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Rebecca and I managed to make our way into Chloe's hospital room and she was still out cold with a breathing mask around her mouth. I approached Joe, who was standing at the bedside with his head lowering in defeat.

"Hey man. We're here for you, alright?" I said, pressing my hand against Joe's shoulder in attempt to comfort him.

"Thanks, Colby." He replied, looking towards my wife, "And thank you too, Rebecca."

"It's no problem, Joe. We know how much you love her and we've never seen you love a woman so much. Not even Galina."

"Of course. Chloe's never treated me poorly or only loved me for my money. She treats me with the utmost respect and makes me the happiest man alive."

"And that's all that matters."

After a moment passed, Emma made her way into the room and had a tumbler of coffee in her hand; looking exhausted in the face.

"How is she, Joe?"

"I don't know. All I know is that she's out cold and it's uncertain about how long it'll take for her to wake up."

"I hope she's gonna pull through like the doctor said. I don't like seeing her like this, Joe..."

"I don't either." My voice deepened with sadness, "I love her so much and I've never felt this connection with a woman before."

Before I could look back at Joe, I could see the tears welling-up in his eyes and he was trying his hardest not to cry in front of us as he pinched the bridge of his nose.

"I need a minute, guys."

"Sure, man."

We all walked out for awhile and gave Joe some space for a moment with Chloe.

Joe
Everyone understood that I needed some space in order to speak with Chloe. I wondered to myself if she could hear me although she's out cold from the medicine they've given her.

"Chloe, I..." I sighed, "I love you so damn much and you're truly a fighter. I don't know why you saved me when you have a whole modeling career ahead of you. I hate seeing you like this. You almost died on me and to tell you the truth, I couldn't live without you. I wanna wife you up someday and start a family with you."

Although nobody was in sight, I knelt down to the ground and started breaking down into tears. Chloe was the only woman that I've ever truly loved and I was anxious about whether or not she was going to be alright.

After a few minutes had passed, I forced myself to stop crying and took a few deep breaths and would exhale slowly.

"I need some good news for once."

Emma
I walked into the dining area with Colby and Rebecca and took a seat with them at the tables while getting some food.

"Aren't you worried a little about Joe?" I asked.

"I am. I know he's a strong man but with his girl laying in a hospital bed, I know it's getting to him pretty hard." Colby replied.

I nodded, "Yeah. Not to mention that divorce Joe went through lately."

"It's horrible, man. He was going through an abusive relationship with Galina in the past and because he wanted to divorce her, she was pissed off from what Joe told me awhile back."

"And suddenly a hitman tried to..." We all said at the same time and paused.

"Wait. You don't think she's behind this, do you?" I asked.

"I have a feeling she was. Why else would she have both of them targeted? TMZ must've somehow caught a photo of them and she somehow found out since she's behind bars?" Said Rebecca.

"My best friend is in the hospital because of that bitch? Let me fuck her up!"

"Look, all we know is that she's in prison and I don't know how she could possibly hire a hitman to take Joe and Chloe out, but..." Colby paused.

"I think we need to tell Joe about this."

"Yeah, we should. Let's go see him."

Joe
I was worried sick about Chloe the entire time. I stood at her bedside in hopes that she would finally wake up, but there was no progress so far. She remained laying down in the hospital bed and was still breathing normally; although she was still in the same shape as before.

After getting my composure, Emma, Colby and Rebecca all walked in together at the same time with an uneasy facial expression.

"Um Joe, we need to talk to you." Colby said, nervously scratching his beard.

"Sure, man. What's going on?"

"We think we may know who was behind the entire hitman ordeal." Said Emma.

"Who?" I cocked an eyebrow.

"Your ex-wife, Galina."

"Nah, there's no way..." I paused and remembered how calm she was when I finalized the divorce and focused on myself. "You think so?"

"Yeah. We put two and two together and realized that it was possibly her because she hated the fact you both divorced. How she knows about Chloe? I don't know."

"Should we file a report to the police?"

"We need to. But you'd have to come with us." Rebecca replied.

I deeply sighed, "Alright."

We all gathered our things and made our way to the Pensacola Police Department. I hated having to leave Chloe at the hospital, but I knew that she was in good hands with the doctor.

After arriving to the Police Department, we walked inside and went over to the main office.

"Hello, how may we help you?"

"My name's Joe Anoa'i and I'm looking to see if there's a Galina Becker in the facility?"

"Oh yeah. I remember her name." The receptor paused and allowed a small sigh to escape from his mouth, "About that. She actually escaped and we're looking for her whereabouts. All we know is that she escaped with a man named Joshua Vale."

"What?" Emma and I said in sync.

"We've been on the hunt for them for ages but they're nowhere to be found. If you manage to find them both, please inform us."

I nodded and stormed out of the Police Department with anger.

"That motherfucker!"

"What's wrong, Joe?" Rebecca asked.

"If it's the Joshua I know, then they're both dead. You hear me?"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Don't tell me you're plotting to kill your ex-wife?"

"I want to, but I can't. If it's Chloe's ex-boyfriend, Joshua, that's with Galina, I'll kill that bastard with my own two hands."

"Calm down, Joe. We gotta figure out what's going on. Wasn't Josh in Toronto with Chloe?"

"Yeah, but it wouldn't kill to call their Police Department."

After dialing the number, they picked up almost immediately.

"Toronto Police Department. How may we help you?"

"Yeah, my name is Joe Anoa'i and I'm wondering if there's a Joshua located in the facility?"

"I'm sorry, but there isn't. Our prison is full so we moved them out to other prisons. I believe we located him in the Pensacola Police Department just a month or two ago."

"Thanks."

I hung up the phone and I started to huff in anger.

"That bastard is with my ex-wife and they did this to Chloe!"

I was close to punching the inside of Colby's vehicle and held back. I was enraged after putting two and two together and I wasn't going to stop until something happened to them both.

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