The next four or five days I only saw Matthew at night. He would have all his meals sent to the office work room. I would usually go to bed before he came to bed and get up after he was gone. In bed at night I noticed his muscles getting bigger, so he must have been doing a lot of rowing. When he came to bed he would pull me over so I was laying next to him and my head would be on his chest. He would wake me something after four am for this really wonderful love making. Afterwards again he would pull me over to sleep next to him. I think he only stayed in bed another half hour and then got up. I missed going swimming with him and the hot tub. I generally missed him all day. His mother, last time he had to work said, “you have to put it out of your mind and keep busy until he finishes his work.” She was right. Then again he came to dinner and said he wanted to have dinner with me because he had to catch a plane for work. After dinner we went to our room and he got his things. I kissed him bye and he went out Amy’s door because he had locked up the office. I missed him the minute I kissed him bye. I turned to Amy and said, “Let’s go see if there is something on the tv to watch to take my mind off of him leaving.” So we went to the living room and the people there had just started a really good movie but it was hard to keep my mind on it.
The next the day when we went down to breakfast I asked Amy to talk to the cook. To tell him about the 100 grams of protein and other diet requirements I needed to meet. He told Amy and I he would like to add protein smoothies to my diet and that is what Matthew had been requesting the last week. Amy and I thought that would be great. I wanted to go to the gym everyday and get really healthy so when Matthew came back he could see I was really trying to that care of me and the baby. Cindy was back and she was going to spend most of the day with me so Amy could get some sleep.
The next morning I woke up a little after four. I was missing Matthew and his morning kisses. I looked over and saw Amy sitting in the chair watching me. I smiled at her and then went back to sleep. Matthew’s mom started hanging out with me a lot more. Going swimming, to the gym, the hot tub, the library and watching movies with me. I think she didn’t want me to be lonely but, also I think she missed Matthew and it was helping her too.
The first week I tried really hard to keep the fact that he was at work and thought it would better the second week but it wasn’t. When the second week rolled around I was thinking he didn’t say how long he would be gone. So you need to stop this. I was being really careful what I ate and even had to increase the weights on the machines in the gym. I knew Matthew would be really happy to hear that when he got back.
A couple of days latter the woman Matthew brought back last time he worked came and sat down next to me in the living room. She said, ” My name is Daniela and Matthew picked me and the boys up in South America. He give me the opportunity to get my boys out of Venezuela. I said, “You came from Venezuela?” Daniela said, “yes, I was born there, grew up there and had my boys in Honduras. It’s a really bad place to live. Full of crime with cartels and drugs.” I said, ” You speak very good English. Did your parents speak English?” Daniela said, “My mom spoke Spanish but had picked up English, so she taught me Spanish and English. She cleaned for people and I help her. I leaned German, French, Portuguese and Italian from people we took care of. I didn’t go to school but learning these languages has helped me get jobs to support my kids since their dad die. A lot of kids don’t make it to their teens there but now that we are here my kids have a chance to grow up. I am so grateful to your husband. What I came to tell you is Steve went with Matt because he wanted to earn more money so we could get married. And of course learn from Matt because he is the best at what he does.” I looked at her and said, “What is that?” She looked puzzled and replied, “Extraction.” I thought that is true but he is also good at kidnapping. I didn’t say anything just listened. Steve just called and said the guy they were looking for was moved and now they are looking for him. So he didn’t want me to worried everything was great. I said, “Do you know who the are looking for?” She said, ” Steve said he didn’t have much time but some computer hacker was grabbed by the Russians from the FBI. It seems the FBI sent a team to get him but the team never returned so that is when they called Matt. He said it might take them a while to find out where they moved him and hung up.” I said, “This hacker must be good or I don’t think the Russians would have grabbed him.” She said, “I have to go see about my boys but I hope we get to talk again about something more pleasant.” She got up and left. I felt better on one hand to know everything was fine but not on another because I didn’t know when they would be back.
I tried hard at keeping healthy. I would check the readings with Amy. I would spend more time in the gym. Healthy was my main focus.
A couple nights later I woke from a sound sleep. I looked a Amy and said, “Do you hear that?” She listened and then said, “I don’t hear anything.” I when back to sleep to wake up an hour later and ask her again do you you hear that? She listened again and then said, “No, what does it sound like?” I replied, “I think it is someone praying.” She got up, opened the doors to her room and peaked at Cindy. Cindy was sound asleep. She quietly shut the doors and said, “Cindy is sound asleep and I don’t hear anything. Its not a buzzing or something like that?” I replied, “No, its sounds like a man praying.” She said, “That’s really strange. Is that what woke you up both times?” I said, “Yes.” Amy then picked up my journal and said she was going to note it in the book. I shut my eyes but couldn’t go back to sleep. I kept hearing it. I wondered what if it was Matthew? It didn’t sound like Matthew. What it was Steve and Matthew was dead? I sat up in bed. Amy wanted to know If I was ok? I said, “I’m fine. I just want to know why I am hearing a man praying and who it is? Amy asked if I wanted a sleeping pill and I told her no. I closed my eyes and listened. I jumped. I ended up in this dark dungeon like room with a guy sitting on the floor chained to a block wall. He was wearing a suit. He had been beaten and was dirty and bloody. I looked down and thanked Matthew for making me wear pajamas. I went up to the man and he was the one praying. I pulled the big nail out of the wall and separated the handcuff and chain from it. I then pulled him to his feet and put one arm over my should and I put one arm around his waist. I said, “Ok, I don’t know why I am here but lets get out of here.” I jumped and landed outside far away from the building. There was a car there and I instinctively knew it was Matthew’s. I open the back door and put the man in back seat. I ask how he was doing and he said not good put he thought he would be ok. I had him lay down and rest. Someone would be here soon to help him and he didn’t have to worry. I shut the door and jumped. I opened my eyes and I was standing in my room next to the bed. Amy looked at me with this shocked look. Amy said, “Where did you go?” I replied, “I don’t know but there was this man chained in a basement and I took him out of the basement and put him in a car. He had been beaten and was the one who was praying for his life. Amy said, “There is dirt and blood on your pj’s.” I replied, “I see that?” Amy said, “I want to take a blood test, change your clothes and take all you vitals. How do you feel? I replied, “I feel fine. I even feel better now because I am not hearing that man praying for his life.” So Amy went into nursing mode. Taking blood, blood pressure and even weight when I took my clothes off. I did a pee test, got clean pj’s on and went back to bed. Amy asked, “How do you feel and do you need a sleeping pill?” I said, “I feel fine.” I then looked at her and said, “Do you have to tell Matthew?” Amy said, “You know I do.” I said, “Oh, shit. I don’t think he is going to be happy with me and I have been trying to do everything right since he has been gone. I didn’t really do it on purpose. I was worried it was Matthew or one of his team.” Amy said, “Was it?” I replied, “No, but it was someone who was in real trouble.” Amy tucking me back in bed said, “I wouldn’t worry. Matt loves you very much. He will understand. Now go to sleep and get lots of rest.” Amy called and had someone come up and pick up the blood and pee to get to he lab right away. She went back to writing in my journal and I fell asleep.