It has been a month since we had heard anything from Scott or William. No one has seen or heard from them. Maybe they have given up and have gone home. I hope so. Today is our next baby appointment. I can't wait to see how our little bean is growing. We are twelve weeks now and the slightest bit of bump is beginning to show. I am going through my closet trying to find something to wear and decide on wearing a flowing dress.

I

walk out and Marc is sitting on the bed putting on his shoes. He looks up and smiles as he gets up and comes over to hug me and places a kiss on my forehead.

"Are you ready to go see our little bean?" he asks.

"Yes, I can't wait to see how big he or she has grown. Let's get going before we are late."

"After you princess."

We head down the stairs and greeted everyone in the kitchen and headed out for our appointment. We soon arrive at the doctor's office and check in before we go to sit down. After about twenty minutes the nurse comes out and calls us back.

"Mr. and Mrs. Romano, follow me."

We stop at the scale to get my weight and she takes us to our room. She takes my vitals and heads out. "The doctor will be in shortly."

We sat and waited talking about names, and he brought up looking for a new house again. I love the idea of us having a place to call our own, but I would really like to be close to Cassandra, and I'm sure Marc wants to be close for Damian's sake. After a bit the doctor walks in.

"Good morning Mr. and Mrs. Romano. Riley, how are you feeling today?"

"I am feeling good at the moment. The nausea isn't as bad. The medication is helping. I am getting more tired."

"That is normal. Let's get you up on the table and see how your baby is doing."

I climb up on the table and pull my dress up and my panties down some to expose my stomach. She places the cold jelly on my belly and begins to move the transducer around and quickly finds the baby.

"There we are."

As she finds the baby, the loud beat of it's heart could be heard. I look over and see Marc smiling with a tear in his eye. He leans over and places a tender kiss to my lips.

"Let me make some measurements and print some pictures for you and we'll be done."

She takes her measurements and then moves the ultrasound out of the room and says she will be back in a few minutes. She hands me a towel to wipe off my belly as she leaves. I hop down and sit next to Marc and the doctor soon comes back in, and takes a seat across from us.

"Okay, so the baby is growing well. It is within the measurements for 12 weeks. Now I am concerned since you have lost a little bit of weight and your blood pressure is up a little. Have you been a little stressed lately?"

"We have been a little stressed lately and my cafe has reopened."

"Well, congratulations. I want you to rest more and try to eat better. I want to see you again in four weeks. If you have any problems, like severe nausea, or light headedness. I want to see you sooner. If it gets really bad, go to the hospital and they will call me."

"Don't worry, Doctor. I will make sure she rests, and eats more."

"I will try Doctor Smith. Will we be able to see what we are having next time?"

"It's only for the health of your baby and you, and yes. If the baby is positioned right we will be able to see what it is."

"Thank you doctor. We will see you in four weeks." Marc says as we get up. We head out to the front desk to get our pictures and make our next appointment.

"Now can we go get a burger? I'm starving." I ask.

"Hahaha, yes princess. We can go eat."

We head out and stop at a diner nearby. We sit down and order. I of course get a burger and fries and he decides to get the same.

"So, about the stress. You need to rest. Cas and the rest of your crew can handle the cafe."

"I can't do that. Besides that would take her away from Armani. He needs his momma."

"You need to rest, for your health and the health of the baby."

"Okay fine. I will cut my days back, but I can't just abandon the cafe."

"I don't want you to. I just want you to rest more."

We finish up our meal and head home. Once we go inside Marc tells me to go sit down and put my feet up. I begrudgingly do as he asks.

Marc's POV

I head into the kitchen where everyone is eating lunch.

"So how did it go?" Alex asks.

"It went great. Baby is growing and everything looks good. Riley on the other hand has lost some weight and her blood pressure is up. The doctor wants her to rest more."

"We got you man. We will make sure she is rested too." Damian adds.

"We will keep her stress level down." Alex says.

"Thanks guys."

"Were you able to see what the baby is?"

No, not this time. She said probably next time."

"Well, darn."

"I better head back to Riley."

"Hey, I was thinking maybe we all head out this weekend. We haven't been out in a while. The club seems to be doing well. Mom and Dad will be watching Armani this weekend." Damian says.

"Sounds good. I will check with Riley." I head back into the living room and I see Cass and Riley talking.

"I got you girl. Damian's parents can watch Armani when I need them. You need to take care of yourself. We will take care of the rest." I hear Cas tell her.

