Falling Stars - Chapter 19
"Honey, is anyone coming?" Avalon whispered to her boyfriend, who was standing watch.
"No, the coast is clear for you to break into that room or whatever you are planning on doing," Shannon whispered back, a hint of sarcasm in his voice.
"Hey, I am only doing this because I love Jaime and Peter and I want to know if they are okay. Jaime and I have talked everyday since I got here, I know something is wrong. I have a horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach that Mandah did something to them and I don't like it," Avalon explained.
"I'm sorry, Av. It's just kind of weird knowing that I am breaking into a hotel room. Never did I think that the woman I love would be a master lock picker."
Turning abruptly to face her boyfriend, a smile spread across her face. "Wait a minute, what did you just say?"
"Never did I think.."
"No, no the word you just used to describe me?"
"The woman I love?"
"Yeah that one, you love me?" Avalon asked, the smile growing larger by the second.
"Well yeah. I guess I do. It kind of just came out, but you know what I do love you," Shannon said as he grabbed her by the waist and pulled her into his embrace. Looking into her eyes he seemed to be searching for the way she felt about him.
Smiling wider, Avalon pulled his face close to hers, capturing his mouth in a sweet kiss.
Feeling his lips part ever so slightly, Avalon slid her tongue in and began exploring the depths of his mouth. As they finally parted, breathless, she leaned in and whispered softly into his ear. "I love you too."
With a smile still firmly planted on her swollen lips, Avalon turned back to the door to finish working on the lock. A few minutes later the couple was walking through the open door and into their friends empty hotel room.
"Any luck with Dwayne?" Troy asked as she entered her hotel room, Jason following behind her.
"No, he actually wasn't even there. We went down to the front desk and they said he checked out already, but we aren't all scheduled to leave until tomorrow morning," Reese explained to her friends. "Any luck with Suzanne?"
"We followed her for over an hour. She went to a couple different stops, got gas and then continued to drive around aimlessly. I think she may have known we were following her," Troy answered.
"Or maybe she was wasting time while her henchmen came and got Dwayne," Jeff said suddenly.
"What?" Matt asked from the corner of the small room.
"Maybe, she couldn't meet up with the guy right away because he was here or somewhere else picking up Dwayne. I know Dwayne, there is no way he would check out of the hotel early. Especially if his fiancée was still in town."
"That is a really good point. She means everything to him. She probably told him to check out and meet her somewhere and that's where her henchmen picked him up. Poor Dwayne," Adam said as he shook his head, his long blonde locks swaying from side to side.
"The man is completely oblivious to who the real person is. All he can see is the good in Suzanne, which it sounds there isn't much of," Jeff said, his face falling into a frown.
"Any news from Avalon?" Troy asked, trying to change the subject.
"Yeah she called a little bit ago. Her friend Jaime, the Nitro Girls choreographer, and her boyfriend Peter, aka Billy Kidman, are missing now. Av and Shannon broke into their room finding it completely empty. They checked with the front desk and found there was a note waiting for them. The note was from Jaime, but it wasn't in her handwriting," Reese explained.
"It said that Jaime and Peter were heading to New York early to get a jump on things. Avalon is positive the two wouldn't leave without telling her."
"Great, whats the count now? Two very popular wrestlers and half a dozen or more wives, girlfriends and other employees. These two women are fucking psycho. I wish I knew what the deal was, their motive for this whole sordid mess," Troy said as she started pacing around the room.
Reese watched her friend as she worked on getting the aggression out. They were all frustrated with the situation, but for some reason Troy seemed to be more tense than the rest of them. She knew she needed to calm the woman down, but at the moment there was another situation that was more important. They needed to figure things out and fast.
"Well, I'll tell you one thing, I'm sure we'll find out this weekend and we need to be prepared. We need a plan."