Four To The Seventh Power
"Would you like anything for dessert?" "No thanks, that will be all, it was a lovely
meal." Emily told the waiter as he smiled and left. Arvin got the bill and paid it. "Jack, I do hope
you'll come with us again next week, same time, same place?" Emily offered.
"Sure," Jack said dryly, truthfully wanting to never come back to this place again. It
had brought him so many memories, so much hurt, to just come back and sit at this restaraunt..alone,
without her.
***Flash back***
"We have an announcement to make!" Laura said cheerfully, while Arvin and Emily sat
gazing back at them. Jack new Arvin was in a horrible mood, because of work, but he didn't care.
He wasn't going to let him ruin one of the best nights of his life.
"Go on, do tell us!" Emily exclaimed cheerfully. Laura grabbed my hand, and cleared her
throat and replied, "Jack and I are going to be parents, I'm pregnant!" "That's wonderful! Congradulations!"
Emily replied, looking so happy. Laura put her arm around me, he's going to make a great father!"
Sloane even looked up and smiled. "It's do in 4 months," Laura stated.
"Wow! That soon, and you're barely showing!" Emily said in amazement.
"Well, I have gained a little weight, but luckily, it isn't showing that much!"
******
Jack got up from the table and left. He turned on his car, and pulled out of Sweeneys.
He suddenly hated that name. It was a stupid name for a restaraunt, he thought. He drove out
of the parking lot, his eyes glazing with tears. He just couldn't let it in any longer. It had been
months since Laura Bristow had died in that car accident.
He could never forget that night, when she had crashed with her old, blue car.
Her body was never found, and that was the worst part of it all. He wanted to get away
from his life. He hated it, the only thing stopping him..was this little girl back at home.
This girl, who he had decided to hire a nanny for. His little girl. Sydney. Now
the cars and streets were all blending together. He couldn't see anything, so he pulled
over to the side of the road, and cried.
He came in late that night, Sydney was fast asleep. He took off his jacket,
and went right to bed.
He awoke the next morning and went to work as usual, but there he found something
out that he hadn't expected to. He had read the file report that he had gotten what seemed like
over a dozen times now, and he still thought it was all a big lie.
It couldn't be, he thought, my wife would never have done that. But, more reports
had come in later that day, proving what he thought was false. Laura Bristow, was a KGB
agent. She was sent to America to seduce me. Laura wasn't even her real name. I had
been lied to.
Jack tore up the messages, and ran out of the office. He got into his car
and drove as fast as he could. He wanted to leave. He wanted to die. How could someone
have betrayed him like that? Slipped past him, without him even knowing?
He swore and went to a bar. He had a few drinks, and then decided his life
wasn't worth living. He wanted to kill himself. But again, there was something in
the back of his mind that wouldn't let him. Made him shake everytime he thought of
that idea.
I have to stay strong, for Sydney. Laura must have been stealing my
Project Christmas ideas, I need to get Sydney involved. Laura may as well be
dead, but who knows, she still could be out there somewhere. Sydney will
not grow up to be as stupid as I was.
*More to come if you like it!
"Would you like anything for dessert?" "No thanks, that will be all, it was a lovely
meal." Emily told the waiter as he smiled and left. Arvin got the bill and paid it. "Jack, I do hope
you'll come with us again next week, same time, same place?" Emily offered.
"Sure," Jack said dryly, truthfully wanting to never come back to this place again. It
had brought him so many memories, so much hurt, to just come back and sit at this restaraunt..alone,
without her.
***Flash back***
"We have an announcement to make!" Laura said cheerfully, while Arvin and Emily sat
gazing back at them. Jack new Arvin was in a horrible mood, because of work, but he didn't care.
He wasn't going to let him ruin one of the best nights of his life.
"Go on, do tell us!" Emily exclaimed cheerfully. Laura grabbed my hand, and cleared her
throat and replied, "Jack and I are going to be parents, I'm pregnant!" "That's wonderful! Congradulations!"
Emily replied, looking so happy. Laura put her arm around me, he's going to make a great father!"
Sloane even looked up and smiled. "It's do in 4 months," Laura stated.
"Wow! That soon, and you're barely showing!" Emily said in amazement.
"Well, I have gained a little weight, but luckily, it isn't showing that much!"
******
Jack got up from the table and left. He turned on his car, and pulled out of Sweeneys.
He suddenly hated that name. It was a stupid name for a restaraunt, he thought. He drove out
of the parking lot, his eyes glazing with tears. He just couldn't let it in any longer. It had been
months since Laura Bristow had died in that car accident.
He could never forget that night, when she had crashed with her old, blue car.
Her body was never found, and that was the worst part of it all. He wanted to get away
from his life. He hated it, the only thing stopping him..was this little girl back at home.
This girl, who he had decided to hire a nanny for. His little girl. Sydney. Now
the cars and streets were all blending together. He couldn't see anything, so he pulled
over to the side of the road, and cried.
He came in late that night, Sydney was fast asleep. He took off his jacket,
and went right to bed.
He awoke the next morning and went to work as usual, but there he found something
out that he hadn't expected to. He had read the file report that he had gotten what seemed like
over a dozen times now, and he still thought it was all a big lie.
It couldn't be, he thought, my wife would never have done that. But, more reports
had come in later that day, proving what he thought was false. Laura Bristow, was a KGB
agent. She was sent to America to seduce me. Laura wasn't even her real name. I had
been lied to.
Jack tore up the messages, and ran out of the office. He got into his car
and drove as fast as he could. He wanted to leave. He wanted to die. How could someone
have betrayed him like that? Slipped past him, without him even knowing?
He swore and went to a bar. He had a few drinks, and then decided his life
wasn't worth living. He wanted to kill himself. But again, there was something in
the back of his mind that wouldn't let him. Made him shake everytime he thought of
that idea.
I have to stay strong, for Sydney. Laura must have been stealing my
Project Christmas ideas, I need to get Sydney involved. Laura may as well be
dead, but who knows, she still could be out there somewhere. Sydney will
not grow up to be as stupid as I was.
*More to come if you like it!