Ch. 36
Randy walked into the hotel lobby heading towards the elevators when he heard someone call his name. He turned seeing Wade coming his way. He tried to keep his temper contained as he approached.
"What do you want Barrett?"
"Do you really think I would destroy Katelyn's dresses and trash her shop?" Wade asked staring Randy down.
"Yeah I do. I think you found out I was dating her and decided to hurt her by going after her business. I wouldn't be surprised if you also canceled her orders and was behind her house catching fire," Randy said not backing down from Wade. "This is your last and only warning leave Katelyn alone. I will not sit back and let you tear her life apart."
"I was pissed when she left me and when I found out she was hooking up with the likes of you but I would never destroy Katelyn's business. I know how much that means to her and all the work she has put into it. I wouldn't go after her business."
"I'm not an idiot I know you're not going to tell me the truth. I'm not wasting my time discussing this with you. Stay away from Katy," Randy gave him a warning look before stepping into the elevator.
"I am telling the truth. I didn't touch her shop! I wouldn't do that!" Wade exclaimed trying to step into the elevator as Randy slammed him back.
"Whatever conversation over," Randy tried to remain calm as Wade stepped forward once again then backed away as the elevator's doors slowly shut. Randy let out an aggravated sigh feeling all the anger boiling under his skin. He leaned back against the elevator wall for a few moments closing his eyes hoping to get his temper under control.
"Damn it!" he stomped out of the elevator unlocking his hotel room door slamming it closed behind him. He threw his bag on the bed dialing Katelyn.
"Talk to me. Calm me down before I go kill Barrett," he said the second she answered.
"Randy, take a deep breathe tell me what happened," she softly said.
"That isn't going to work. Do you know how much strength it took to not punch him in his smug lying face? You know he is behind all of this. He is staying at this hotel. I can easily find him and stop him from ever making you cry again," Randy headed towards the door again. "I'll call you after I'm done with him."
"Randy, please don't go after him," Katelyn softly requested. He heard the trembling in her voice and he imagined at that moment the tears were coming to her eyes. "Sweetie, he isn't worth going after. Let the police deal with him."
"I can't sit here I have to do something," Randy started rapidly pacing feeling his heart racing as the raging battle of listening to her or going to beat the life out of Wade went on inside of him.
"You do have to do something grab your laptop," Katelyn said making sure to keep her tone very calm.
"What?" he stopped in his tracks.
"I want to see you now. I installed skype on your laptop please get it out Randy."
"Ok, hold on," he put the phone down grabbing his laptop bag. He sunk down onto the sofa starting it up. He hit the sofa in frustration when it took a few minutes to boot up and connect. The moment he opened up skype it started going off. He answered it feeling his heart beat simmer down when he saw Katy staring back at him.
"Hey you," she softly said trying to hide her concern at how agitated he looked. "It's good to see you're sitting down how about taking that deep breathe handsome?"
"How about I go choke the last breathe out of Wade instead?" he answered back letting her hear all the anger in his voice.
"How about you get comfy and talk to me till one of us falls asleep. I bet it will be you," she teased him trying to get him to relax. He was about to fire back with a smart comment about putting Wade to sleep forever but silenced himself. He stared into her eyes feeling his anger cooling down.
"So you want to bet me again?" he asked her giving her an intriguing look.
"I love bets with you. If you fall asleep first, I get breakfast in bed when we are together again. Same goes for you if I fall asleep," she said wishing she was there with him.
"Ok sweetheart, I can't wait to get my breakfast in bed," he smirked.
"We shall see," she softly laughed staring into his eyes. "I wish I was there with you."
"Me too darling," he smiled. "Did you tell Chris about us moving in together?"
"Yes, he took it well offered us his best wishes. I'm going to take him tomorrow morning to see the house. He really does seem happy for us."
"That's good angel," he said noticing she was in bed. "I'll feel better when you are at the house much safer place to be then at a hotel."
"You can rest easy tonight knowing I'm safe. You saw for yourself Wade is there."
"I still won't be able to rest easy," he kept staring into her eyes.
"Why?"
"You're not going to be in my arms."
"I'll be with you soon enough," she smiled. "Are you planning to sleep on the couch?"
"No I plan on moving to bed and watching you sleep while I figure out what I want for my breakfast in bed."
"Ha-ha, you're so funny. I'll wait while you get ready for bed," she said glad to see he was settled down. She adjusted the pillows getting more comfortable. It wasn't long till he was back.
"So what's on your mind?" he asked leaning back on the pillows.
"You are always on my mind," she smiled.
"Do me a favor, close your eyes," he said as an idea crossed his mind. He watched as she lay on her side closing her eyes. "I want you to think about me being there with you holding you."
"Hmm very nice thought," she whispered.
"Shhh sweetheart, just listen. Feel the warmth of my body against yours," he kept his eyes on her as she smiled more keeping her eyes closed. "Feel my breath against your ear, as I rest my head against yours. You mean the world to me angel," he whispered the words he had said into her ear so many times. "All I want is to spend my life making you happy. I love you Katy."
"I love you too very much Randy," she whispered as the call suddenly ended.
"What the hell?" Randy exclaimed trying to call her again seeing she was offline. He grabbed his phone calling her surprised it went right to voice mail. He tried a few more times getting the same results. His heart started to beat frantically as he called Chris hoping he could check on Katy. Chris answered on the second ring to Randy's relief.
"Can you go check on your sister?" Randy asked right away.
"Sure, why? Is something wrong?" Chris quickly asked slipping on his shoes heading out into the hall.
"I don't know. I was skyping with her then the call went dead. She isn't answering her phone. It's going right to voice mail."
"I'm almost to her room. Hopefully it's just a silly reason she isn't responding," Chris said taking the stairs instead of waiting for the elevator.
"Barrett is here I had a run in with him so I'm probably just overreacting," Randy said hoping the bad feeling he was getting was just him worrying too much.
Chris's heart froze when he approached his sister's hotel room finding the door slightly open.
"Katy! Katy! Where are you?" he pushed the door open seeing lights on and her things lying around. He walked towards the bedroom. "Oh God!" the words slipped out of his mouth as he looked at the mess of a bedroom. It looked like there had been a struggle the bed spread and sheets thrown to the floor. Her laptop was lying in a broken mess next to the bed and her cell phone smashed next to it.
"Chris talk to me!" Randy roared snapping Chris out of his shock.
"She's gone. The room is a mess. I'm calling the police. I'll call you after I call them," Chris tried to stay calm as he checked out the bathroom finding it undisturbed like the other room.
"I'm on the way. Keep me up to date. She has to be alright," Randy cried out hanging up the phone and throwing his stuff into a bag rushing out of the room. He raced for the stairs rushing down to the lobby.
"Whoa what's the rush?" Wade caught his arm as he ran through.
"Katy is missing!" Randy shoved Wade roughly hurrying to his car to get to the airport. Wade stood there in stun silence as the words sunk in that Katy was missing. He didn't care about Randy's wrath he bolted for the airport to get to Florida to find Katy.