"That's what I told her. Thank you Cas." I say as I walk into the room.

"I don't like it, but I guess I have to."

"I know how you are, Ri. YOu do not like to take a back seat, but you need to this time. We got this for you."

"Damian just asked me if we wanted to go out to the club this weekend. I said I would ask you first." I ask.

"I think that would be fine. I think we need to let loose for a while." Riley answers.

"Alright, I will go tell him." I leave the room and let the girls talk, heading back into the kitchen to tell Damian we were good to go Saturday.

"That's great, man. We all need to get out for a moment."

Riley's POV

It's finally Saturday and we all are getting ready to go out. I'm just glad to be leaving the house again. Cas and I have worked out when we would be taking boss duties at the cafe. Marc agreed to me being able to go two maybe three days a week if I was feeling up to it. I am not a person to just sit around. I do have to admit that I am feeling a little better with all the rest this week. I finish getting ready and head down the stairs where everybody is waiting for me.

"It's about time you finally come down. We were beginning to wonder if you had fallen asleep or something." Alex teases.

"Hey, it takes time to get all of this ready." I say as I gesture down my body.

"You look beautiful, princess Just ignore him. He is just wanting to go find an easy piece for tonight." Marc says as he walks over to kiss my cheek.

"Hey!"

"Tell me I'm lying?"

No, your right, your right."

I just shake my head as we all head out to the limo and climb inside. We are then headed to Fuoco and as we drive up I can see the line wrapped around the building. It's going to be a busy night and I get a bad feeling as we all climb out and head inside.

We head up to vip and sit at our usual section. The waitress comes around and takes our drink orders. I order water as everyone else gets their drink of choice. She walks away to get our drinks. I look around and the place is packed. After a bit our waitress comes back with our drinks and sets them on the table. She must be new because I don't recognize her. She smiles at Alex as she leaves.

"Hmm, who is the new waitress, Damian?" He asks.

"That is Danielle. She just started last week. She seems really nice. Very quiet."

"She is hot. I might have to get to know that one."

"Don't scare off the new girl, Alex." I say.

"I don't want to scare her off. I want to get familiar with every bit of that body." He smiles.

"Hey bestie, come dance with me." Cas drags me down to the dance floor, as I look up to the vip area, I see Marc and Damian standing against the railing watching. I feel a little better having him there. I still have that bad feeling in the pit of my stomach and seeing his face eases my mind just a bit. We had been dancing for a few songs and I felt two hands grab my hips. I turn around to see William smiling back at me and the panic hits me.

"Well, hello beautiful. Fancy meeting you here." William says with a sneer.

"What do you want, William?"

"Can't I just say hello to a beautiful woman and maybe dance with her."

"Hello, and no I don't want to dance with you. You might want to leave before Marc knows you are here."

"I'm not afraid of him. One dance won't hurt." He wraps his arm around me and leans in to whisper in my ear. "Besides, I know what you all did to my sister and I am going to get my payback. Maybe not here but I will get mine."

I freeze for a second and then start to move again, trying to hide my nervousness, hoping he doesn't notice it.

"Again, I'll tell you we have not seen her in months. I don't know where she is."

"We'll see about that." He says as he kisses my cheek and walks off into the crowd. I turn back to cas and she has a worried look on her face.

"Who was that?"

"That was William, Taylor's twin brother. Let's get back to our seats. I need to tell Marc that he is here."

We head back to our seats and I immediately tell marc what is going on."

"What's wrong, princess?"

"William is here."

"Shit, Alex come with me. Damian stay with the girls. We will be back soon."

I kiss his lips as he goes to stand up. "Be careful, my love. Come back to me."

"I will, princess. Damian take care of her while I'm gone."

"Don't worry man. I got her, and there are plenty of security around."

I sit with Cassandra and Damian as my anxiety increases. It's been about thirty minutes and he has not come back. I am getting worried. I also have to use the bathroom. Damian insists that I have one of the bouncers go with me. Cas decided to come too. We head back to the bathrooms and I try to look around for him. I don't see him anywhere. I happen to see the back door cracked a bit and I head over to check it out. I walk out and the bouncer comes with me. I hear a thud behind me and turn to see the big man crumple behind me as I see someone dressed in black with a mask over his face and I turn to the door and I tell Cassandra to run as I feel fabric cover my face and everything goes dark.