Chapter 43

Jordan was lying there, chained to the bed and wondering how long she had been there, alone and chained up. She knew that there was a huge possibility that she had been lied to again and she had just allowed them to chain her up, so that she had no chance of escaping or surviving. She felt some panic rising inside of her, wishing she had at least insisted that they put a clock in the room so she could track the time. She knew she needed to stay calm, especially for her baby who was already kicking and moving around, sitting on her bladder making her need to use the bathroom again. She clenched her thighs and lightly whispered to her little one to stay still and calm because there was nothing she could do at the moment. She closed her eyes and wondered if she had finally found out where she was going to die, and wondered if it would be a long slow, painful death or if she had been drugged and would mercifully die a fast painless death.

"Please don't let this be a lie, please." She whispered as she stared at the ceiling, she couldn't move around much so she had been staring at the ceiling for what seemed like forever, but now she was staring at it as she started to pray for her life and the life of her unborn child.

Jeff had his head in his hands as he felt the tears falling from his eyes. He was usually this tough guy who didn't care about anything and was such a daredevil that he would try anything and risk his health and life for something he loved to do. Although he hadn't been wrestling very much lately, he had the full backing of the WWE, something that had surprised him immensely. Vince McMahon had been against them, but even he wouldn't risk the life of an unborn child, or even a child period, and so he was willing to do anything, including offer money to help with a ransom, to help return Jeff's pregnant wife.

"Hey little bro." Matt said softly as he walked into the room and sat down next to his brother on the couch.

"Hey." Jeff said softly as he slowly lifted his head, trying desperately to stop the flow of tears and to wipe the evidence of his tears off his face.

"Are you giving up hope already?" Matt asked him as he lightly patted his shoulder in silent support and question.

"No, never. I will never ever give up hope of having my wife and unborn child returned to me, as long as she isn't found somewhere, I will always believe there is a chance I will have them back." Jeff said immediately, hating that anyone would think he had given up.

"I know that, thank goodness. I think I just wanted you to say it out loud so you would start to believe it again after hearing it." Matt said with an arched eyebrow.

"I just hope that I can have the woman who is my world back in my life, and soon." Jeff said as he choked on his words and felt his eyes welling again. Normally he would hate that he was showing any weakness, hate that anyone could see him like this and think he wasn't tough enough to be a wrestler or even an extreme wrestler and at the same time he didn't care. Jordan was everything to him now, especially since they were finally starting their family and he wanted her home and in his arms.

"She will be home soon, I just know it. There is no way anyone can keep the two of you apart, no way at all." Matt said as reassuring as he could be.

Jordan heard the sirens as they seemed to be getting closer. She didn't want to hope, she didn't want to believe that she was finally going to have a chance to go home and see her husband. She hated the thought that she might be imagining things and that she was losing her mind, that she had really been drugged and was now hallucinating. She felt her baby moving inside of her and let the tears fall from her eyes as she sobbed, thinking about Jeff and all the things they may never ever be allowed to do. She felt all her injuries throbbing, and she knew she was bleeding again from injuries she had suffered over her time in the care of her kidnappers. The woman who had promised that the call would be made had apologized over and over for the injuries and attempted to treat the wounds, but it was only a temporary thing.

Eventually the sirens were extremely close and she heard skidding cars as it appeared gravel was flying and she heard dirt and rocks hitting the window next to her bed. She heard people getting out and she felt relief as she started screaming for help right away. She could only hope they were really there to help her, that she might actually get out of there and be able to return home. She was really weak, she could feel how weak she was and she knew she was ill. The woman had informed her that she could tell that Jordan had a fever before she left and so Jordan knew there was a possibility that one of her wounds had gotten infected and she was in deep trouble, any infection could harm her unborn child.

"Help me!" Jordan screamed again.

Jordan heard rushing footsteps, and doors being kicked in. She continued making noise, hoping they would find her soon because she was getting weaker and weaker. Soon she heard the door to the room she was in being kicked and eventually the door slammed against the wall and uniformed police officers as well as plain clothes officers and what appeared to be federal agents, all stormed into the room and saw her.

"Mrs. Hardy, you're safe now." One of the suits who might be a federal agent said as they walked over and checked out the chains. "We need someone to help get her out of the chains." He said as he turned back to the officers.

"The tip said that the keys to the chains holding her were hidden in a drawer in the kitchen area. I have someone…" The officer trailed off as someone ran in holding a key ring with loads of keys.

Jordan knew she was probably safe now, and she was feeling alarmingly weak. That's when she realized she really had been drugged, they wanted her dead because she could identify them but they hoped the baby might be able to be saved and she hoped they both could be.

Jeff nearly jumped out of his skin as someone pounded on his door. Jeff looked at his brother who was just as confused and at the friends that had gathered on this day. Jeff was about to answer the door when the person opened the unlocked door and ran in on their own. Jeff was surprised to see the federal agent in charge of Jordan's case and he shared looks with everyone in the room.

"We found her." Were the three words Jeff had waited a long time to hear and he finally heard them at that moment.