BROKEN (Sequel to Behind The Lights)

I'm sorry I've been gone for so long, I work as a performer and have been having shows back to back every night I was exhausted 😩. But I'm back now!! Hope you've all been enjoying the story so far.

Jessica's POV

I'd just gotten back from having supper with Andre when my phone rang for the 3rd time tonight. It kept buzzing earlier when I was out with Andre but I ignored it cause it was from an unknown number and I figured it would be work related and I was in no mood whatsoever.

I mean, it was 1am for crying out loud. People in this industry have no respect for time whatsoever. I give up and decide to answer the call. "Hello." I say, annoyance clear in my tone.

"Good evening, Miss Red?" A mans voice ask on the other line.

"Yes, speaking. Who is this?" I question.

"Miss Red, I'm Mr Evans from the LAPD. Are you a friend of Mr Steele?" The voice ask, in a serious tone.

"Yes, yes I am. Is everything alright?" I question, slightly on the edge. Why was a police officer calling me?

"Im afraid not ma'am, he was found unconscious at 58th canal street, gas station. He was stabbed. He's currently at Thousand Oaks Hospital....." I wasn't paying attention to everything else he was saying. My heart felt like it had stopped beating and my palms were cold.

"Zac?" I whispered more so to myself.

"Ma'am can you hear me?" I hear the mans voice say on the line.

"I'm coming." I finally managed to say. I hang up and grab my purse and car keys. I run to my car and begun driving. My heart kept beating so fast and I could feel sweat forming on my forehead.

I try to think of our last encounter and realize that it was at my show, when he saw me with Andre. I was horrible to him. I've always been horrible to him and he's been nothing but kind and patient. I never got to tell him that I love him. Oh God, please don't let him die. Why would somebody stab him? Was he robbed? Was it a crazy fan?

I pull up at the parking space in the emergency unit and run inside. "Zac Steele, I need to see Zac Steele." I begin shouting at the first nurse I see.

"Miss Red?" I hear a mans voice and I guess that was the same officer that called me earlier.

"Where is he? Is he okay." I ask hastily.

"We don't know yet, the doctors are still examining. Can I talk to you for a minute." He ask, ushering me to the waiting area.

"Did someone rob him? Who did this?" I ask the office

"That's the thing I'd like to talk to you about. He wasn't robbed. His car and belongings were intact. It had to be another reason. Do you know of anyone who would want to hurt him?" He asks and panic course through me. Zac wasn't the kind to have enemies. Somebody tried to kill him?

"I don't.. I don't know." I say, running my mind through everyone I know who could possibly want to hurt him. I couldn't think of anyone. He's one of the most loyal people I know. Unless it's one of those girls he messed around with in the past.

"Why did you contact me?" I ask the police guy who's name I've completely forgotten by now. I was curious as to how they'd think to contact me.

"He has your name as his emergency contact person so I assume you were his girlfriend or fiancé or something." He says, shrugging.

"Oh." Was all I could say. He put me as his emergency contact? I would have never guessed.

"I'm guessing you had no idea?" He asks and I shrug, shaking my head. "Well we're still gonna need your cooperation in figuring out what had happened." He continues.