One Night Stand With My Husband’s Brother

The world around Mackenzie was crumbling at an alarming rate. She tried to hold onto something – Chase’s legs, the window, the driver’s seat, but nothing was enough. She sat up, forcing herself to suck in deep breaths while Chase continued to bark orders into his phone’s speaker.

The roof of the car began to spin around her head. The car was moving so fast, she thought she would have to throw her head out of the window and puke on the road.

Hyperventilating while tears burned her eyes, she didn’t know what to do. She buried her face into her palms and fought hard to muffle her scream. Sweat poured from her face and formed a nasty pool on her neck. She threw her head backwards and closed her eyes, parted her lips and forced herself to suck in air.

“Chase…what are we going to do? You…you heard them…” Her trembling fingers reached for his right leg and she tapped on it continuously. He turned to look at her, his eyes were a dark shade of red, and she could see his tears glitter in them.

Mackenzie shut her eyelids close, allowing her tears to pour down her cheeks.

“Kenzie,” Chase called out, softly. He intertwined his fingers with hers as a smile formed on his face.

“We would not lose our baby girl, Kenzie. Believe me.” She watched as he patted Cameron to sleep while speaking to her. All the yelling had caused him to open his eyes, but his eyes were shut now and he was slowly drifting back to sleep.

Mackenzie allowed her gaze dance back to Chase with only one thought in her mind; how could he afford to be so sure?

He seemed resolute, without a single doubt or gleam of anxiety in his eyes.

Mackenzie threw herself towards him and held onto him. She squeezed his hand tight and placed her head on his shoulder while weeping bitterly.

Chase got on the call with Nora and the team, and asked that a man follow the kidnapper who had tried to escape.

They arrived at the scene, the car did park a few meters away from the rink, but Mackenzie could see the black car very clearly.

Chase jumped out of the car and tried to close the door behind him, but Mackenzie held it open. He glared at her.

“Stay inside, Kenzie. Let me handle this.”

She scoffed, it was a bitter one.

“Like hell I would.” She sneered sarcastically.

“You want me to sit pretty in the car while my baby girl is out there? I can’t, and I won’t!”

Chase heaved a sigh. There was no use fighting with a grieving mother. He pulled the door open and hissed underneath his breath. He was worried for her, but she seemed like she would be able to handle herself just fine.

He turned to Maxwell who sat on the driver’s seat and squinted his brows at the man.

“Look after my son, Maxwell, do you understand?”

“Yes sir.” The man nodded.

“Do not leave here, not for any reason at all.” Chase warned.

“I understand, sir.”

He called two more security details, Jax and Aaron, and instructed them to guard his son in the car. Once they arrived, he held onto Mackenzie’s right hand, and the both of them ran closer to the rink.

The police (911) were already arriving at the scene. The ice underneath the car had broken, along with other surrounding areas. The car was fast sinking into the mud underneath the ice, but the rescue team had already arrived.

“Oh my God, Chase!” Mackenzie breathed out, covering her lips with her hands as tears rushed down her eyes. Chase pulled Mackenzie closer to him and put his right arm around her.

The chopper had arrived as well. They hovered around the car, and couldn’t land. The mud underneath the ice was made of sinking sand, attempting to land would be a disaster.

“Load it up!” They heard one of the pilots scream.

Ropes with hooks were loaded from the choppers towards the car almost immediately.

Some of Chase’s men had already gone after the captor, but Chase was determined to get his daughter out of that car faster than ever.

With dark eyes and clenched fists, he eased his arm from Mackenzie and spoke without looking at her.

“I have to go, I have to get her.”

“No, wait!” Her scream attracted other safety officials around. Chase threw his suit jacket off his body, regardless of the cold, and was about to run into the rink when he was held back by three sturdy men.

Chase saw red, watching the pilots attempt to lift the car from the ground.

“Let me go!” He screamed, kicking and pushing as his heart pounded in his chest.

“Let me fucking go! That is my daughter in there! My daughter is in danger!”

“Please remain calm, Mr. Axford. We are doing our best to get her out safe, you can’t go in there without a plan.”

“Are you even listening to your…let me go!”

Mackenzie continued to cry from where she stood. She wished he would listen, she wished he would stop. She had almost lost Calista, she would not be able to live with herself if anything happened to him.

The windows of the car had been shattered by the hooks, as the pilots tried to lift the car up, Mackenzie heard the shrill scream of a familiar voice.

“Mummy! Mummy!”

She turned away from Chase and stared at the car. Calista held her head out of the window and screamed with tears in her eyes. Her eyes were narrowed into slits, Mackenzie knew her baby could barely see. She couldn’t see them!

“Mummy! Are you there mummy! Please help me! Save me!”

The sound of Calista’s voice was more than enough to throw Chase over the edge of madness. With his newly found strength, and the adrenaline that coursed through his veins, he broke off the hold of the men and ran in a frenzy towards the rink. He felt a hand grip the back of his shirt and he swung around swiftly and landed a damaging blow on the man’s nose, freeing himself.

