Chapter 43

"Congratulations!" Cindy exclaimed as she entered the dressing room.

Mok had gotten out of the jumpsuit and into normal clothes and Angel removed the makeup from his face.

Angel could not stop looking at him and the diamond ring on her finger. "If life had a rewind button, I would watch the whole concert all over, again," she said to Mok.

"Oh, they'll be playing it all over the news for days on end," he replied and asks, "I know this is early, but where do you want the wedding?"

Angel began to think and answers, "I always thought of having one on a cliff over-looking the ocean, but definitely not Florida."

"Oh, I can picture it now," Cindy said and adds, "A clear, blue sky, the ocean glittering in the background behind you two when you take your vows. You two under a tree with a priest and—"

"That's enough Cindy," Toad cut in, "Don't want you to spoil the day for them."

Minnie and Nicholai entered in and the little girl looked at the ring and she dropped the flower petals she had in her hands. "When's the wedding?!" she exclaimed.

"Sorry, it's not going to be any time soon, they still need to plan it," her father said and she groaned.

"Minnie, would you be happy to be our flower girl?" Angel asked.

"What does a flower girl do?" Minnie replied.

"She would walk down the aisle before the bride does and she drops flower petals along the way," Angel explained to her.

"Oh, sounds like fun, I'll do it!" the little girl exclaimed.

Nicholai, Minnie, and Harold left with Cindy and Zip, while Mok and Angel stayed behind to brace themselves against the media and fans.

As soon as they walked out the door, news reporters, paparazzi, and squealing fans formed a barrier around the two, with Toad protecting them.

"Back it off!" the chauffeur shouted and pushed them aside for his employer.

Angel looked around, 'So this is what stardom is like,' she thought. When she reached the limo, she looked on the other side, and stopped dead in her tracks.

Staring at her was none other than Omar. Angel's heart began to pound as she looked into his cold, emotionless eyes, but she could tell that Omar was enraged over her engagement to Mok.

Then, the paparazzi got over to the other side of the limo and blocked Angel's view of Omar. She looked over the crazy photographers, but she saw that Omar had vanished.

"Angel, are you all right?" Mok asked and she snapped back to reality.

They got into the limo and Toad sped away from the crowd. Angel looked out the window, but Omar was nowhere in sight.

"Angel, what's the matter?" Mok asked, again.

She looked at him with terror in her eyes, "I saw Omar," she replied and Mok was surprised.

"Are you sure?" he asked and looked out the back window.

"I don't know," Angel replied, "I can't get his eyes out of my head! Those cold, dark eyes! He's going to kill us!"

"Angel, calm down," Mok said and took her into his arms. She took deep breaths and relaxed a bit and then kissed Mok.

"I'll leave you two alone," Toad said and pressed a button for the glass barrier to lift up.

"As I said Angel, you should leave until the police catch that lunatic," Mok informed her.

"No way, I'm not leaving you," she replied, "I left you and that got me in deep shit. There's no telling what Omar will do and I told you, I want to fight back."

"Alright, but I must tell you, and I will tell everyone else, to keep your guard up and defend yourself. However, I am worried about what Omar will do to Minnie and Nicholai," Mok informed and she nods.

When the limo arrived at the mansion, Mok says to Toad, "Have everyone gather in the common room immediately."

Toad did as he was told; he and his siblings, Nicholai, Minnie, and Harold came together in the common room.

"Everyone, I'm afraid I have some bad news," Mok said to them and they looked at him. "Angel has caught sight of Omar. Now, the police say they were unable to locate him, but if Angel said she did see him, then we have to be prepared."

"Is he a bad guy?" Minnie asked.

"A very, very bad guy," Angel replied.

Mok then informs them, "Omar may be armed with a weapon and I believe it is best that we don't approach him. If he fights, which I believe he will, we have to fight back."

"Well, one thing, um, is for sure," Zip replied, "I'm not letting, uh, him take Angel, I mean, our lady."

"Count me in, if he does come near milady, I will be more than happy to rip his head off," Cindy said.

"Nicholai, I believe it is best for Minnie's safety that you leave," Mok said to his friend.

"No!" Minnie exclaimed.

"Minnie, I know this is hard, but this bad man might hurt you, or worse," Mok said to the little mouse girl.

"No, I want to fight him!" Minnie shouted and stomped on her feet.

Mok looks at Nicholai for help, "I think you'll never forgive me, but I have to agree with her. I also want to fight against this Omar," he said and Mok gave a look of shock.

"Please, Nicholai, you are a very good friend and I love your daughter, I admit it, but I don't want you two to get hurt," the rock star replied.

"But friends stay and fight against bad people," Minnie remarked.

Mok gave a sigh and replies, "If Omar kills one of you, I'll never forgive myself."

"And as I said, a long time ago in fact, that if anything were to happen to me, I want you to take care of Minnie," Nicholai reminded his friend and placed a hand on Mok's shoulder and Minnie gave him a chocking hug.

"Alright, but can you promise me to keep your senses open?" the rock star asked the little girl.

"What kind of senses?" she asked in return and he chuckled.

"Your eyes, ears, and, I don't know if your father told you this, your defensive instincts," Mok answered and then adds, "However, if anything seems to be scary for you, you run. Run far away from the bad man as fast as you can."

Minnie shook her head up and down and Mok looks over to Harold.

"You have a choice, too, you can stay or go," he said to the violinist.

"I sense that there is a wind coming by tomorrow afternoon and it will be going west. You think I'm a coward, but I'll be leaving by then," Harold replied.

"No, you're one with the wind and you should obey it," Angel said and kissed his cheek.

"I really appreciate your hospitality, I hope I find other people like you out there," the dog man smiled and retires to the guest bedroom.

Everyone else also went away from the common room, but before Mok and Angel left, Zip asks, "Boss, would you feel sorry if, um, something bad happened to us?"

"Of course I would, where else can I find a good cook?" Mok asked him.

The rock star and his fiancée entered their bedroom, but Angel felt uneasy as she looked out the window.

Mok stands behind her and gently rubs her back. He realized that the prickly stitches were gone and he looked at the closed wounds.

"Angel, no one besides Nicholai knows about this, but I believe you should know as well," Mok said and they sat down on the bed and he tells her his horrible childhood and his darkest secret.

When he finished telling her his story, Angel gave a look of bewilderment and embraces him. "You did what you had to do," she said.

They shut off the lights and went to sleep. However, outside in the dark forest, Omar looked up at the mansion. "Now I know where you're hiding," he whispered and he began to think of a plan.

An idea came to his head and he leaves. "I'll be back and I'm going to make you pay for what you did," Omar said, heading back to town.