We Are A Family

Chapter 17.

I remember the guys all walking off the bus, except CC. They all looked bothered or upset, Lily and Bandit were running outside looking for him. I tried my hardest to fight back the tears when Andy walked up to me with a frown, his arms crossed.
"CC quit the band.." He murmured handing me his phone.
My eyes were full in shock and disbelief.

{"Where are you?"}-Andy
Sent 5:45 PM.
{"Getting ready, be there in a bit!!"}-CC
Received at 5:50 PM.
{"Dude, the band is fixing to go on; where the hell are you?"}-Andy.
Sent at 6:00 PM.
{"Fuck the band, I quit."}-CC
Received at 6:15 PM.

I stood there, as tears fell down my cheeks; I looked at Andy with a soft glare.
"There is no way CC would quit the band.. CC loves you guys, he loves the fans; he wouldn't just up and quit for no reason! Especially over text!" I hissed.
Andy could only shrug as I tried fighting back the tears.
"Why didn't he come back with you guys? Why isn't he here?" I demanded in question.
Andy frowned deeply before pulling up more messages.

{"Dude.. let's talk about this, you're our drummer; you can't just quit on us..."}-Andy.
Sent at 8:06 PM.
{"Tell Haley and the kids I'm sorry."}-CC
Received at 8:30 PM.
{"Your not coming back with us..?"}-Andy
Sent at 8:40 PM.
{"No."}-CC
Received at 9:00 PM.

I looked at Andy and the guys, a deep frown was all I could show.
"This is some mistake.. CC has kids, his wife; the band! You guys have to know this isn't something CC would do.. Not when he has family and brothers! Was he acting weird when you guys left for the first month?" I asked.
Jake shook his head with a frown. "No, he was acting like himself; being a goofball and everything else. The second month was when we headed to New York.. that's when he started acting weird, he kept looking at his phone; and the day of our last concert.. He took forever getting ready and told us to head on, we never saw him since.." Jake muttered.
Jinxx glared softly.
"Even the fans said he was acting weird that same night when they saw him walk off, they said he was with a man and he kept ignoring their questions on where you were or how the family was.. No one knows where CC is.." He murmured.

I pulled out my phone then dialed up his number listening to it ring.
"He's not going to answer.. he won't answer anyone." Ashley said frowning.
I glared softly hearing the end go dead, not giving up; I redialed and redialed over and over again.
I called twenty-eight times, ten voice mails and thirty messages.
"Haley.." Andy began, I put a finger to his lips as I redialed for the final time.

{"Hello..?"} My eyes began to water at the sound of his voice.
"CC? Baby its me, what's going on? Where are you?" I asked trying not to cry.
{"Haley... This is the only time we can talk, before they return... please don't come looking for me, I don't want to put you in danger, tell the guys I'm sorry.. tell the fans.. tell-" I could feel my heart break hearing his voice crack, he was crying.
"No CC, you're going to be okay.. please tell me where you are, who has you? Baby please." I pleaded.
{"Haley.. I love you very much, please; tell the kids I love them too.."}
I glared softly griping onto the phone.
"No, you can tell them that when we find out where you are and get you back.." I told him frowning softly.
{"You can't me back.. Haley, they are going to k-kill me." }
My eyes widened.
"Who baby? Tell me who!" I cried out into the phone.
{"Its-"} The phone went dead as my eyes grew full of tears.
I dropped the phone as I fell to my knees.
"No, no no no no!! This isn't happening." I knelt there as the tears fell so freely, I wasn't going to lose him; I wasn't letting him go. He was my husband, my best friend; my everything. There was no way in hell I was going to lose him.

"Mommy..?" I heard Bandit, looking up at the scruffy dark brown haired six year old.
"Where's daddy..?" He questioned.
I looked to see where Lily was, Jinxx was holding her and she looked like she was crying.
I looked at Bandit with a frown.
"Daddy went on vacation for a little bit, but he'll be home eventually." I told him trying my hardest to force a smile.
Bandit saw right through it too. Small tears filled his eyes as he looked at me.
"Is daddy dead?" He asked me.
I shook my head looking at him. "No sweetie, daddy had other things to do so he needed to stay back and told your uncles to go on without him." I said trying not to cry from the conversation over the phone.
Who would want to kill CC? I frowned deeply trying to hold back the tears.

*Somewhere in Arizona*

A man, tied tightly onto a chair; held his head down. Blood dripped from his arms, face and chest as a smacking sound made him wince. More blood fell onto the concrete, his brown eyes full of pain as his black hair covered his eyes. A man and a woman stood next to each other, the woman had light brown hair and crystal blue eyes while the guy had long dark brown hair and blue eyes; the woman cracked the whip over the man's shoulder again.
"Have you had enough yet?" She asked him with a grin.
The man lifted his head, he spit the blood out of his mouth as he glared.
"Why are you doing this? What are you gaining out of this?" He hissed then winced feeling the whip once more.
"I'm gaining the enjoyment knowing your wife must be miserable, that everyone must be sad. If only you had stayed with me those years ago, if you had left that little bitch. We wouldn't be here." She snapped.
The man smirked softly. "I made the great decision by leaving you, unlike you. Haley isn't possessive, if we had broke up before I asked her hand in marriage, before I granted her children; before I fell in love with her. I know for a fact, she wouldn't turn into some crazy ex and hunt me down." He spat.
The woman glared softly. "I was better for you." She hissed.
The man rose a brow smiling. "Only in bed, that is another thing why I'm glad I left you. Haley doesn't have to have sex for me to know she's happy, she doesn't need my money. She just needs me, that is one of the many reasons why I fell in love with her." He said then winced after another blow.
The woman frowned.
"In three days, you will die; Christian Coma. So that way, no one will be happy. And that way.. Haley can remain miserable." She said with a laugh before walking out of the room with the man following after her.
CC sat there with wide eyes, slight fear rushed through him. He looked to the door then down at his lap, only God could help him out of this now.