Chapter 136 - Our Baby!

As Adam was taken away from the stadium, a certain someone was already up to his nefarious tricks. With no compassion in his heart, he was already planning to use this opportunity to drive a wedge between Alice and Adam. 

Lucas Ivy firmly believed that Adam Parry was not worth a woman like Alice Faye. To add to this belief he had just learnt that Adam had no idea of what his wife had suffered. In his own twisted way, he thought that this was a sign from fates. If Alice had carried Adam's baby, their relation would have become even stronger and impossible to break. But now that had been cut off. 

Then to add to this was when Alice needed Adam most, when it was time for them to grieve together and overcome this hurdle, Adam had no idea what he had lost. Yes. It wasn't too late but he would make sure that Adam was too late by the time he returned from the show.

Lucas could hardly believe his luck that he had decided to go to the practice this morning. He had been able to get such valuable information. Reaching back the hotel, Lucas Ivy picked up the bouquet of white rose flowers and handed it at the reception. "Please deliver these to Mr. Adam Perry's room."

He smiled at the thought of her being grateful for the token of sympathy and he attached a note saying," Stay Healthy. You can have more children in the future.." He planned to ask her out for lunch to cheer her up, so that she would be able to share her pain. And then when she had recovered he would slowly plant the idea in her head of being unreliable. 

But the best laid plans will go awry. In his eagerness and excitement of getting Alice to comply with him, he forgot that Alice was not the woman he thought she was. The biggest reason he was attracted to Alice Faye was because she did what she wanted with no regards for the world. And her iciness is what attracted him. But Lucas Ivy had not witnessed the real Alice. The one who had a heart that was softer then butter. Whistling softly, he watched the concierge take the bouquet and go while he went to the lounge to await her phone call. But instead of receiving his phone call, he received another phone call that made his ears smoke. 

Apollo and K had a small accident on stage. We had to send K to the hospital to get an XRay. He won't be able to perform this evening."

"How and which hospital was he taken to?"

As Lucas listened to the details, he swore a bit before he walked back out of the hotel. It had to be a plan. Those boys were all too loyal to each other and they must have done something to give some hints to K.

As K flagged a cab from near the stadium, there was worry eating at him. What could have happened to Alice that all of them had gone to such lengths. He thought back to their talk from an hour ago. Yes. They had all worn disturbed expressions but he had assumed that it was because of  the news. However they wouldn't have done something so drastic because of that. They had even convinced the medics to do this then it was not something as trivial as a piece of news. But last night when he had gone back, she had been sleeping soundly.

As the scene from last night played in his mind, he froze in shock. No.. she had been sleeping but she had been covered from head to toe. And she never did that.. unless she wanted to be shrouded in darkness. Dam* it! He had been so preoccupied with himself and his anger, he had failed to notice the most important sign. Even when his instinct had screamed at him when he had closed the door behind him, ignoring it, he had been submerged in his own discomfort. He committed the most foolish thing in the relationship. 

The last time, he had made her promise him that she would not run away and they would talk it out. But he had done the same.

As Lucas Ivy left the hotel, Adam entered the place and ran straight to the elevators without even pausing to look around. His sense of urgency was increasing by the minute. At the door, he saw a hotel staff knocking incessantly. The person stepped back when Adam reached the door and extended the bouquet of roses to him, "Sir, this is sent to your wife but she is not opening.."

Adam stared at the bouquet and asked coldly," Who sent it?"

"Sir, Mr. Lucas Ivy.."

"Place them there." He pointed to the door's side.

Once the staff had stepped back and walked into the room using his key card. Looking around, he noticed that the duvet had been thrown aside but Alice was nowhere to be seen..

"Alice?"

"Al?"

A cold feeling of oppression surrounded him as he feared that she had gone away without letting him know what had happened. Walking to the washroom, he tried to open the door and realized it was locked from inside. Knocking hard, he once again called out," Al? Alice? Babe?"

The silence from inside continued and Adam was contemplating breaking open the door when he heard a small click. Hurriedly, he pushed open the door and rushed inside looking for what he did not know. What he did not expect was to find Alice standing in front of the mirror applying makeup. 

Their gazes met for a minute before she looked down and slowly dabbed the lip gloss on her lips. But that one gaze was enough to let him know that she was not well..

Walking to her, he pulled her into his arms and hugged her tightly." What happened, Alice?"

Alice placed his arms at his waist. A light touch and then stepped back. Turning back to the mirror, she looked down and searched for something to do with her hands and said," Something did happen but you don't know? The guys did not tell you? And what are you doing here? You should be at the stadium. I was just preparing to come there.."

When Adam had returned last night, she had actually been awake but when he had left instead of coming to her, she had realized that she was being silly. She had yearned for him to hold her and to apologize to him for her carelessness but when he had left.. she had felt shattered. She had no idea how to handle herself as the darkness and quietness had threatened to swallow her whole. Finally, she had decided to handle the grief the way she handled everything else. She would be practical and bury this as is. It was why she had decided to dress up and go for Adam's concert. But now he was here and he had hugged her. That single hug had almost broken her down and she realized that she was still not strong enough..

Without a word, Adam turned her back to face him. Looking down, he pulled a make up removal wipe, held her face with one hand and wiped it clean with the other. Under the glossy and shiny makeup, her face was as white as snow while the eye bags under her eyes would put a panda to shame.  "Is this what you call alright, babe? Alice! I know I have been a dumba** these past two days but don't do this to yourself. I can see that you are hurting, really badly. And I want to know what happened that made you like this again."

Shaking her head, the tears that she had stopped so forcefully broke free again and she started to tremble in his arms. The trembling troubled him even more and he hugged her tighter, asking," Alice. babe.. You are scaring me.. Did something happen to grandma? Do you need to go back?"

Without having to even say anything, Adam understood whatever the reason for her suffering had to be close to her heart. And something earth shattering. This Alice was even more broken hearted than the one he had met on the new year's eve. But when she finally did break down and tell him, Adam could not have even imagined the bomb.. Her heart breaking sobs were breaking him inside so that the distorted words took time to register.

"Adam...I am sorry... I am sorry... I lost our baby.. I didn't know.. If only I had known..."

He had just begun to scowl about the sorry and untoward thoughts seemed to come to his mind but the next words wiped all that out...

Our baby...

What baby? Their baby? How? When? 

Holding her by the shoulders, he asked in a shaky voice," Alice? Our baby?"