The Lost Roses

Chapter Twenty

"Miss. This is your wake up call. You have breakfast downstairs. Your car will be here in two hours." My car? Lucas is still gone. I get up and change and drag all of our things back to the door again. I eat breakfast and hope Lucas appears.
"Miss, your car is here."
"Thank you." One of the workers helps me carry my things out and put them in the car. I get in the back seat, buckle up, and say goodbye to Disney. "Where are we going?"
"The airport miss. Your husband said you needed to catch a flight back to Colorado."
"Thank you. Did he say if he was going to be there?"
"No miss." Of course not. I'll probably take the flight back by myself and he'll have someone else waiting there to bring me home. The man helps me carry my things in and all of our bags get checked. He hands me my ticket and walks away. I go through security and sit in the terminal waiting for my plane to be called. When it does I board the plane and find my seat. Seriously Lucas? First class? He is really sucking up. And I don't know what for. Yea, a whole year of my life went by and I didn't even know, but it doesn't really change anything. I take full advantage of my seating and enjoy a couple drinks as well as a massage. They both help relax me since I really don't like flying. It's nerve racking. Too many accidents happen now. When the plane lands I damn near have a heart attack. The plane literally dropped out of the sky so it could make the landing. It was too high or whatever. As soon as the light goes off saying it's okay to get up I tank off my seatbelt, grab my bag, and run off the plane as quickly as possible. I go to the baggage claim and find all of our stuff. And, as I thought, there's another driver waiting for me. He's holding up a sign that says Francine with a smiley winky face. Yup. That's Lucas. I walk up to him.
"Hello Miss Wolf. How are you this afternoon?"
"I'd be better if Lucas was here."
"Well you'll see him soon enough. I'm Albert. I'll be with you for the rest of the day. And if I understand correctly, I'm your personal chauffeur from now on."
"You're kidding."
"No. Mr Wolf made it clear that he wanted to be able to let you go and do things but he's usually too busy and doesn't have the time or money for a new car."
"He can afford another car. Trust me. But I appreciate your services."
"You're very welcome. Let me take some of those bags." We walk to his car and put everything in the trunk. I get in and we drive home. We live further from an airport than I thought. A couple hours away actually. When we get home Albert helps me take our things to our bedroom.
"Thank you."
"It's not a problem. Here is my phone number. Just call and be here. I mean I do live in the guest house now."
"You don't have to do that."
"It's perfectly okay. It's better than the box I was in before."
"Thank you. But I don't have a phone."
"Ah. Yes you do." He pulls a brand new phone out if his pocket. "This is for you. Lucas told me to give it you before I left. And there's a message on it or something." I take the phone and wait until he leaves to turn it on. It has one new voicemail. I call and listen.
"Hey Zo. I guess you're home. How do you like Albert? I think he's nice. He'll be staying in the guest house. I know you're wondering where I am. But don't worry, I'll be home soon. I'm sorry I left you alone. I know you enjoyed yourself at least a little though. Or I hope so. Do you like planes? I love you, goodnight."
What in the actual hell. It's not even night time. I guess he doesn't plan on coming home tonight either. I decide to go to Courtney's while I wait.
"Hey!" She squeals opening the door.
"Hey."
"What did he do now?" I tell her all about the trip. Every detail leading up to now. "Seriously? He never even thought to ask if you like planes until it was too late?"
"He's an idiot. I like the phone though. So hey."
"I cant believe he left you like that though."
"I can't either to be honest. He's always so controlling. And then he just disappears. It's weird."
"Well I'm sure he's okay. And I'm sure it won't be long before he reappears."
"I hope so."
"Well we can either go shopping or watch a movie. And I haven't had dinner yet so you can join me. Oooh! We can do all of the above. Let's go!"
"I don't have any money."
"That's okay. Lucas can pay me back for the clothes. Dinner and the movie are on me."
