Jessica Simpson

Nick opened the door. “My wife told me what happened last night” Joe said as his entire demeanor had changed.

“I would like to thank you for taking care of her.” Joe said as he extended his hand to Nick as Nick shook it. “Is Jessie okay?” Joe asked. “Yes. She is in the bedroom if you want to go see her” Nick told him as he motioned towards the room. Joe went into the room to talk to his daughter while Nick made some coffee and sat at the table drinking it. Joe sat on the edge of the bed and placed his hand on Jessie‘s back “How are you Jess? Your mom told me everything about last night.” Jessica didn’t understand why, but she was disappointed to see it was Joe and not Nick that had come into the room. She was normally a daddy’s girl and would always run to her dad with every problem. “Jess, how are you?” He asked her. “Just fine. But, I really don’t want to talk about It.” she told him. “Well, we need to talk about it though. Can we go into the other room and talk about this with Nick?” he asked her. “Yeah” Jessica got up and followed her father into the sitting room. “Nick, we need to talk to you” Joe told him. Nick saw the anger in his eyes and with that, had a knot in his stomach. He didn’t know what he had did wrong but from what Jess had told him about Joe, Nick knew that he was very strict and figured it had something to do with her staying in his room. Jessica sat down on the couch next to Nick and Joe sat across from them in the chair.

“Last night when your mom called me, I came here with the cops.” Joe began to tell them both. “They arrested Art, but they had to release him this morning for lack of evidence, which is BS if you ask me. They have quite enough evidence. What more could they need!” He was almost shouting. This is when Nick realized that Joe wasn’t angry at him. Jessica was sobbing at this point. She had herself curled into a ball on the couch. Nick held her and tried to calm her down. Joe was too worked up over the entire situation with Art to do anything. “Me dead.” Jessica managed to get out once her sobs had subsided. “What!?” her father exclaimed. “They’re not going to do anything until he kills me!” Jessica shouted while crying at the same time. “Don‘t say that!” Nick said just below a shout. “That‘s not going to happen” Nick said a slight bit calmer. “Nick, will you testify on her behalf?” Joe asked him. “Of course, I‘ll do anything” Nick said, still holding her in his arms, right before giving her a gentle kiss on her forehead. “Then I have to go and make some phone calls. Jessica, you‘re going to have to stay here a bit longer, if that is not a problem Nick.” Joe said. “Not at all, not at all.” Nick said. “Once it is safe for you, I‘ll let you know and we‘ll get you home.” Joe told his daughter. “They have no idea where he is, do they?” Jessica asked Joe. “No, they don‘t. He could be outside that door for all we know.” Joe said pointing to the door. “I have to go, but I‘ll give you a call once everything is taken care of” Joe told them before heading out. Once at the door, Joe turned around "Nick, can I have a word with you for a second." Nick did not like the icy look that Joe was giving him and that knot in his stomach reappeared. "Sure" he replied before moving Jessica off his lap and stepping outside of the hotel room to talk with Joe.