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When he still hadn't answered his cell in ten minutes, I called. My call went right to voicemail.
That wasn't good.
I checked through my contacts and found Dana's cell number and called her. She answered on the third ring.
"Hey, Alexa," she said and sounded happy but tired. "How are you, soon-to-be sis-in-law?"
"I'm fine, future sis, how are you?"
"Good," she said, and I heard little James crying. "Just giving my little one a bottle. Your fiancé just left me about fifteen minutes ago, so I imagine he'll be home soon."
"Oh, good. I was calling because he didn't answer his phone or texts and I was worried."
"Because of that Blaine creep?" she asked.
"Yes, because of Blaine the Creep. I hope he had a bodyguard with him tonight."
"I have no idea," she said. "I know he had a limo drop him off. I'm sure he'll be home soon."
"How are you doing? How's little James?
"Perfect, if a little sleepy. But that's part of the package, so I sleep whenever I can."
"Good," I said. "I'll pop by and see you on the weekend."
"I can't wait!"
We said goodbye and then I sat there for a moment, wondering when Luke would arrive home and why he hadn't texted me. It was unnerving.
For another half an hour, I moved between my laptop sitting on the desk to my cell when I sat on the sofa, trying to distract myself but keeping an eye on my text messages in case Luke contacted me. He still hadn't responded to me after an hour had passed and I had it.
I called the limo service. The dispatcher answered and wouldn't say anything about Luke's whereabouts.
"I'm sorry, Ma'am, but we're unable to confirm the location of our clients. It's against our privacy policy."
"But he and I are part of the same contract."
"Yes, but our contract is with Mr. Marshall."
"Can you at least tell me if his limo driver is back?"
"Unfortunately, no I can't."
I ended the call, frustrated with my inability to find out where Luke was.
ALEXA: Luke, please respond to me. I'm so worried about you.
Nothing.
Finally, at about ten o'clock at night, I got a text.
From Luke's lawyer, Peter Moran.
P.M. MORAN, ESQ.: Hello, Alexa. I'm Luke's attorney. Luke asked me to text you and let you know that he's been arrested and is currently in the jail awaiting his preliminary hearing for disorderly conduct. He got into a fight with his brother-in-law Eric and both of the men were arrested and taken into custody. His hearing should be in the morning at 11:00. I expect he'll be released on bail soon after.
ALEXA: Oh, my God, is he okay? What happened?
P.M. MORAN, ESQ.: Details are still sketchy, but I spoke with Luke and apparently, police are pressing charges against both Eric and Luke, so they are both being held awaiting their hearings. I expect charges to be dropped against both of them, given the circumstances, and if not, both will be charged with a misdemeanor disorderly conduct and fined. Apparently, both men were shouting threats to each other before the first punch was thrown on the street outside of the Lowell Hotel.
