Chapter 3

"Wh…Where am I?" Rachel managed to murmur.

"You're in my hotel room! What happened on the train? I can tell you were assaulted but why?" As he was talking he was cleaning up all her cuts and bruises!

"Hugh I told you not to worry about me!" secretly Rachel was glad he had come. She didn't want to be alone tonight.

"Yes well I couldn't help it! I care too much about you!"

"Hugh stop it I told you…" but her sentence was cut short. Hugh kissed her. At first Rachel was reluctant to kiss him back but eventually she gave in. Eventually they broke apart "Will you go out with me" Hugh asked. "Ok, but we can't let any one find out!"

"Of course not!" Hugh went to kiss her again but before he could she let out a huge scream of pain. Hugh grabbed Rachel's hand! "Rachel! Where does it hurt?" Rachel didn't say anything! "Rachel point to where it hurts!" Rachel stopped screaming!

"I'm fine! It's just…You asked what happened on the train right!"

"Yeah! What did happen on the train?"

"I…well…Ok! I got into the train he hit me a couple of times after he found out I was in the 'Boy from Oz' and he said something about you!" Then she let out another yell! Sam had called the front desk for an ambulance already! "Rachel what did he say?"

"He said that…He said that I…That I would never see you again! Because he was…he was going to… to kill you!" she said! Her breathing was getting quicker and she was taking deep breaths. "Don't worry about that now! I have Sam! I just want you to be safe!" Then he kissed her again. He picked her up and carried her down to the lobby! The ambulance was already there waiting for them.

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"Doctor is she ok? What is causing her so much pain?" Hugh asked

"Well the assault had caused her ribs to push on her lungs and if you hadn't bought her in when you did her bottom left rib would have punctured her left lung. She's a lucky woman to have you Mr. Jackman! Now I have told her that she can dance tomorrow in the opening show I am actually going so if anything happens I will be there but fro tonight she will have to not do anything at all. Make sure she has a comfortable bed to sleep in and make sure she can move her upper body smoothly without pain tomorrow and make sure that she can breathe properly. I have put her on pain killers. You can go in and see her now if you would like her room is number 17!" With that he left him! Hugh went down the corridor to room 17 and opened the door! "Hey babe"

"Hey" Rachel said she was just getting back into her clothes! All she had on was her Jeans and a bra! He looked at her beautifully carved body but then said "Are you ready to go home?"

"Yep! Let's go!" On the drive back to the hotel Rachel didn't say anything! "You thinking about what happened on the train?" Hugh asked "Yeah I mean his eyes! I can't get them out of my head! You know the whole time he was hurting me he didn't look at me! It was like he didn't want to do what he was doing! I kind of felt sorry for him!"

"He might have been doing it for someone higher up!"

"Yeah maybe!" they eventually arrived back at the hotel!

"Hey look whoever did this we will find them!" Hugh said! He put his arm around her waist and kissed her lightly on the neck! Rachel looked at him "Not here Hugh! Not here!" she said pushing him away from her and running into the hotel! He followed slowly not aware of the reporter hidden in the bushes. Hugh ran upstairs to his room and went inside! He found Rachel sitting on the couch in the room crying. "Hey" He said walking over to her "what's the matter?"

"What do you think is the matter? Jeeze! I just got bashed up! God!" and with that she walked to the bedroom and shut the door! Hugh sighed and walked over to the bedroom door said goodnight to Sam and walked quietly opened the door! He slowly walked over to the bed took off his shoes, belt and socks and laid on the bed next to Rachel! "Hey I'm sorry! That was a stupid question! I'm sorry" he said kissing the back of her neck! She turned to face him "No I'm sorry I over reacted!"

"I love you Rachel Hope!" Hugh said softly. Then he kissed her passionately.

"I love you too!" she said before falling asleep!