Bambie left on Friday with Scott, Matthew on Saturday back to undisclosed location. Tyler called Nickie and she flew to the lighthouse that night. I waited until Sunday night. I promised that I would be back by Tuesday to watch the tree lighting. I started out the door to leave to my relief Richard text me that he was stuck in Scotland until 12-3. So I went back inside and said to John, "changed my mind I will leave on 12-3." John looked at me, his phone ran, we both looked at it and saw it from out of country and it went straight to blocked call. He threw the phone on the chair and picked me up and laid me on the couch. Hunter was asleep, the fire roaring, a very romantic night. He poured a couple of drinks, then my phone rang, it was Nickie.
"Where are you?"
"Change of plans I will be there on the third, seems that someone is held up in Scotland. Will you be okay?"
"Oh, yes, I will be fine. I have Tyler keeping an eye on me. See you on the third."
I hung up the phone and put it next to John's. Then I crawled over to him. His phone rang again, I received another text. But tonight was ours. I could feel that he felt the same way by the way he grabbed me. The weekend was wonderful. We stayed in the whole time.
Dec. 2nd
It is raining on and off today. Hunter is excited to see the tree lit tonight. Hunter loved watching the skaters and seeing the tree. John will stay with Hunter in New York until Sunday.
Dec 3rd
I really don't care if I see Richard now but I promised Nickie I would go out. I arrived at the lighthouse and it was freezing. So I put my stuff in the room and went down to light the furnace. I remember a loud sound then waking up in Richard's bed at his house. I started to move but I was very sore and something on my head.
"That's okay don't move yet," he gentle man said. He removed something from the face and head. It turned out to be a cold compress. I slowly opened my eyes to Richard smiling.
"What time is it?"
"It's 8 p.m."
I moaned as I tried to get up.
"Just tell me what you need and I will do it."
"I need to call John and tell him I am okay."
"I already have. He will be down tomorrow after the business meeting and he will bring Hunter."
"Thank you. How bad am I hurt? What happened at the lighthouse. Is it still standing? I am hungry."
He laughed, "Let me go get the dinner that was prepared and I will answer your questions. "
The food was delicious. Richard began to tell me that he found me passed out about 10feet away from the furnace. the smell of gas lingering. He had smelled it at the door and turned off the gas at the meter. He had pulled me out and called the ambulance. At the hospital they took x-rays and ran some tests. I hadn't broken anything. I guess I became coherent enough to leave in Richard's care.
The door burst open. "What the hell happened, asked Nickie. "Are you okay? looking at me. I nodded. She looked at Richard, "Is she okay?"
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"Yes, she is, she just needs to get a good night rest. John is flying into tomorrow and they will leave either Saturday or Sunday when she feels up to it."
Nickie sat on the side of the bed patting the bed. We heard the ambulance and by the time we got there you were gone, the both of you. We made sure the gas was off and went down to check the furnace. Oh, yeah we brought your stuff with us. We called a furnace repairman." She stopped short looked at Tyler and he nodded at Richard. They left.
"Nickie, are you hiding something from me?"
"No, I just wanted to see if you needed to talk to me privately."
"You think someone tampered with the furnace don't you?"
Nickie was distracted she couldn't hear the conversation outside.
"It looks like someone tampered with the furnace." Richard slumped. Tyler continued, " we were wondering why you changed the date for her to come to the lighthouse. I know you were back."
Richard was puzzled. "I didn't change the date. I came over on Sunday but she wasn't here. She text me that she would see me on 12-3."
Tyler went back into the room Richard followed. Nickie where is her phone?
Nickie reached into my purse and picked it up. He went through the messages. There it was from Richard that he was stuck in Scotland. Richard showed him his phone and there were texts but nothing like that he had sent. Nickie's stomach turned over. "Scotland, you were in Scotland Richard?"
"Yes, doing research on a film. I ran into some friends of John's there."
"By any chance did they see your phone or get your number?"
"Oh, that is right. I gave it to them to reach me later for a drink. They never called."
I looked at Nickie. "What are you thinking?"
"I am thinking that either John is behind this or his Italian vixen that he visited in Scotland. I contacted John using your web cam. He was extremely upset and was talking about putting you under ground again. I thought he was over re-acting. But now I am not sure. She looked at Tyler and Richard. "Do we call John and tell him or do we wait and look at his phone records?"
"There is no need I had his phone with mine all weekend. We never even looked at them. I have access to his account to check up on him. Can someone bring me a laptop, please?"
Once signed in we could see she had called him 34 times the last two weeks. Each time it went to block call. There was one call from Scotland that lasted 10 minutes from his Aunt's house. His only calls recently were to Richard's cell and to the hospital. He also had calls to Nickie's phone and to security people.
So it looks like he wasn't involved, they agreed.
But Nickie and Beth both still wondered.
Nickie and Tyler left. Nickie said she would come back tomorrow to see me. But tonight I was safe there were two security guards already stationed out front. Nickie called John to make sure he really had put them there. He had. He asked how Beth was doing. Nickie said, "Very sore and scared now that we know it was tampered with."
Richard moved the stuff out of the way. He asked me if I wanted him to leave. I said, "No, come join me. I really do not want to be alone tonight."
He brought two cups of spiked hot chocolate in. they cuddled together and drank the hot chocolate. Part of me was feeling secure with Richard and the security guards, another part of me wondered if they were drugging me to kill me tonight. I held onto Richard for dear life and never let go last night. We only had one night until John would come for me. Richard helped me shower, changed the sheets and got me back in just in time for John to arrive. His face was pale with concern. Richard left us alone. John buried his face in my breast, muttering how he had caused this. Tyler brought over dinner for all of us. Nickie and John went outside and were talking. They were making plans. Beth felt safe for the moment. They came back in.
Nickie begun. We had this place scanned for bugs and there are not any so we feel we can talk here. There were bugs in the lighthouse, the penthouse, and your house.You are going to disappear with Hunter for a time. John has worked hard the past few months moving his money to undisclosed locations but in all the records there are dummy accounts set up. There have been some hits on them this week. John will be going with you to this location. I will be the only one who knows where you are going. Your nanny has been given some time off starting tomorrow when you leave. She has been told you are going to Paris until Spring. While you are gone there will be a team that will find out what is going on and try to bring her out in the open. Nickie looked at Beth. Beth looked back.. they were both thinking..."are we sending her to her death or to live?
The place only Nickie knows of --- from what I know being in this undisclosed location. It is very very cold, and very very busy at this time. Luckily the man we are staying with knows if you have been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake!
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