One Wild Night

787  You Should Come

Lucy was already beginning to doze off when Sonia texted to let her know that Mia and Jeff had checked on Amy, and the guys with her were her cousin and his friend who just came into the country.

Why didn’t Amy simply tell her that? Lucy mused. But then again, had Amy said so, she probably wouldn’t have believed her. Having been abducted once herself, she had been scared that Amy might be in that situation but too scared for her life to come out straight and ask for help.

Before she could spend more time dwelling on it, Tom’s video call came in and she smiled as she received it, “You finally called. I had almost given up and was about to go to sleep,” Lucy said with a yawn.

“I’m sorry. I sort of lost track of time. So? What’s going on over there?” Tom asked curiously.

“Nothing much. Everyone else retired to their bedrooms a while ago and I was alone in mine waiting for my boyfriend to call but apparently he was having too much fun with his best friend to call me,” Lucy said and Tom grinned.

“That’s what happens when you choose to stay with your best friend over staying with your boyfriend,” he said and she scowled.

“Need I remind you that that best friend happens to be your soon-to-be sister in-law?”

“Need I remind you that that best friend happens to be your cousin?” Tom retorted and Lucy grinned.

“Alright. Fine. Let’s call a truce,” she said and Tom chuckled..

“That’s my smart girlfriend. She knows when to give up….”

“I didn’t give up,” Lucy cut in, and Tom chuckled.

“Alright. I give up on your behalf,” he said with a wink and she giggled.

“By the way, I called earlier to let you know that Amy is sleeping over at my apartment,” Lucy said and Tom raised a brow.

“Amy? Why?” He asked with a frown, wondering if Lucas had gotten there already and met her there.

“She got attacked at her place,” Lucy said and went on to explain the situation with Malone to Tom.

“And then Alicia called to inform me that two guys showed up there,” Lucy said and Tom resisted the urge to scowl since he knew the two guys were most likely Lucas and the companion he spoke about.

It seemed like Alicia was the neighborhood’s watchdog. Nothing seemed to get past her. As much as he liked that she looked out for Lucy, he wished she could mind her business at times.

“I was really worried about it thinking he followed her there, but Mia and Jeff went over to confirm and it turned out they were Amy’s cousin and friend who just got into the country,” Lucy explained.

Amy’s cousin indeed, Tom thought with a chuckle which he concealed behind a cough.

“Well, I’m glad she is safe. It’s a good thing she plans to go to the police tomorrow. Ask her for his photograph if she has any, and I will ask the security at the company to have him arrested if he shows his face anywhere around the company,” Tom said and Lucy smiled.

“Sure. I will do that in the morning. Thanks. Also, during dinner we all agreed to have a joint bachelor bachelorette party. I’m sure Bryan will tell you about it tomorrow,” Lucy said with a yawn and Tom smiled, pleased with the idea of spending the night with Lucy.

“Does that mean the party won’t hold on the yacht as planned?” Tom asked thoughtfully.

“It will. But it won’t be late in the night since there won’t be enough room for everyone and Sonia needs to get a good night’s rest for Saturday,” Lucy said and Tom scowled, when he realized he was still not going to spend the night with her.

“What was the reason for the change of plans?”

“We figured it would be more fun that way. We can all throw our questions at the couple and also play fun games together. It should help Sonia be more excited about her big day and remind her of her love for Bryan,” Lucy said and yawned again.

“It’s a good idea. I like it,” Tom said with approval.

“I guess we should go to bed now,” Tom said since he could see that Lucy was struggling to keep her eyes open.

“Did I wait up for this long just so we can speak for two minutes?” She asked with a scowl and Tom chuckled when she tried unsuccessfully  to stifle yet another yawn.

“I thought you were exhausted and would want to rest your head. Tomorrow and the day after is going to be very busy for you,” Tom reminded her.

“I guess you are right. Still, I don’t want to hang up just yet. So, how about you tell me how your hangout with Harry went,” Lucy said, and Tom smiled as he told her about it. Googl search Novl ꜰir.nt

“Were there ladies there? Did any look at you funny?” Lucy asked and Tom grinned.

“I didn’t notice cause I wasn’t looking at anyone,” Tom said and Lucy smiled, pleased with his response.

“That’s a very brilliant response. That’s how it ought to be,” she said with a yawn.

“You should go to bed now, love. You’re exhausted,” Tom said and Lucy shook her head.

“Tell me a story or sing me a song to put me to sleep if you want me to go to bed,” Lucy said as she adjusted her pillow.

“Alright. I will sing for you,” Tom said and went ahead to sing her a lullaby.

Halfway into it, Lucy slept off and Tom smiled as he hung up the call.

He decided to give Lucas a call to find out if he was still at Lucy’s, and to explain that he had no idea that Amy was there.

Lucas, who was having dinner with Tyler, received Tom’s call the moment it came in, “Hey! I guess you just found out Lucy was housing her secretary here,” Lucas said, guessing that was why he called.

