Season 4

Chapter 32

"Oh, my God! Where did he go? We need to call the police!" Carmen panicked frantically as her and Johnny drove around all of Miguel's usual spots, searching desperately for him. He had been gone for over an hour now, with no message to Carmen or Johnny. For all they knew, he could be sleeping on the streets in some back alley somewhere, where he could get mugged or killed!

"We can't call the cops for a missing person for 24 hours." Johnny murmured in reply.

Spending 5 hours searching, at around 6 in the morning, the sun started to rise. Johnny parked at their compound, where there was still no sign of Miguel. He turned to Carmen.

"Hey, look, he's 16. He's a grown man. I taught him how to defend himself. He's going to be okay." Johnny reassured her. "You should go inside. Get some rest. Miguel may well come back to the house soon, and one of us should be there in case he does."

Carmen eventually nodded.

"Yeah, that's a good idea. Where will you be?" She asked. Johnny took a deep breath.

"I'm going to check one more place. After that, I'll be right back." Johnny replied. Carmen nodded and got out of the car, and then Johnny took off down the road. He drove for 15 minutes, up to Encino Hills, to a house he never wanted to come near again. However, drastic times call for drastic measures.

Johnny got out of his car and walked up to the front of the house, past the perfectly gardened front lawn, and he rang the doorbell. Moments later, a blurry-eyed, extremely dishevelled and exhausted looking Daniel opened the door, but he immediately woke up when he saw who was standing in front of him. He was instantly guarded, raising his hands as if gearing up for a fight, but he quickly lowered them when he saw that Johnny had no intention of throwing fists.

"What do you want?" Daniel asked, confusion undercutting what he was trying to make a harsh tone.

"Hey. Um... can I talk to your daughter?" Johnny asked, his voice surprisingly quiet and Daniel immediately noticed the worry and alarm in his rival's voice. Only one person could trigger that much fear in the normally fearless man: something was wrong with Miguel. Daniel nodded and opened the door for Johnny, leading him into the living room, where Sam and Amanda were sitting. When they saw him, their eyes widened. NOBODY expected to see Johnny standing there, a couple of feet away from his biggest rival, and the two of them not trying to fight each other.

"Johnny! What can we do for you?" Amanda asked, cheerfully. She personally had nothing against Johnny. She didn't care about Daniel and Johnny's rivalry. She didn't care about any of them but Kreese. That man was dangerous, so she had nothing but respect for anyone trying to stop him, even if one of those people was her husband's nemesis.

"Look, sorry to barge in, but have any of you heard anything from Miguel in the past couple of hours?" Johnny asked, directing his question mainly at Sam. Daniel and Amanda shook their heads, and then turned to Sam, who also shook her head.

"No. I saw he posted a couple of pictures with you from Vegas on his Instagram last night, but nothing since." Sam replied. Johnny groaned in worry as the steel fist that was clenching around his heart grew tighter and tighter.

"Why, what's going on, Johnny?" Daniel asked. Johnny sighed.

"Well, Miguel's mom Carmen and I got hitched about a month ago..."

"That's amazing, Johnny! Congratulations!" Amanda exclaimed. Johnny shook his head.

"Not quite. We didn't tell Miguel because we didn't want to stress him out. We kept it secret for a month, but it soon became too much. We decided it was time to tell him once and for all. So I took him to Vegas, to the McGregor Khabib fight..."