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that deep. It took her months to repair the damage.  Then the baby.
    She curled herself into a ball and cried, recalling the pain that she felt in her lower stomach.  She pressed on to work, remembering the fear in the eyes of her school kids as her legs gave out and she hit the floor.  Having emergency surgery.  It seemed that Vic was finding subtle ways to kill her.  Inside she knew that this happened to women every day, but it just fueled the hate she had for him.  His baby nearly ripped her apart. Vic took her heart and took the option of having children.
    The news was devastating.  She hadn't even known she was pregnant, and then finding out that she was and that she may never have children was just another act of cruelty from the man that she thought she would love for the rest of her life.
    His words, "I'm trying."  Ran through her head before she closed her eyes and fell asleep.
                               
    "What the hell do you mean she's gone?"  I had a fist full of Drew's shirt.
    The big man just put his head down and shrugged.  "Mel and I got back and she was gone."
    "It's not his fault. I was here with her and then she vanished. I don't know," Ryan said with his hands out.
    I turned his attention back to my brother.  "Damn, Ryan your only job was to sit here and you couldn't do that."
    Stone leaned against the entrance to the kitchen.  "She probably heard Mel talking mess about her and she bolted."  Ryan pointed at Melissa.
    "Don't turn this on me.  Your girlfriend just about got me killed."  Melissa shot back.
    "What the hell is going on?"  I said eyeing everyone in the room.
    "I was hoping that you all would tell me."  Stone pushed off the wall and walked into the kitchen. "There is something that this girl isn't telling all of you. "   They all turned and looked at him.  "Now don't let me be the one to get in between a family quarrel.  If anything turns up, let me know, and I will do the same.  I will get an APB out on Ms. Irvine, but do yourselves a favor and sit tight." 
    I heard the detective curse as he walked out of my house for the umpteenth time today.  Where the hell could she be?
    Melissa put her hand on my shoulder.  "Look, Vic I'm sorry.  I was just scared is all.  I didn't mean for her to hear us--"
    "You mean you!"  Ryan shouted.  "You can be such a kid sometimes.  Everything has to be all about you."  Ryan looked over to me.  "Tony is a good person. No one deserves what happened to her."
    Covering up a yawn, Drew said, "Look we are all tired.  This is personal for some of us."  Looking over to Melissa who narrowed her eyes at him.  "Being at each other's throats is not helping Tonya.  Vic do you have any idea where she would go?"
    Maybe five years ago I would have some sort of clue.  I shook my head.  "Heaven only knows right now."
    Pinching the bridge of her nose and closing her eyes.  "I'll check her credit and debit cards.  She couldn't have gotten that far."
    "Hell, we don't know how long she's been gone."  Ryan gave Melissa a cold look that she tried to ignore.
    The three sat in the kitchen not saying a word.  Just the sound of Melissa pounding the keyboard.  "She's at the Worthington.  Looks like she just ordered some food."
    I didn't want to show my excitement.  "Ryan and I will go and get her.  Drew, Melissa, you two stay here and do what you do best."
    "What?  Me working and Drew watching?"
    Ryan put on his seatbelt.  "What if she doesn't want to come back?  Vic, maybe she wants to sort this thing out on her own. You can't force her."
    I'd thought of that and a ton of different scenarios ran across my mind every which a way by the time we got in the car.  What if she didn't want to come back?  Ryan was right. I couldn't just pull her out of the hotel by her hair.  "I guess if she doesn't want to come with us. We’ll have to stay with her."
    "Come on."
    "That's all I got.  Someone wants to kill her and