Chapter 5
Don't own Lucy or Ian.
Ian's POV
It had taken us just over an hour and a half until we arrived at the address we had gotten from tracking Lucy's phone. Pulling into the old run down motel causes my adrenalin to run high through my veins knowing Luce was here somewhere. Not wanting to tip them off, the three cop cars that were here turned their lights and sirens off once we exited the busy highway. They also parked down the street just a little ways to prevent anyone from seeing the cars. They told me to wait out here for them as they checked the rooms. However I sure as hell wasn't going to stand down here and wait while two guys are doing God knows what with my wife.
The officers had talked to the owner to ask about who was momentarily checked into this crappy place. The man wasn't much help but the cops had managed to get it narrowed down to only three rooms; each room had been occupied since the day she was taken or else a couple days prior. Other than that there wasn't too many other rooms taken up though I cannot say I am surprised given the looks of this place.
I had texted Annie as soon as we got here to update her so she could fill in Sarah and Julie.
Following behind the police as they check the second room I feel my nerves spike even higher. The first room had come up empty; all I can do is pray and hope Lucy is in here.
All it took was those two seconds of them busting in the door and rushing into the room for my heart to stop beating. I knew by their verbal responses this was the correct room. The six officers were attempting to contain two men in the room swiftly gaining possession of the gun sitting near the door. I wasn't focusing on any of this however. My focus was primarily on the love of my life who is curled up in the fetal position on a bed with her arms and legs bound and tape over her mouth.
"Lucy," I breathe out in relief running to the bed.
Instantly I scoop her up into my arms, sitting on the bed with her in my lap cradling her to me. We were both crying in happiness. Ever so slowly I pull the duct tape off of her mouth wishing to make it as painless as possible.
"Ian, you're here. You're really here. I love you so much." Lucy cries out in relief. Her voice was incredibly hoarse, from the lack of water I assume.
Leaning down I kiss her longingly, it was full of so many emotions it took our breath away. "I really am here baby. Everything is going to be okay now; you are safe and nothing will ever happen to you again I swear. I love you, too, baby. God I've missed you."
One of the officers came over and squatted down in front of us drawing us out of our moment.
"An ambulance is on its way and will be here soon. Let me cut this off for you," The man says gently. In his hands were a pair of scissors. Lucy nods her head in agreement holding her hands out for him to cut through the tape. He gently removes the tape from both her wrists as well as her ankles.
"Thank you for finding me, I don't know how much longer I could have last here with those two." Lucy buries her head in my neck as the tears continue to fall.
"It was all Annie's doings. She knew how to track your phone so when they turned it on to call me earlier today Annie managed to locate it and here we are. I owe her tremendously."
After a moment I move to shift Lucy off my lap however she clings onto me and refuses to let go.
"No, don't leave. I want you to hold me." She whimpers, tightening her grasp on me.
Rubbing my hand along her bare back I try to soothe her. "I'm not going anywhere honey. I'm going to take you down to the ambulance but first I need to put my shirt on you to cover you up, okay?"
Nodding her head softly she whispers a faint, "okay."
Pulling my t-shirt over my head I slip it onto her black lingerie clad body to cover her up. I don't even want to begin to think about why her clothes aren't on her at the moment. All I can focus on is getting her out of this room and somewhere safe. Once I have the shirt situated on her I pick her up bridal style in my arms and carry her out of the room. My right hand which had been hooked under her legs lightly grasps ahold of the hem on the shirt to prevent it from ridding up and exposing her panties. Stepping out of the room I freeze when I see the paparazzi are down by the entrance of the motel. Someone at the police station must have leaked the address for the paps to be here this quickly.
"Honey, I want you to keep your head in my neck and hold on to me alright?" She nods her head in response and I instinctively tighten my grasp on her, still being attentive of her fragile body.
The room she had been in was on the second floor. I walk slowly down the steps to bring me to the pavement and the cameras from the paparazzi are going crazy. It was just after seven so the sun was setting causing them to use their flash trying to get a better image. I notice Lucy tenses when she starts to hear the distinctive sound of cameras clicking.
"It's okay, we're almost to the ambulance. Just stay snuggled in my neck and all will be fine." I reassure her lowly.
The two paramedics open the back doors when they see me walking across the parking lot towards them. I climb right into the back and lay her down on the gurney. As soon as my arms were leaving her body Lucy cries out once more and clings on to me refusing to let go.
"Honey I will be right back but I need you to stay here and let them look at your wrists and ankles, they look extremely irritated from the duct tape and your ankle is slightly bleeding. I will be back before you know it." Looking into her eyes I caress her arm slowly. "It'll only be for a second, Luce."
