The Backbone

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

I see a producer walking up to us but before he can Troye and Ricky come around the corner talking, and Troye stops when he sees us. He looks at our hands joined, and he just smiles, and he says to us "come on guys let's get out of here". We follow them outside away from the producer and Troye says to Andy "hey mate the meeting we had this afternoon is cancelled so you don't need to worry". Andy nods his head, and I can see the sly smile that Troye has on his face and I say "ok Mellet you can go now". He nods still with the sly grin and turns to walk away and I say to him "oh and Mellet one more thing tell your boyfriend he doesn't need to hide in garbage cans we all know that you 2 are dating, no need to hide it anymore. You and Connor are not good at hiding it". As I say that his face lights up at Connor's name and he has a dreamy look on his face. He looks at me and says, "ok what do you want me to do so you can't let that secret out"? I look at Andy then Troye and say "mmm let me think about that". Andy has this smile on his face, and he says, "I will get back to you on that".

Andy and I walked away to the coffee shop that dad and I were at before and he says "Ok call your dad and get him to meet you here. I will go and get the coffees". I nod my head and watch him walk away. I pull out my phone and press on dad's contact. I wait for a bit and as I was about to hang up, he answered. He said to me "hey baby girl how did it go"? I said to him "I have spoken to papa and he said he really needs to see you. Dad he was crying when I told him what happened. So, we are coming up with a plan so you can see each other". I hear dad let out a shaky breath and he says to me "baby girl it's too late please tell your papa that I loved him so much". He hangs up before I can say anything, and I think to myself that was odd. What did he mean by too late?

I'm shaken out of my thoughts by Andy putting his hand on my arm and he says, "what happened you are pale"? I tell him what happened, and he says, "call Adam and see if he has any ideas". I call Adam and he answers straight away, and he says, "hey baby girl what's up"? I tell him what dad said and his breath hitches in his throat. He says, "no please no not again". I yell at him and say, "Adam what do you mean not again"? He takes a deep breath, and he says to me "we need to get to him baby girl please I can't lose him". As soon as he says that I know straight away that dad has done something. I hang up the phone and grab Andy's hand and say, "we need to hurry we need to get to my father".

Andy and I literally ran to dad's hotel and I run up to the desk and say, "what room is Tommy Joe Lambert in"? The women thinks for a bit and I say "please hurry up it's my father and I really need to see him. I have tried to ring him, but he won't answer his phone". The woman quickly types something into her computer, and she tells me the room. I race up to his room and bang on the door. I wait for a bit until I hear someone coming to the door. He opens it and I can see he is pale, and he has a bandage on his wrist. I felt my legs get weak and next thing I know I'm pulled into Andy's arms and put on the lounge.

I can just hear Andy talking to someone and I then hear him say "please hurry this does not look good".

I must fade in and out and next thing I know I hear Adam and Anthony screaming and saying, "oh my god please no". I come too again when I feel someone touching my arm. I look up to see Tim standing over me and Adam as well. Adam says, "thank god she is ok". I look around and say, "where is dad"? Adam takes my hand, and he says, "now baby girl I don't mean to alarm you, but he has been taken to hospital". I jump up and go to race out of the room, but Tim grabbed me and said, "baby girl please sit down we need to tell you something". I sat down and Adam grabbed my hand and said to me "baby girl you saved you fathers life. When you knocked on the door you saved him as he was self-harming". I gasp when he says that because I never knew dad did that. Adam looked at me then said, "do you want to go and see your dad baby girl"? I nod my head and he says to me "come on I will take you to see him". I got up and Adam turned to Andy and said, "thank you for calling me and thank you for saving my daughter and husband if there is anything, I can do don't hesitate to let me know". Andy nods his head, and he says, "it's ok'd no trouble just maybe can I see your daughter again"? Adam nods his head and says, "sure anytime just don't hurt her".