Chapter Twenty Nine

My life felt a little more solidified, as I left Dot at the hospital with big Tony, he was one of our security team standing watch. any danger he knew to get her outta there and after meeting the working staff, he knew who could enter dots room and who couldn't, so Peace reigned and with a calm air flowing over my body I hailed a cab to the police station. Dot was right, the cops needed to be told of the latest and most serious threats.

As the cab pulled up kerbside I got in, and asked for the nearest cop station. Nodding his head and answering "yes sir" we were on the way.

At the cop station, I made them aware of the latest threat, and spoke to my lawyer too, Leaving the station I called Richie, "Hey.."
"hey yourself Jon, you ok?"
"Think so, had a moment there, but think its ok now, ... listen you free?"
"not  right this minute no, but I can be for you, what's up?"
"Can you meet me in the hotel bar, say in half and hour?"
"Sure, you wanna speak about it now?"
"No, laters fine, ..."
" ok, see ya then.."
He hung up and I walked into the lobby of the hotel and made to head to the bar. "Mr Bongiovi.."
I spun round hearing my name,  and came face to face with Antonia's mother.
My face spoke a thousand words, as with her next sentence, I could not hide my displeasure at her presence.
"I guess your wondering how I knew you were here, well I have been tailing you in a cab all morning, its cost me a pretty packet I can tell you.."
nervously she laughed... " thing is..."
"Wait a minute, how did you know where I was staying?, no one knows but my band and management team,"
she looked me direct in the eye and the coldness I saw at her house was there again, "Oh, all in good time Jon.... we have unfinished business, you left my house before I could finish what I was saying...."
"Lady what makes you think I am interested in what else you have to say, I thought I made it clear when I left that I wanted no more to do with you or your daughter. If you think you have something of relevance then contact my lawyer, or better still the cops"
I spun on my heels and turned to walk off to the bar, but for a second time, her next sentence made me freeze, and turn back to where she was standing.
"You found out your wife was alive then?"
"What the fuck do you know about that?"
"Oh so now your interested in what I have to tell you are you? my my, you blow hot and cold don't you?"
I grabbed her shoulders and shook her hard... "Just fucking tell me..."
She looked unperturbed by my actions, calmly saying
"Jon, please your hurting me... and creating a scene"
 My arms held her tight, my temper was at breaking point, "I said TELL ME."
she said nothing, but simply looked at my arms holding her in a vice like grip then at my eye's,
"If you release me, we can talk ....."
reluctantly I let go, and dropped my hands by my side, but they remained in clenched fists. 
"well, I'm waiting?"
"Can we at least have a drink in the bar and be Civil to one another?" I looked around at the people that were sitting or standing in the lobby and I could see a few had found interest in my spat with this women. The last thing I wanted was to stay in this women's company, but I had to know what she knew about the threat to Dot, so I nodded my head and we walked to the bar. 

The bar was dimly lit with not many people were in there, I took a booth at the back, while at the same time summoning the bar tender over.
When he arrived she spoke, "I'll have bloody mary, and you Jon?" "Scotch please, put them on my tab." the bar tender nodded and went off to get the drinks. 
She had no desire to tell me, and my patience was beyond stretched it was volcanic, glaring at her I spat "So enough of this bull shit, just tell me."
With a sly smile playing at the corner of her mouth she spoke,
"You got a call this morning right?"
"What of it"
"I know who made the call, Mr Bongiovi, I was not joking when I said your wife was in danger at my house, I was serious, honestly, all I am guilty of is trying to help you not cause you more problems, I wish you could see that and trust me..."
"Trust you?, lady I have no idea who you are, and as far as I'm concerned you, your daughter, your whole god damn family are nut cases and I want nothing to do with any of you, now if you want to help as you say you do, just tell me what it is I have to no and get the fuck outta my life... " I looked away just as the drinks were delivered to the table.
"I'm sorry you feel like that Jon, really I am, but  I can't do that Mr Bon... Jon, " she sneered this time as she spoke, and I did not see her hand slip into her purse, but I felt something hard and cold pressed against my side..  I looked down to the pressure point and saw a glisten of metal, then raising my eyes I looked at her face.
"mmm I have your interest now don't  I?"
she pressed harder in to my side to make her point. looking her in the eyes I asked,
" Just what do you want?"
"What we have always wanted... You."
"me? why me?, what have I ever done to you, or your daughter?"
she blanked my question but kept the gun pressed into my side, my eye's scanned the bar for anyone that I could make eye contact with for help, but the only other person drinking in the bar was a guy and he as with the bar tender on a stool and with his back to me. All I could do, was talk and get her to tell me why and try to persuade her to stop...

"Your such a pretty boy, so good looking.... you know, in your young day I know you was a gigolo, my friend used to live in your neighbourhood, she had you.... why can't you just give my daughter one night with you?"
"What are you talking about?"
"You Jon, you was a rent boy, inexperienced, but a rent boy, you had sex for money..."
"I was never a rent boy, I don't know where you heard that, but its wrong..." I tried to slide further round in the booth, but she moved with me too.
"Where are you going Jon... you know what I'm holding in your side is a gun.....Right? "
I nodded, "Good, well I'd hate to splatter your good looks around this bar, so I'll move it from you but we are going to have a conversation and we are going to arrange it so you will meet with my daughter, and let me tell you this, if you don't, Tony, your security guard in the hospital is my son and your wife, and children will be history... am I making it clear?"

I nodded my head, and sat dumb founded by her latest revelation.

So Tony was the leak, I was shocked, the guy had worked for me for eight years. Jeez, he had been on two world tours with me, he had a necklace..... what the fuck.... my last hope was that Richie get here quick... I really needed help... and I needed it now.
 

