Here's the new chapter for my book.  As i already said, it wasn't originally planned to be in the book, but i think it's a good addition.  I think he shows the lengths that Zane will go to, to prove his love to Elena.  So please read, and tell me whether or not you think it should be added to the book.

He parked his truck in the driveway behind her SUV. As he steeped out of his vehicle, knots began to form in his stomach as his nerves began to get the better of him. He knew what he wanted to say; he only hoped that he could find the words to say those things. He walked up the steps that led to her front door.

When he reached the door he found that it was already partially opened about a foot. Zane placed his hand on the door and it opened about another foot, he peered inside and called out to her. "Ellie, Ellie, are you home?" When no one answered he decided to enter. Zane got the feeling that something was wrong, and then as he entered her dark living room he knew something was terribly wrong. There wasn't a single light on in the brightly colored living room, which Zane found unusual, considering it was 11:00 at night, and he knew she had to be home, after all, her car was out front in the drive. He reached over to the closest wall and found the light switch, which he immediately turned on.

When the lights came on he saw her, sitting in a corner by the television armoire, balled up like a baby in the fetal position crying. Zane ran over to her and pulled her into him. As he wiped the hair away from her face he saw that her black mascara and eyeliner had ran down her angelic face. Even under the streaked makeup he was able to see the black & blue bruise on her left check and her torn blouse, the same blouse she had been wearing when they had lunch earlier that day.

He sat there on the floor, holding her in his arms. "Ellie, who did this to you?", he asked compassionately and yet getting angry at the same time. He was angry that someone could hurt the most beautiful woman in the world, the woman he loved and cherished. Someone had hurt her, he wanted to kill them, but all he could do know was hold her.

With tears steaming down her face, she looked up at Zane, finally realizing that she was safe, and held on to him as tight as she could. "Zane I'm so scared. Jason, what if he comes back. He said he'd kill me. I wouldn‘t give him any money so he could pay his drug dealer."

"Did he....." He hesitated for a moment, afraid that he already knew the answer.

The large lump in throat made it impossible to speak any words, so she nodded her head in accordance to Zane's question. She couldn't bring herself to speak the words. Rape. That's horrible word, and unspeakable act, something she always feared, but never believed it could happen to her. Zane pulled her against him as he pulled his cell phone out of his pants pocket, and then dialed 911. "Yes, I need an ambulance for my friend, she's been assaulted." As he spoke those words, the anger began to take over his body. The only thoughts he could think of was finding the sick son of bitch and killing him.

After hanging up the phone with the 911 operator Zane realized that Elena's kids may be in the house. "Ellie, where are the kids?", he asked fearing something may have happened to them.

Wiping away more tears with the back of her hand, she looked up at Zane who was now standing looking up at the staircase that would lead to the hallway to the children's rooms. "They're at my mom's, they wanted to have a sleepover with grandma & grandpa. Thank God for that right?", she said as more tears began to pour down her cheeks. Zane rushed back to her, scooped her up and into his arms. At that moment he heard the sirens, so he carried her out the door to the EMT's, he knew he needed to get her out of that house. Out of the place where the callous bastard hurt her.

As the EMT's put Elena onto the stretcher Zane showed the police where he had found her. When Elena was put into the ambulance Zane told her, "I'm going to follow the ambulance down to the hospital. I'll be right behind you. I'm not going to leave you alone." As the ambulance drove off Zane took one last look around at the house his father had designed for Elena. She loved this house, in this perfect, safe neighborhood. The flashing lights were all around, and you could see the neighbors coming out of their house wanting to know what had happened, why in their gated community an innocent woman would be attacked. Police going in and out of the house gathering evidence, and there was nothing he could do. As he climbed into his truck he realized there was one thing he could do. He reached into his back pocket of his pants and pulled out his cell. "Hey, meet me at the hospital, it's Elena, she's been hurt." Then Zane proceeded to drive the mile and half to the hospital to be by her side.

As Elena was wheeled into the ER the doctors told Zane that he was going to have to wait out in the waiting room while she was examined. Zane walked outside the double doors that led to the 8 story hospital. Zane desperately needed a cigarette, to bad he quit smoking two months ago, he needed one now more than ever. Just as Zane was about to go back into the building he noticed the tall figure walking towards him.

"Is she in with the doctors?" Travis asked Zane, worried about his wife.

