CHAPTER 23:

Fiona felt her phone buzzing in her pocket. She grabbed it and read the text. James saw the smile disappear from her face and her face turned white. She shoved her phone across the table to James. He read the text and stood up.

"Let's go!"

"Could it get any worse?" Fiona wiped a tear out of her eye.

"Now is not the time to get sappy!" James growled.

The pair of them got on the closest flight to N.Y. On the plane, Fiona had this anxiety-ridden, gut twisting, heart wrenching feeling that she knew what had happened. She couldn't stop worrying about it. James was sitting beside her, completely silent throughout the flight.

"James…I have a feeling I know what this is about."

"Yeah? So do I."

"It has to be Erica Dane."

"She's supposed to be dead."

"I know but…if you remember, she had only been shot in the jaw…people survive from that." Fiona pointed out.

"Well that manipulative bitch will be dead when I find her." James growled. This woman had crossed the line. She had his wife, his very pregnant wife in her clutches. If she did anything to Jen, James knew he would lose it and go on a murderous rampage, tearing Erica limb from limb.

Cooper had meanwhile successfully flown the plane to N.Y. He had fortunately went to flight school from a young age and flying planes came naturally to him as well as driving cars. He waited until Jen, Erica, and her male companion left the plane before he got off the jet. He changed in the pilot's cabin back to his street clothes. He saw the look on Jen's face through the window and he could tell she herself knew she was in a deep dilemma. Cooper quickly ran down to the parking garage. He needed to hot wire something and hot wire it quick. He scanned the lot, and soon enough found an inconspicuous looking Ford F150 pickup. He broke in, hotwired it and began driving after the limousine that Erica had hired. He knew he was a few blocks behind but he figured some intensely fast driving would catch him up.

Fiona and James had landed in New York and she texted Cooper back, telling him they were there. The two of them stayed outside of the airport, in silence waiting for a reply from Cooper.

"She'll be fine. If Cooper knows where she is…he'll save her."

"You can keep telling yourself that if it makes you happy." James grumbled. He knew his wife could be killed, especially with Erica being pissed that she got shot by Jen and her mafia connections made her one lethal woman. His hope had almost gone, and the thing that was killing him the most was he couldn't remember the last thing he said to Jennifer.

"How can you say that? She's your wife! You of all people can't give up hope! I know it seems damn bleak, but you know what, you and her have been through worse and you'll make it again! You can't get like this and give up! She wouldn't want you to give up! So stop being this cold bastard, and…."

"Fiona…I get it all right?" James snapped. "But you can't imagine what the hell I feel right now! My pregnant wife could be dead! And you're going on and on about not giving up and blah blah blah! It's not even the baby I'm worried about; it's the fact that she has one inside of her! If she wasn't carrying a child, I would be less worried because I know she could take care of herself! She hasn't got the same velocity and aggressiveness as she used to have! She…" James stopped yelling when he heard Fiona's phone vibrate. Fiona opened it as quickly as she could.

I've lost track of the car but I have an idea of where they are headed. Where R U?

Fiona replied, telling him where they were. He replied that he would be there ASAP. She showed James the text and he threw down his bag and stood up. He couldn't believe it. He wanted to hit something and he wanted to do it badly. He was so angry that he was close to tears. His confused emotions were getting the best of him. He looked up and saw a truck had stopped at the curb. Fiona was getting in and Cooper looked at him from the driver's side. James sighed and hurried over to the truck. He figured they should try to find Jen. He prayed she was alive, but he had a bad feeling in his gut that by the time they found her, it would be far too late.