Rock Star: The Deal (Book 3 of a Bad Boy Romance) by Kate Ward Read Free Book Online Page A

and covered my mouth with a rag. The smell was harsh. I began to fade. It was chloroform.
    “No. Please,” I mumbled.
    Then everything went black.

Chapter 6
    I tossed the bottle of bourbon at the wall.
    When the police showed up and mentioned the word “kidnapped” I couldn’t believe it. I thought this was all a big joke. That any minute now she was going to jump out and tell me that she had set this up.
    But this was no game.
    “It’s OK. Settle down, Chase. I’m sure she’ll be returned soon, once we find out what they want,” Mia said.
    “It’s not whether she will be returned. I am worried about what they are going to do with her while they have her.”
    There had only been a few times in my career that I had come close to being kidnapped by a crazed fan. And I don’t think they had any intention of holding me hostage. They were just lunatics that needed to be close. The first time was when they had broken into my house in Santa Barbara. I wasn’t home that time. But security found her. She had been in there for days. The day they caught her, she had taken a bath and was curled up inside my bed.
    A restraining order had been placed on that one. She did some time for breaking and entry. The other time was when the fan had made it backstage and into my dressing room. She had actually managed to keep security out by locking the door. She had a gun on her that time. She was a complete nutcase. She wanted me to marry her. I had to talk her out of it. Pretend that I was in love with her — for fifty minutes. Finally once she lowered the gun I had hit that bitch with a flowerpot. Knocked her out and let security in. She was hauled away and did time again.
    I had to wonder if the same woman was behind this? It was no mystery that the media had painted Meghan and me as having a relationship. Had it come to her attention? Of course it had. She had to be the one behind this.
    I gave all the information to the police. I wanted to cancel what remaining shows were left. Mia had had been vehemently against it. She wanted me to keep going out there and playing. Luke and I could still play. There was no need for Meghan. The show must go on.
    “The hell it does.”
    “Chase. Listen to reason. There isn’t anything you can do by canceling these shows. This is your comeback. Don’t screw it up. Plus if you don’t play, I have no idea what the suits are going to say about that.”
    “Screw the suits. This is a woman’s life we are talking about here.”
    “I know. I want her back as much as you.”
    “Do you? Really? I kind of find that hard to believe.”
    Her eyes widened.
    “What do you think of me?”
    “I don’t know lately, Mia. You have pulled some crazy stunts in the past. Pushed me to keep playing when I shouldn’t have. All for what? The mighty green dollar.”
    “Listen, Chase. The cops are on this now. Let them do their job and you keep playing. Give the audience what they want. It’s only fair to Luke. One or two more shows and I’m sure they will find her.”
    “I can’t do it.”
    “You are going to have to.”
    “Why?”

    * * *
    I was still curled up inside the car when I came to. I faded in and out of consciousness.
    My head was hurting. I was sure they had hit me a few times. My lip felt swollen and there was dried blood on my hand. Light came in through the hole in the taillight. It was nearly dawn.
    What I noticed was that we were not moving. I could hear my kidnappers outside of the car talking. They were eating. The sound of wrappers and munching could be heard.
    The trunk opened and light flooded in, stinging my eyes. The tossed several things at me, before slamming the lid. A Big Mac, a juice and an empty bottle.
    “What the hell is this?”
    “Pee in it.”
    “You’ve got to be joking. I’m not a man.”
    “Pee in it or pee in your pants,” the woman said.
    “Let me out.”
    “Listen, I’m doing you a favor. He didn’t want to even give you any food. Now if you don’t