Reluctantly she lets go and nods her head briefly. I climb out of the ambulance and tell the female paramedic next to me that I will be right back. Looking around I find the original officer, Matt Burns, who was handling the case. I ask him if there is any possible way one of the officers who is planning on following us to the hospital could drive my car since we aren't in the best of neighborhoods and I didn't want to leave a top of the line Audi sitting here for who knows how long. Thankfully he said he'd have one of his officers drive it to the hospital rather than ride with their partner. Then he'd be able to give the officer a ride back to the station after they've collected Lucy's statement.
After handing over my keys I hurry back to Lucy. By now they had taken a look at her wrists and ankles, cleaned up the blood on her right ankle, and even given her a blanket to drape over her body. She has already downed two bottles of water and is nursing a third in her hand now. I lace my hand in hers, kissing it repeatedly and tell her over and over again how much I love her.
"Do you want me to call your mom now so she can meet us at the hospital?" I ask her as they shut the back doors of the ambulance and climb up front to drive to the hospital.
"My mom's here?" Lucy replies, her eyes filling with happiness and tears.
I nod my head. "I called her as soon as I found out you were taken and she took the first flight here. She's been sleeping in the guest room with Jack to keep her company. Maggie and Lewis are still camping so we haven't been able to get ahold of them yet since they have no service at the moment."
"Can I have your phone?"
I smile softly at her and pull it out of my back pocket. She has her mom's number pulled up almost instantly, presses call and holds it up to her ear not breaking eye contact with me. With my free hand that wasn't laced in hers, it was slowly running up and down her arm in a soothing manner.
"Ian is she okay? Did you find her? Please tell me my baby is alright."
"Momma," Lucy replies lowly, the tears now slowly rolling down her cheeks once again.
"Baby girl, are you alright?" Julie chokes out a sob of happiness.
"I am now. Ian found me and carried me out. We're on our way to the hospital now."
Lucy didn't even get to finish her entire sentence before Julie's worried voice interrupts her.
"Hospital? Are you hurt, what's wrong?"
She shakes her head even though her mom couldn't see her. "No momma, they just want to check and make sure I'm okay."
"Thank heavens baby. Annie, Sarah, and I are going to meet you at the hospital. Is there anything you want us to bring you?"
"No, just seeing you will be enough. Oh wait, actually there is one thing. Could you please grab a shirt out of our closet for Ian and maybe even a pair of knit shorts for me?"
"Of course honey, but why would Ian need a shirt?"
"It's uh, a long story. Just those two things would be wonderful though thank you."
"Okay I'll grab them now and we'll see you soon. I love you sweetheart. Tell Ian thank you for me please."
"I will. Love you too, Momma."
Hanging up the phone, Lucy hands it back to me. "My mom says thank you for everything." Rather than responding I merely lean down and kiss my beautiful wife slowly with as much passion as I held within me.
"You don't know how thrilled and relieved I am that you are safe in my arms again. I feel as if I can finally breathe."
Lucy sighs in contentment looking up at me with loved filled eyes. "That basically sums up exactly what I'm feeling. I just want to go home and crawl into our bed snuggled up together under the covers."
"We will shortly."
I place one more leisurely kiss on her lips right as we were pulling into the hospital. Climbing out I follow behind them until I was told I need to take a seat in the waiting room while they get Lucy situated and make sure she's alright. It was a tad awkward sitting in the open waiting room without a shirt and people around me. Needing something, anything, to focus on rather than the people around me I see my phone was blown up with messages, calls, twitter notifications, the whole nine yards.
The pictures of me carrying Lucy were all over the internet already. Daringly I open my twitter app to see my mentions flooded with tweets from fans offering their love and support for us and wishing Lucy was alright. Everyone had been incredibly sweet, I felt as if I needed to update everyone about what was happening. Usually I am all about privacy and keeping to myself however given the situation I know how many of Lucy's fans have been devastated and heartbroken over what happened and worried for her safety thus I felt I was obligated to let them all breathe.
I want to say thank you to every one of you who have shown your love and support for Lucy and our family over these past few days. I can thankfully say Lucy is now safe and ready to return home and move past this unfortunate event. We appreciate everything you've done and we'll try to keep you updated.
Lucy's POV
Currently I was sitting in a hospital bed talking with a doctor after a couple nurses looked over my body and lightly wrapped my wrists and ankles since they were highly irritated from the duct tape. They had to wrap my right ankle that was sprained and badly bruised from Daniel. He had gotten rough yesterday when I didn't comply, so he had grabbed a hold of my ankle and yanked too hard on it, my thrashing around to get away from it aided in spraining it unfortunately. Other than that everything else was okay. I was dehydrated and extremely hungry but that was about it.