Chapter Twenty Eight

Stood on the sidewalk in shock, I could not think of where to go or what to do, I'm sure I was frozen in time for seconds only, but it felt like an eternity. When my mind focused and returned to rational thinking, I rang St Jerome's Hospital straight away, at the same time while waiting for them to answer I hailed a cab.
I got in the cab that pulled up kerbside and gave him directions, just as the phone was answered. "St Jerome's."
"Hi, can you put me through to Dr Helen Varney please, this is Jon Bongiovi."
"One Moment...." I waited and heard the call go out for Dots Dr to come take a call. A minute or so later the call was connected.
"Hi, Jon, its Helen what can I do for you?"
"Is Dot ok?"
"What?"
"Is my wife ok?"
"Of course she is, I was with her a while ago... what's with the call Jon?"
"How long ago were you with her?"
"not long ago, why?"
"Tell me how long not just a while ago.. god damn it I need to know, have you seen her in the last ten minutes?"
"No, what's going on."
I explained about the call to Helen. "give me one minute I'll go check but I am sure everything is ok."
I waited, the driver and me sat in mid town traffic going nowhere.
"Jon,"
I never thought Id hate hearing my name, but I did now, just this minute.
"yeah, I'm here"
"Dot is fine, she's sitting up in bed, and she has the TV on,  I did not tell her why I had checked on her, but she knows something is wrong. What is your next move?, you can't ignore that threat..."
"I'm thinking of moving Dot to a private location and hospital?"
"Ummm I know of two places I can recommend to you, want me to call ahead for you?"
"no, I'm coming into the hospital now, I should be with you in I guess about half an hour if this traffic lets up, what time you on till today?"
"my shifts done, but I'll wait for you, I'll sit with Dot till you get here, Ill make out I want a girl chat and have a coffee with her, and discuss rehab for her shoulder."
"thanks Helen,"
"no problem"
The traffic was terrible and with my anxiety, I was frustrated. "is there some other way you can go?"
" You are kidding right?, you know a better way tell me, I've been a cab driver for twenty years, I know every route in and out..."
"Ok, already, I was just asking..."
Sitting back in the seat I tried to get my frustration in check, I did feel calmer as Helen was with Dot, however I could not help giving the driver the stink eye although I knew it wasn't his fault.

Twenty minutes later and we started making headway through the jam, and found a turning we could take that allowed us to increase the engine power to driving speed at least.
Once moving we arrived at the hospital in no time, paying the driver I got out and ran into the hospital.
minutes later I was in dots room, and just as Doc had said she was fine and sitting up with the TV on and now sat talking to Helen, who was as good as her word and waited for me.

"Thank you for waiting Helen, I can't tell you how much that means to me."
"It's all good," putting her hand in her pocket she gave me a piece of paper with names of three private hospitals on. I looked down at the names, then back up at the Dr and smiled.
She too smiled right back at me, and not just using her mouth but her eye's too, I'd never notice before just how beautiful she was, and for a second or more I was caught, and totally mesmerized by her.
"Jon, Jon... "
My attention caught and now back in the moment I apologised for zoning out. "Sorry my mind went for a walk..."
"Laughing she asked, "That happen much?"
"more than I'd like these days that's a fact, I guess its age"
She laughed and smiled, Dot was quiet watching us, "So what precautions have you taken so far?"
"just the usual, lawyer, restraining order, cops involved... what more can I do?"
"Well private investigators, and body guards would be good too, don't ya think?"
"Hello??? Jon, body guards, PI's?, Jon what's going on?"
Dots face was full of concern, which was the last thing I wanted for her right now, she needed to recover from her stab wound, and worrying about Antonia should not be an option. So I tried to splay it down.
"its for me at the shows babe, were trying to get as much on Antonia so we can get her arrested and maybe committed."
"Jon, really, you expect me to believe that? Your talking to my Doc about your security and shows?"
Doc made her excuse and left, "I'll wait for you at the nurses station Ok?"
I nodded, "thank you".

Alone with Dot she started in, "Jon don't give me soft soap and bull what is it you are concerned about, and if its about me please tell me, at least then I know what I'm dealing with too."
"its nothing honest, trust me ok, just let me handle things?" I lent forward to kiss her head, but Dot was having none of it.
"handle it?, Jon, look at me? look at us? your handling has gotten us into this mess in the first place, so how can I do worse than you?, tell me please?"
As much as I did not want Dot to know, she had a point, "Ok, I got a phone call earlier saying that you were dead,"
"And...."
"And nothing, I'm here"
"mmm but there's more too, c'mon give"
"well I think it was Antonia, she had disguised her voice, but I cant be one per cent sure..."
I paused, not sure how to word the next sentence to Dot without scaring the life out of her,
"Carry on..."
"She said she had killed you."
"omg, do the police know of this latest threat?"
"not yet"
"Why? you should contacted them straight away Jon, not be here with me."
"Dot, all I could think of was getting to you and making sure you were ok, the cops were the farthest thought and didn't even enter my mind."
Standing I stood at the window looking out, Dot was right but her words stung and hurt, the love I had for my wife took precedence over anything.
"Jon, I'm not saying your wrong, really and I... Jon, please come here and sit with me?"
turning round with my arms folded across my chest, trying to protect my heart, I walked back over to Dots side and sat perched on the bed.
She smiled at me, "that's better.." taking my hand "So can you call the cops now?"
"Yeah, I will, but You have to know what it was like receiving that call Dot, my blood ran cold.... I love you, you have been my rock, mother to my wonderful kids, your my soul mate...." pausing again I looked down, my heart was heavy, since all this began my life had been spiralling out of control and today was the icing on top of the cake, and now I had started I could not stop pouring my heart out to Dot and laying my soul totally bare before her, gaging her response I watched the love and desire return to her beautiful eye's, My dot was back by my side and now I knew I could do anything.