It was only a matter of time before three trucks, an ambulance and a new chopped arrived at the scene. The noise and commotion caused Chase to step backwards. He looked to one of the men who had tried to hold him back, for an explanation.

“We called for back up. The situation was too critical.”

More ropes were thrown towards the car from the chopper.

There were now six ropes in total; three on the Axford chopper, and three from the ambulance’s chopper.

The harder they pulled, the more it seemed as though the sand would swallow the car whole.

Chase was losing his mind.

“Let me go! I need to do something! I can’t just stand here!” Four police officers had already surrounded him, refusing him to move an inch.

“Please be patient and stay put, Mr. Axford. She would be out soon.”

“Oh God.” Mackenzie cried, shaking violently where she stood. She moved towards him and reached for his hand. Once she touched him, he turned to look at her.

She was so tired, her eyes had sank deep into her sockets.

“Chase please, please be calm.” Her soft voice begged him. She was the only one strong enough to keep him calm. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her into a hug, while she melted into his embrace.

With tears in his eyes, he pressed a kiss on Mackenzie’s head.

“I’m so sorry, Kenzie. It was all my fault,”

Mackenzie shook her head to disagree, but Chase would have none of it.

“It’s all my fault. I should have kept her safe, I should have done more. I’m so sorry, Kenzie. I’m so sorry.”

“No,” Mackenzie held his hands and shook her head to disagree.

“It’s not your fault, it’s mine. I should have gotten there earlier, I should have…oh!” She couldn’t continue, and Chase placed her head on his chest as they watched the rescue team together with their hearts in their mouths.

A third chopper joined the rescue team. They continued to fight to pull the car out of the mud. Calista continued to scream at the top of her voice, calling for her parents. The commotion must have confused her.

Mackenzie tried to scream, to tell her she was here, but she wasn’t sure she could be heard over all the noise.

Two private jets from Axford joined the rescue team ten minutes later. The news had already spread like wildfire, and reporters soon started to flood the rink in their numbers. The police made sure to keep them far away from the scene.

The car was soon lifted from the ground into the air, and Mackenzie cried out with relief. She could see Calista start to kick the door of the car, screaming out. She had screamed and cried to the extent that her voice had turned hoarse.

The choppers carried the car out of the ice and slowly placed it on the ground. Chase and Mackenzie exchanged urgent looks before running towards the car. The pilots worked on easing the hooks off the car.

Chase’s heart swelled with joy when his eyes met his daughter’s bulging and teary ones.

She sat up immediately, her eyes bright with hope as she screamed.

“I’m coming, princess! Hang on!” Chase called out. He tried to pull the door open, but it wouldn’t budge.

Impatient, he frowned at the door and looked up at Mackenzie. He forced a soft smile as he spoke to her.

“Can you hear me, baby?” She nodded, and Chase broke out in a smile.

“Move back honey, okay?”

Calista nodded and obeyed.

The forensics team busied themselves with searching for a key to open the door, but Chase did not have that time. He locked his fists and punched the glass. He continued to punch the glass, over and over again, until it cracked in the middle. He did not think about the consequences it would have on his knuckles before he punched the middle of the glass, causing it to shatter into pieces.

He slipped his hand into the window and reached for Calista. He held her underarms and pulled her out of the car. Mackenzie screamed, her heart threatened to jump out of her chest. Calista’s eyes filled with tears as she cried out.

“Daddy! Mummy!”

Mackenzie rushed to hold her and kissed all over her face. Chase could not hold his tears back. He kissed the parts of her hand that he could before looking up at her.

“I thought I was going to lose you, princess.” He was not aware of how scared he had been until she was right in front of him, safe and sound.

“Daddy loves you so much.” He placed her head on his chest and wrapped her small body with his huge arms.

“I promise I would never let anything like this happen to you. Daddy loves you, daddy would take care of you. You would never have to experience anything like this again, I swear on my life.”

Mackenzie wept. Both of them surrounded their daughter, holding her close to their bodies. One of the paramedics appeared with a towel and placed it around Calista’s body. The girl had been shivering from the cold.

“She needs to come with us, let’s check her for injuries.” The lady said to them.

Chase lifted Calista from the ground and held her in his arms. She was placed on a stretcher in the ambulance while the nurse examined her.

“I would advise we take her to the hospital right away to check for any internal injuries and consequences of shock. We should drive to the hospital immediately.”

“Yes, yes, of course.” Chase replied, squeezing Mackenzie’s hand. He called his security details – the ones with Cameron – and instructed them to drive to the hospital, behind the ambulance.

“Head to Axford Medical, it’s my family’s hospital.” He said to the nurse. The woman looked at him and nodded. She turned around and reached for a phone on a small table beside her.

“I should call Axford Medicals and make sure that their emergency ward is…”

“Just fucking drive to Axford.” Chase snapped. The lady was shocked at first, but she nodded without another word.

“Axford Medical.” She said to the driver.

Chase looked down at his daughter and moved to hold her once more.Property © of NôvelDrama.Org.

Nothing would ever come close to hurting her again, and as for the one who had dared to touch her…

Chase swallowed hard. He would show no mercy.