"Yeah, they're examining her now, and then of course the police are going to have some questions.", Zane said becoming uncomfortable talking to the husband of the husband of the woman he was in love with.

"Did she say who he was?"

"No." Zane said lying, Elena had told him who it was, and soon the police and Travis would both know. But they were going to have to wait, because Zane had made it his mission to kill him first.

"Look for the record I don't like you, and I'm not exactly sure why you had to see MY wife at 11:00 at night, but I'm glad you found her. Thanks for getting her here, and thanks for calling me. You didn't have too." Travis said sincerely. He knew that Zane didn't have to call him, he could have chosen to let Travis stay out with his friends while he got to be the knight in shinning armor. But he didn't, and for that he had to respect him.

"I didn't do it for you, I did it for her, I knew she'd want you. She's scared, I thought she could use you, after all, she is YOUR wife." Zane said looking at Travis, knowing that Travis could see right through him, and could see the that he was in love with Elena. After a moment of starring each other down, Travis turned and walked into the building, while Zane turned and walked towards his truck. Now it was his mission to find the bastard that raped Elena.

Travis walked into the waiting room next to the ER and saw two police detectives waiting outside the doors that led to the ER. A tall female doctor walked out of the ER and immediately spotted Travis. "Are you with Elena Livingston?", the doctor asked him as he approached her.

"Yes, she's my wife. Is she going to be alright?", he asked extremely concerned by the look on the doctors face.

"Yes she will be fine. She was sexually assaulted, there was traces of sperm, and she had some of his skin under her nails, which I have bagged as evidence along with her clothing for you.", she said turning to face the cops.

"May I go in with her?"

"Yes that would be fine."

"Um, we have some questions for her as well.", spoke up the tall muscular detective.

"Fine, why don't you all follow me, and I will take you to her.", she said turning around to lead the way back through the ER to the cubical where Elena sat on a bed. Travis immediately rushed to his wife's side, while the two detectives stood at the foot of the bed watching the couple ruinite.

"Travis, how did you know?", Elena asked expecting to see Zane instead of Travis.

"Zane called me. I rushed over here as soon as he did."

"I'm glad you're here.", she said holding on to her husbands arm, trying to find a safety net. It had been 3 hours since the attack, and here she sat in a hospital bed surrounded by her husband and two police detectives, and yet she still couldn't find the safety net that she was desperately seeking.

"Mrs. Livingston, we have some questions for you.", said the female detective. She was skinny, stood about 5'8", and her hair was cut quite short.

"Yes, of course. I'll try to tell you everything I remember."

"Okay, do you think you can come down to the station tonight and give a formal statement?", asked her partner.

"Now wait a minute, it's 1:00 in the morning, and my wife has been through enough tonight, I don't think she needs to relive this all over again tonight.", Travis interrupted trying to do what he thought was best for his wife.

"Travis, it's okay, I want to do it tonight. I want to get this over with, so I can just forget it ever happened. I want them to catch the guy who did this to me.", Elena said to her husband, trying to find her courage.

"That's the other thing Mrs. Livingston. Do you know the man that did this to you?" The female detective asked compassionately.

"Yes, Zane didn't tell you? I thought I told him it Jason." Elena said confused. Why had Zane not told the police that Jason had attacked her?u

"Zane? If you are referring to Mr. McClean, he never said a word to us except to show us where he found you, in fact, we are going to have to track him down so we can get his statement. Now this Jason, do you know his last name, where he lives?" The officer asked as he got out his little notebook.

"His name is Jason Grey. He used to do the lawn service for some of the neighbors until the neighbors found out he was a junkie. Then they all fired him."

"I take it he worked for you as well?", the detective asked.

"Yes, briefly. He'd only been working for us for about 3 months when it was revealed that he was using drugs. No one in the community wanted a junkie in our neighborhood, we all have small children, so everyone came to an agreement, and we all fired him. I liked him, he was a good person, but I didn‘t want a junkie anywhere near my children. Even if he was just my lawn boy."

"Okay, we can finish this down at the station when you are released, in the mean time we will get an arrest warrant for Mr. Jason Grey, and pick him up."

"Thank you officers" Travis said to the two detectives as they left the room. Moments later the doctor came back into the room with the discharge papers, and Travis escorted Elena out to the car. All he wanted now was for this horrible night to be over. He wished to God that he had been there at the house, then this horrific crime never would have happen. But he wasn't, instead he was out with his friends. He knew she must resent him, he hated himself for not being there to protect her. But he was here now, and he wasn't going to leave her side, not even for a moment. He was going to make sure he held her hand while she had to relive this terrible night all over again for the police.

