Practically Daddy [COMPLETE]

Chapter 36

I woke up with Cannoli and Biscotti next to me. I snuggled with them for a while and finally got the energy to get up.

"Good morning, babe" Joe said to me.

I fake grinned and sat on the couch. Bessy put Milana on my lap and she started playing with my face. She was the reason I found out about Sal. Joe put leashes on Cannoli and Biscotti and told me to walk with him.

"When was the last time you fucking said a word?" Joe asked.

I gave him a dirty look and shrugged.

"I'm sorry, that was a little mean. When was the last time you talked?" Joe said.

I looked down at the sidewalk and frowned. The last time I talked was a while ago. Joe's phone started to ring.

"Hey, Sal" Joe said, picking up his phone.

"How is she?" Sal asked.

Like he cares.

"She's fine. I'm walking with her right now" Joe said.

"Okay. I'll be in Long Island to film in about ten minutes" Sal said.

"Alright, I'll get going now" Joe said, turning off his phone.

Joe took the dogs back home. I went into his car and he started driving to set.

"Will this cheer you up?" Joe smiled at me.

His Periscope was open, titled "Traffic Cam With Jo." I turned and looked out the window.

"Hey, guys. It's time for Traffic Cam, it's time for Traffic Cam" he clapped.

The Traffic Cam seemed like hours long, but it was only five minutes. To think, I was on the other side of this just a few months ago, wanting to be on a Traffic Cam or asking Joe questions. Now, I'm actually with him.

"Okay y'all. I'm here. Love you" Joe said. He ended the Periscope.

We got to the place they were filming. During filming, the guys left for lunch a few blocks away. I went outside of the place to get a better connection on my phone. I held my phone up to the sky, but a man dressed in all black ran past me and grabbed my phone. He came back behind me, picked me up and threw me in his trunk. My arm was still sore, so I couldn't fight him off. It was dark in the trunk. I started to tear up a little bit. Was he going to kill me? Will I be able to go to college?

The car stopped about an hour after I got thrown in the trunk. The man with the mask picked me up and took me to into a house. He took me down the stairs. My voice was lost since I haven't talked, so I couldn't scream. The guy took off his mask.

"You're going to pay for what you did to my son" he said.

I gave him a confused look.

"Don't act confused, you little bitch" he said.

I really didn't know what he was talking about.

"Leo. You made him kill himself. Karma's a bitch" he said. He took a gun out of his pocket.

I got up and tried to run, but he caught me and threw me back on the couch. He pointed the gun at me, when I heard sirens outside. I really hope the police came here for me. I heard the door fall down upstairs. That was definitely the police. They were coming down the stairs. Leo's dad looked at them and shot at me. He missed, but the police didn't. They shot him. Sal, then Murr, than Q, then Joe came running down the stairs. They all came and hugged me. Later, I wrote everything that happened down to give to the police. In the car ride home, I started to wonder how they knew where I was.

"Do you know how I knew where you were?" Sal asked.

I shrugged. I was still mad at him.

"Did you think that when we film we don't have cameras everywhere? Q played back the footage and started to follow the car" Sal said.

I nodded and looked out the window.

"There was an amber alert for you" he smiled.

I smirked back a little and turned my head again. Then, he handed me my phone with a cute smile. I nodded and then grinned.

"It was scary. I thought I lost you. If we were a second late, I wouldn't have you anymore" Sal said.

Wrong. He doesn't have me. I'm not his. He probably just had to come get me because otherwise he'd be in trouble.

A few days later, I woke up to another message on my phone. I will be starting school on April 4th! That's in exactly a week from now. I took the results and the rest of the stuff the University gave me from under the bed. I put it in another hiding place, which was in my closet.

I went to New Jersey with the guys today. I decided to go shopping for some more clothes for college. The guys were filming and I bought a few flannels, sweatshirts, tank tops, and shorts. I can't wait to be free! Once I was done shopping, I went back to their filming spot. It was Murr's turn. We waited for Murr to finish, and then went home.

It was a hectic day, so I fell asleep right away. I can't believe I'm supposed to be dead right now. This was the worst part: the last word I said was "shot," and I was almost shot today.