A Gym Love Story (Completed)

19 - Joe Manganiello

I'm with Dassah at her doctor's appointment she's five months along already and we're having a baby girl. After her appointment did we drove to the airport as we head on out to New York. I have lots of piled up work in the Big Apple. Dassah and Bella are working with Claire on a line of lingerie were the proceeds go to the "cupcakes for kids with cancer". Claire thought it a great idea and got their legal department to do it tax-free. So my wife and her kid sister are very busy getting all the details sorted.

Our anniversary wedding is crawling closer and everything is all ready to go we are only a week out from the event. Waylyn the slimy weasel is still on the streets he is even worst then Roberto slipping through our fingers everytime we think we got him. He left me a few threatening letters of killing Dassah just to get to me. So I double Dassah's guard detail.

She wanted to protest a few times that it is getting too much for us to move around the city and have like five extra pairs of hands on deck. I even got our cars armor-plated for everyone's safety. I'm in a meeting but I can't concentrate properly so I take recordings of the meetings to listen to it tonight. I look at my watch as our financial meet feels like it will never end.

It is one PM, and we are finally done. Everyone left my office and I got back to my desk to work through my emails and start listening to the four recordings of this mornings meetings. I look out to the waiting area when I saw Dassah as everyone fuss around her. Bianca hand Dassah a glass of sugar water. I got up and jogged over to her. My security all look rattled.

'Dassah, baby what happened? What is going on?' I kneeled cupping her face and her face is bleeding. Why is she hurt?

'Someone rammed us from behind on our way home. Over and over and then to make it worse he drove around and slammed into us from the passenger side.' Dassah spoke as she is shaking so bad. I clench my jaw as I heard Hadassah's story. I looked at Andrew and Charlie and they look just as rattled as my precious wife.

'Charlie are you okay?' I asked and he is clearly not. Andrew turned his attention to his partner and caught him as Charlie falls to the floor.

'Charlie's side took the most punishment. He did, however, get a few shots off at the car ramming us.' Dassah spoke up.

'Call 911!' My staff ran off and got the ambulance here for Charlie.

'Hang on Charlie we're getting you help.'

'Did he shoot at anything?'

'A couple of shots through the other cars door panels. The second the fourth bullet gone through the door the other car sharply turned off into a side road and raced off. We were all driving home from our meeting with Claire.'

'Love are you hurt other than the cut on your face?'

'No. Not that I can tell.'

'I don't want to leave it up to chance I'm taking you to the hospital.' I got up kissing her hair. The police and ambulance arrived they took Charlie and Dassah away and my security gave their statements to the police and what happened. The police chief himself put out a call for a manhunt to catch Waylyn as I gave the police the original death threats we got. I have several copies for my own records.

After we were done with the police Zach and Greg raced me to the hospital to be with Dassah. We got there and I ran into the ER, the doctor just finished giving a few stitches on her hairline so minimal scarring. Next up is they got an OB-gyn down here and she is making sure our baby girl is fine in 3D and ultrasound.

'Is our baby okay doctor?' Dassah asked after a few minutes. I held her hand and she's so cold from the shock.

'The babies heartbeat is under stress and we will have to admit you, Mrs. Manganiello, to keep an eye on you and the baby overnight. From what I gather you guys were pretty lucky to get out of such an evil attack alive.'