"Thanks." We get in the car and drive to the nearest mall. And by near I mean almost an hour away. We park and get out. We buy more clothes than I thought possible. At least now I'll have clothes that fit me. And more cute underwear that aren't ridiculous. And now I have clothes for colder weather. I'm happy to own jeans and sweaters and a new pair of boots. Things I took for granted. I mean who thinks twice about warm clothes? You know you'll get them. I wasn't completely sure. I buy more makeup from sephora too and some bumble and bumble shampoo and conditioner and like a million other hair care products.
"If you keep shopping like this Lucas is going to be one poor boy. But he'll be happy and poor because he'll have you. He's never treated anyone the way he does you. He cares about you. A lot. He really does. He just has a funny way of showing it most of the time."
"Yea he does. I think I'm done shopping now." I have five different massive bags full of clothes and products. I'm good.
"Yea, me too. Let's go eat." We decide to eat at Chili's. We both get the chicken, bacon, avocado sandwich and fries. After dinner we decide to just go home and watch a movie. I tell her about Little Monsters and it turns out it's one of her favorites too. She puts it in and we watch it. Twice. Because once is never enough. We watch movies until Lucas pops up.
"Hey Courtney can I have my fiancée back?"
"No. She's my girlfriend now. You have to go find someone else." She holds my hand and we both give him a go away look.
"Okay. I see I am not wanted."
"I'll be home after this movie. Maybe. We have some things we need to talk about."
"Yea... See you." He walks back out.
"He is aggravating. I don't think I'll go home at all tonight. That'll show him."
"You don't have to." She says laughing.
"I'm not. Screw him."
"Well this couch let's out into a bed."
"Cool." We watch a couple more movies before deciding it's officially late enough to go to bed. She grabs a blanket and a couple pillows and helps me let out the couch. We say good night and go to sleep. I dream about Lucas finding out Courtney and I are a couple. The next morning I say goodbye to Courtney, gather up my bags, and walk home. I go straight to the bedroom and put my things away. I glance at the bed and Lucas is laying in it watching me. When I'm finished I walk downstairs and make myself a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
"Well good morning." Lucas says walking into the kitchen. Well he looks annoyed with me. Good.
"Good morning." I kiss him on the cheek and go sit at the table. "We went shopping yesterday. You need to pay Courtney back. I would but, I have no money. So."
"I thought you were coming home last night."
"I decided to stay at Courtney's. She's a much more caring lover." The look of shock and disbelief on his face is too much. I burst out laughing. "Calm down. You're going to give yourself a hernia one day."
"No. You'll be the cause."
"Either way, you worry too much. We're just friends. And I love you. Regardless of your shitty behavior. You left me at Disney alone. Thank you for the phone. Now I need to shower." I place my bowl in the sink and walk away. I hop in the shower and wash myself and my hair with my new things. I get out and get dressed. I still have to wear dresses for now. It's too warm for my jeans. But one day, one day I will wear them. When I go back in the bedroom Lucas is sitting on the bed all dressed.
"I have a surprise for you." He grabs my hand and pulls me down to the locked room. He unlocks it with the key around his neck and I walk in. It's an art room. There's an easel and several, several, boards. There's tons of paint and brushes and various artsy things.
"Wow." I turn around and he's gone. My phone starts vibrating in my hand and I see it's Lucas. He's sending me all the Disney pictures. I walk around the room going through everything. It's amazing. I wonder when he started this. And when he decided to get rid of all his toys.
"Hey, I'm going to work for a bit. Is that okay?" Lucas asks as he pops into my makeshift art room.
"Yea that's fine. I'll either be here, at Courtney's, or jogging."
"Okay. Call me if you need me."
"I will." He kisses me bye and leaves. God I don't know what I'm doing. I start sketching a picture of Lucas and I taken during our road trip. By the time I finish several hours later I hear Lucas downstairs. He didn't work for very long. "Hey babe!! Come look at this!" I yell down the stairs. I'm excited to show him. He hasn't gotten to see any of my art skills. Dancing skills, yes. I hear him start walking up the stairs. I don't know why he's walking so slowly. Whatever. Maybe he's sore. "Hey Lu-" That is not Lucas. The older man hits me and I fall. He straddles me holding me down and injects me with something. Shortly after I fall unconscious.