Paul was worried about the future and of course Stephanie. He still didn't have a clue who would do this. Everyone loved Stephanie unless someone was doing this out of spite for Paul. The phone started to ring. Paul looked at the caller ID and the number was unavailable. He decided to answer. "Hello?" He said.
Paul could hear a frantic voice in the background. Her voice was ripping his heart into shreds. Stephanie's voice. "Stephanie! Stephanie, Can you hear me?" He asked frantically.
A muffled voice started to speak. "Hi Paul."
"You bastard! Give me Stephanie back!" He yelled.
"Oh Paul, You'll never get her back with that tone of voice." The voice said.
"All I need is for Stephanie and our child to be fine!" He said angry.
"And they will if you have the money." The voice said.
"Where are you and I will risk EVERYTHING I have to get them back." Paul said
"Well there's another thing I also want." The voice trailed off.
"Anything!" Paul said.
"I want your baby!" The voice said.
"HELL NO!" Paul screamed.
"uh uh uh. Temper Temper. You can have her back when I have the baby." The voice said cocky.
Paul was heavily pacing and was fuming with hatred and anger. "I will find where you are and I will kill all of you! And that's not a threat, that is a promise!"
Stephanie was yelling for Paul in the background. "Now you let me speak to her NOW!" Paul said fuming.
"Sorry, but i'm to busy torturing you to let her speak to you." The voice said evilly.
Paul growled. He tried to keep his cool, but how could he with the people who took his world. "Paul! Help!" he heard Stephanie saying over and over again in the background.
Her voice ripped his heart out. At least he knew that she was alive. He found himself begging to talk to her. "PLEASE let me talk to her!" Paul said almost crying.
"That's it Paul. Cry, cry like she is." The voice said.
He heard a slap and then Stephanie whimpering. Paul gasped and instantly yelled "STOP! STOP HURTING HER! I SWEAR TO GOD I"M GOING TO FIND YOU!".
Stephanie desperately yelled for him and he could absolutely do nothing but listen. He let out a frustrated growl. "I need to talk to her!" Paul said.
"This is quite fun Paul! Now I don't see any reason not to let her speak to you. "Paul! Paul! Help!" Stephanie said.
"Steph, calm down baby. Calm down, it's not good for the baby. Listen I WILL find you and I WILL bring you home! Is the baby ok?"
"Yes, she's fine. Hurry and find us! I don't know how much I can take." Stephanie said as the phone was ripped from her.
"Oh a little princess I have in my future! How fun!" The voice said.
"You will NEVER have my daughter!" Paul said.
"Oh I think wrong Paul. Both mother and daughter will be taken well care of. All I will say is they'll get the medical care that they need. Now get my money and I will wait." The voice said.
Before he could speak the phone slammed down and left Paul pissed! Paul immediately called the cops and told them everything. The cops came and investigated and asked Paul all the questions.
Paul was thinking of a way to come up with the one million. People has always thought that Stephanie and Paul had tons of money by their house's and extravagant furniture, clothes, and cars but all of those came from Vince, Stephanie's father. Vince had always wanted a good life for them until him and Stephanie had a falling out and to this very day they still fought. Thank god that the deeds and titles where in Stephanie and Paul's name or else he would have had kicked them on the street and took away everything. Paul was still pissed at Vince but Linda kept telling Vince to let them be and back off but he wouldn't listen. He knew Vince wouldn't care about Stephanie. Paul had just remembered there was a family get together today and Linda begged them to come and Stephanie only agreed to her to please her. Paul had to cope with it and tell them. Hopefully he will get some support from them. Even his parents were invited and they were coming. As much as he didn't want to he had to go. Paul got dressed and took off to the McMahon mansion. He was the last one there. He could tell because of the cars. He couldn't believe he was standing on McMahon ground again and also he couldn't believe that Stephanie wasn't by his side.
Surprisingly this was his first time here alone. He felt so bad as he walked to the door and rang the door bell. As he waited he began to get nervous. He stuck his hands in his pockets and looked in the door window to see if anyone was coming. He saw what he made out to be Shane coming to the door. "Hey Paul! Where's Stephanie?" Shane asked.
"Listen I need you to gather everyone up in the living room. I got to tell everyone something." Paul said.
"Paul, what's wrong!?" Shane asked worried.
"Just gather everyone up. Please!" Paul said desperately.
Shane nodded his head and called everyone over as Paul stepped in the doorway. Patrica ran to hug Paul. "Paul i'm so glad to see you! But where's Stephanie?" Patrica asked.
"Mom, I just need you to sit down." Paul said.
Paul let go of his mother and saw Marissa coming in. Paul was immediately reminded of Stephanie because both her and Marissa is pregnant. Marissa was about to pop and it tortured Paul. A small tear came down his face. One by one came in and immediately asked "Where's Stephanie?"
And every time they asked it tore him up. Paul sat down, lent over on his knees, and put his hands on his head as he started to break a little. "Paul what's the matter!" Patrica asked.
"I don't really know how to say this but i'll just come out with it. Steph has been kidnapped and I don't know where she is and I don't think I can take much more of this. She could be anywhere. The baby is in a lot of danger as well as Steph. They want one million dollars and I just don't have it." Paul said with a quiver in his voice.
All of them gasped and got worried except Vince. "We can help Paul!" Linda said.
"No we won't." Vince said.
"What!?" Linda said shocked.
"NO!" Vince said.
"Vince she's our daughter for heaven sakes! And that baby is our grandchild! Have you let this huge fight cloud your judgement!?" Linda said.
Paul got up and stood right in front of him. "I knew that you wouldn't care. Just think Vince. If they turn up dead it's all of your fault. Could you live with yourself if that happened. I would make it my mission to tell you every single day that it was YOU! I will never forgive you for that and also I will never forgive you for trying to kick Steph and I out on the street when we just found out that we were going to be parents." Paul said.
Paul walked away trying so hard to keep his anger in check, leaving Vince with his thoughts. Paul began to think about the phone call. Trying to remember certain clues that they hadn't noticed they had given him. He started to think how were they going to give her the medical treatment that she needed? Is it possible for abandoned hospitals to have what she and the baby needed? Unless they stole it from a real hospital. He thought really hard and settled on the fact that they could have her somewhere in a old hospital or asylum. These days he couldn't keep his mind straight. His mother tried to comfort him while Linda was trying to put some sense into Vince. He was so stubborn just like Stephanie.
Paul couldn't eat. He was still to focused on that phone call. Everything was driving him nuts. He tried to replay the muffled voice in his head to try to figure who it was. The voice was kinda high and it gave him a small headache. It had to be a woman. But which woman? He thought to himself. He was on good terms with everyone. He was getting a little flustered as he thought. His mind started to drift. He could only think about him and Stephanie. All their fun times. It was killing him and he just couldn't stop thinking. He was weaker without her. He desperately needed her. He needed her to be safe in his arms. He had nothing right now. His world had stopped turning. He would need her to make it spin again.
A week passed and he had gotten one phone call. He was getting even more worried. Stephanie was eight months now and she could still go into labor early. Heaven forbid that. Then they would have their baby and would probably dump Stephanie somewhere to die. If they knew what's good for them they wouldn't. He felt so alone in the house. He found himself cleaning and building the nursery a lot. He was determined to get them back. He just kept busy and he thought about where they were. The new phone call had some more clues that they weren't thinking about when they were talking. They were talking about a abandoned highway that lead to a abandoned hospital. They were complete idiots when it came to this. All he needed to find out where you turn off at. He kept quiet about it. He was so close to finding her that he could taste it.