly's carrier down grabbing Lisa around the waist picking her up.
"Lisa stop you're better than this piece of trash," Glen stared at Christina with hatred as a commotion came from the room.
"Give this to your lover," Lisa ripped off the engagement ring throwing it at Christina. Christina quickly picked it up running back into the room finding Adam pounding on Mark with all his strength. Mark tried to fight back but was too groggy to do much.
"Don't you ever go near Lisa again you fucking loser. I will kill you if I ever see you near her again." Adam warned Mark before knocking Mark out cold. Lisa was violently trembling in Glen's arms as Adam came out of the room slamming the door. Her heart was shattering as she broke down crying her heart out in Glen's arms. Adam picked up Kelly thankfully she didn't wake from the commotion.
"Let's take them to my room," Adam tapped Glen's shoulder motioning for him to follow. Glen didn't know what to do for a moment when Lisa didn't move with him. She was too lost in her sorrow to realize what was going on around her anymore. He deeply sighed picking her up surprised when she wrapped her arms around his neck clinging to him tightly.
"Why would he sleep with her? I don't understand what is going?" she cried hysterically as Glen carried her slowly to Adam's room.
"Try to calm her down. I'm going to go grab her and Kelly's things from Mark's room before he returns," Adam looked at Glen as he sat down on the sofa holding Lisa against him. "Will you be alright with her and Kelly till I get back?"
"Yes," Glen glanced at Adam for a minute before returning his attention to Lisa.
"I always fall in love with the wrong men first it was Adam who cheated on me, then it was Paul who abused me, and now it's Mark who also has cheated on me with my own sister. Boy, I really know how to pick my men don't I," she ranted as tears streamed down her face and she got very pale.
"Shhh, just calm down," Glen softly said to her.
"Calm down, easy for you to say I'm the one carrying his baby," Lisa blurted it out before passing out in Glen's arms.