“Yes. I’m sorry about that. I guess you’re passing the night over there?” He asked since Lucy had mentioned that Amy said they would be sleeping in the living room.

“Yes. Do you know how long Amy will be here? Or why she is here?” Lucas asked curiously.

“She got into trouble with some guy she had an unfortunate business with, so she needed a place to spend the night since he showed up at her apartment to harass her,” Tom explained innocently, not realizing that Amy had asked Lucy to keep that information away from Lucas.

“What sort of business? This has nothing to do with her best friend, does it?” Lucas asked curiously.

“Oh, yes! Lucy did mention that they asked you to be the sperm donor. I guess she didn’t give you the follow up story. Well, the guy in question happens to be the one they got for the job. But since everything fell through due to the best friend’s condition, he keeps harassing her,” Tom said and Lucas frowned.

What sort of psycho did they get involved with? And why wasn’t Amy involving the police already? He mused.

“Say hello to Lucy’s soon-to-be ex boyfriend on my behalf,” Tyler said with a wink at Lucas who grinned.

“That’s the guy that never succeeded in breaking out of Lucy’s friendzone, I suppose,” Tom asked and Lucas chuckled.

“Yeah. The friend-zone guy says hello,” Lucas said for Tyler’s benefit since it was obvious Tom had heard Tyler in the background.

“Say hello to him too. You should advise him to tread carefully in my territory and I don’t want to see his shadow anywhere close to Lucy,” Tom warned and Lucas chuckled.

“I’m afraid you will have to tell him that yourself when you see him at the wedding.”

“By the way, what are your plans for tomorrow? You don’t intend to wait until the wedding day to make your presence known, do you? Tomorrow night is the bachelor and bachelorette party. You should come,” Tom said and Lucas raised a brow.

“Are they having both parties together?”

“Yes. I will text you the details and you both can show up there,” Tom said and they hung up the call after Lucas agreed to show up at the party.

“Do you know anything about Lucy’s neighbor? I mean the lady,” Tyler asked the question he had been wanting to ask Lucas before Tom’s call came in.

“No. I don’t know the ones that came in earlier. Although their names sounded very familiar. I think they work for Bryan,” Lucas said, since he remembered their names being mentioned during Bryan and Sonia’s scandal the last time he was around.

“Why do you ask?” Lucas asked and Tyler shrugged.

“She looks very much like someone I used to know. I didn’t exactly know her directly, but she was close to a colleague of mine and I used to see her at the hospital often until I heard of her death,” Tyler said and Lucas shrugged.

“Well, people have doppelgängers all the time,” Lucas said and Tyler nodded.

“That’s true. So, what did Tom say anyway?” Tyler asked, changing the subject.

The next morning, Amy tried to move around the house as stealthily as she could so as not to rouse Lucas and Tyler who were fast asleep in the living room. She wanted to be long gone before they wake up.

As she stepped out of the bedroom, ready to return to her apartment so she could go get ready for work, she was startled to see Lucas seated on the couch like he was waiting for her.

“Good morning. Did you rest well?” Lucas asked and she tried to hide her displeasure as she flashed him a smile.

“Good morning. Why are you up already?” She asked and he shrugged.

“I was waiting up for you. I thought you might want to leave very early in the morning so I wanted us to talk first,” Lucas said and her frown deepened.

She had not expected him to admit that and neither had she expected him to wait up for her.

“What do you want to talk about?” She asked, and he shrugged.

“A number of things. But first, why don’t I drive you home?” He offered and she shook her head.

“No, you don’t have to….”

“If Lucy knew I were here, she would have wanted me to do that considering how worried she must have been to send the neighbors over,” Lucas said but Amy shook her head.

“You should get some rest. You really don’t have to go to such lengths for my sake,” she assured him.

“I’m aware that I don’t have to. But I want to. And I will give you my reasons. One, I want us to talk on the way so I can save your time. I’m sure you don’t want to be late for work. Two, you are not properly dressed to step out and I doubt you have any money on you for a cab. I don’t believe that anyone who would leave their apartment dressed this way remembered to take money along. And finally, I don’t buy your story about a flood or whatever you said it was. My conscience won’t let me be if I don’t go with you and make sure it’s safe. I tend to worry about others a lot. It’s my major flaw,” Lucas explained and even though Amy wanted to argue some more, she decided not to.

She had planned to go ask Mia to lend her some money to take a cab, but having Lucas offer to drive, seemed like a better option even though she didn’t want to be alone with him.

“Alright. Let’s go,” Amy said after staring at him on silence for some time.

“I will get the car key and then we can leave,” Lucas said as he went into Lucy’s bedroom to get the key from the spot he knew she usually kept it.

Lucas didn’t bother to disturb Tyler’s sleep since he had a fair idea on how exhausted Tyler was.