"We're going to keep you here over night to ensure you are fine but if all goes to plan you should be able to leave tomorrow morning." Dr. James offers a comforting smile.
The nurse who wrapped my ankle earlier, I believe her name was Emmalee, stepped into the room to hand Dr. James a folder before excusing herself. I watch curiously as Dr. James scans over whatever was in the file before she shuts it and turns her attentions back to me.
"Mrs. Harding it appears I have some news for you."
Instantly I begin to panic fearing the worst. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong per say. Your blood test just came back and I should tell you, you're pregnant."
"I am?" A wide smile spreads on my lips. "Really, I'm pregnant?"
Dr. James smiles brightly right back at me, "Yes dear you are."
My smile abruptly drops and my hands rest protectively on my stomach. "The baby is okay though, right? After everything that happened these past couple of days it wouldn't have harmed him or her, did they?"
"The baby should be just fine as long as you eat like you should and stay hydrated. We're going to run a few tests just to ensure everything is alright but I can nearly promise you there's nothing to worry about. Do you want me to go get your husband or family in the mean time? Your husband has been pacing the waiting area for the past thirty minutes nearly jumping out of his skin every time a doctor walks over there."
I giggle with a soft smile at the image of Ian doing such a thing. "Yes please, that'd be wonderful."
After Dr. James retreated from the room I couldn't refrain from releasing a subtle squeal of happiness at the fact that I'm pregnant. Three weeks of nonstop sex 24/7 led to us actually creating a little human being. It really had worked. Ian and I are going to have a baby in our arms in a rough 8 months. My hands continue to rest on my flat, petite stomach as I imagine a little bitty human growing inside of me.
It was only a couple minutes' later when Ian rushes into the room coming to my side instantly.
"What did the doctor say?" He asks impatiently.
"Everything is okay I sprained my ankle but it'll heal in no time. Though there is something else."
Ian's face drops and the color leaves his face immediately. "What?"
"You might want to sit down."
"Baby what's wrong?" Ian grasps onto my hands lightly looking at me terrified.
I couldn't keep the smile off of my face any longer. I burst out in a wide grin causing Ian to look at me completely confused. "Ian, I'm pregnant. We're going to have a baby."
His jaw drops and happiness fills his eyes just like it had mine not ten minutes ago.
Ian stares at me completely overjoyed. "A baby. We're actually having a baby?"
Nodding my head I watch as a couple of tears fall from his eyes and Ian wraps his arms around me to hug me closely before sharing a passionate kiss.
"Did they say if the baby was okay though after these past couple of days?"
"She is pretty sure everything is fine though they are going to run some tests shortly just to be one-hundred percent positive. Is it okay with you if I tell my mom about the baby when she comes back here?"
"Of course Honey. We can tell whomever you'd like. We can even tell Annie and Sarah if you want."
"If it's okay with you I don't want to tell too many people right now until we know for sure everything is okay with the baby."
Ian agrees feeling it was the best option to wait until we knew everything was alright prior to telling all of our friends and family. Ian went back to the waiting room to get my mom to come back into the room where we proceed to tell her the news after she had finished hugging and kissing me making sure I was alright. Momma was all but shouting for joy at the thought of a grandbaby. Shortly afterward Annie and Sarah came into the room and we all thanked Annie for thinking quick on her feet with the app to track my phone.
Within due time I had given my statement to the police with Ian at my side having his arms wrapped around me. Mom nearly broke into cries again when she heard about Daniel and his creepy fascination with me – thankfully he hadn't gone too far otherwise I have no doubt Ian would have killed him. The head officer on the case informed us that both men were in custody and we wouldn't have to worry about anything further happening involving them. Though the best news of all in my opinion would be the tests all coming back perfectly showing our baby was safely growing in my stomach.
We had convinced everyone to leave shortly after 11 because I was exhausted and was in desperate need of sleep. I could tell Ian was also sleep deprived. Not giving a damn about the hospital rules, Ian took off his shoes and climbed under the covers with me where we then proceeded to snuggle together finding the comfort we needed from each other's embrace. Murmuring our love for each other and our baby we fall asleep feeling completely at ease.
After what felt like an eternity I am finally back in my husband's safe embrace.
Okay so there is the happy part you all have been waiting for! I plan to update this story every Saturday morning. I am currently in the middle of writing chapter 17 so I have plenty written for this story. Which is why depending on reviews I may post twice a week here and there. I'm just making sure I keep my writing and posting equivalent to prevent me from getting a head of myself.