Zane knew it would be long before the police came looking for Jason, but he was going to find him first. And when he did he was going to make damn sure there wasn't much left for the police to lock away. As Zane walked up to Jason's apartment he saw the door opening, and out walked the blond haired 5'11" bastard that raped Elena. As soon as Zane saw him rage fuled his body and he ran at Jason. He grabbed Jason by the throat and slung him into a wall, then he began punching him as he would a punching back. "What you thought you could rape her and get away with it, you asshole.", he yelled at hm.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Jason yelled back as he tried to fight back.

"Elena, you know the one you attacked tonight because she wouldn't give you any money so you could pay your dealer.", Zane responded as he threw yet another punch into Jason's face. Zane kept punching Jason until he fell to the floor unresponsive, then he began kicking him repeatedly. Just as Zane was about to give Jason one last swift kick he heard a voice from behind him. "Stop right there and put your hands in the air." Zane didn't need to turn around to know that the cops already had the guns drawn, so he did exactly as they said. One cop walked up behind him and cuffed him, while another walked over to check on his victim.

"This is our rape suspect.", said one of the officers to the other as Jason was coming too.

"And let me guess, you would be Zane, the victims friend who called the police."

"I'm not talking without my lawyer." Zane said starring at Jason. He knew he could face going to jail, after all this was his third offense. But it was worth it. The guy had raped Elena, and he deserved to be killed, only Zane was interrupted by the police before he could finish the job.

Elena was preparing to leave the police station and go home when she saw Jason and Zane both being brought into the police station in handcuffs. She had wondered where Zane had gone and now she knew. As one of the officers dragged Jason down to the booking station another took Zane into a holding room. She looked at Travis, who nodded at her. She knew he understood why she had to see Zane. So she walked up to the officer who had taken Zane into the holding room.

"Do you mind if I see him for a minute.", she asked.

"I don't suppose it will be a problem.", the officer said as he let her into the room.

"Zane." She said as she ran to him and wrapped her arms around his neck. "What did you do?"

"I didn't do what I wanted to."

"Zane, why did you go after him?"

"Ellie, he hurt you. You had to know I couldn't let him get away with that.", he said looking into her beautiful green eyes.

"Zane, this is your third offense. They could send you to jail. You should have just let the police handle it."

"It wouldn't have been enough. He needed to suffer. I'm just sorry that the police arrived before I could finish him off."

"Zane don't say that. If they hear you they'll get you for attempted murder."

"Ellie, don't you know by now that when it comes to you I don't care. I love you, and I will do anything and everything to protect you. I don't care what happens to me as long as that jackass never hurts you again.", Zane said starring at her. He wanted to hold her, but he was still in handcuffs. Just as he was about to kiss her, an officer entered the room.

"Well, Mrs. Livingston I thought you would have left by now. I know your husband wanted to get you home.", the officer said as he looked at the two, knowing that he had interrupted something.

"I was on my way home when I saw that you were bringing Zane in in handcuffs."

"Well it appears that Mr. McClean got into a bit of a scuffle with the suspect earlier tonight.", the officer spoke as he approached Zane with the key to the handcuffs in his hand.

"It was a misunderstanding." Zane added quickly.

"Yea, it appears that Mr. Grey has said the same thing, he's not pressing charges. Which would be a good thing for you seeing you already have two priors.", the cop added looking at Zane, then he added, "Look, off the record, if someone had hurt the woman I loved I probably would have done the same thing. But you should have trusted us to get the guy."

"She's my friend, I'd do anything for her."

"Just your friend? It looks like more to me, and if I can see it, how oblivious do you think her husband is?", the officer asked as he opened the door and let them out of the room.

Elena had somehow convinced Travis to give Zane a ride back to his truck that was parked outside of Jason's apartment building. As he got out of Travis and Elena's SUV he thanked Travis for the ride, and looked at Elena and she looked at him. Travis saw the look between the two, and he knew then that his wife didn't resent him for not being there with her tonight. She didn't resent him because she was in love with Zane, and it was Zane who she wished had been there to protect her, it was Zane who had nearly beat the guy to death.  Because Zane was in love with his wife, so where did that leave him?