I'll wait For You

Chapter 1

Standing at the edge of the sea, with the sand edging gently between her toes, Martha Mckenzie smiled to herself. 'It's so good to be back' she thought to herself. This was where she wanted to be. She'd spent so long in the countryside that it was great to be able to stand in the sea. She looked around and noticed someone walking towards her. She didn't know who he was. His face was new to her. Yet he seemed to be grinning at her. Confused and slightly scared, she turned away from him and began walking in the opposite direction. "Hey wait up!" he called to her. She stopped still and turned again to look at him. "Can I help you?" she asked. His eyes widened.

"That depends. You don't happen to know where I can find Jack Holden do you?"

Martha looked at him, wide-eyed. "Yes, he's my fiancé. Why?" she asked. She was slightly worried now. This guy didn't look like someone who you would invite to dinner and be friendly with. He looked like trouble. The guy looked at her. He opened his mouth, as if to say something and then closed it again. Martha looked at him. "Is everything OK?" she asked. "How do you know Jack?"

"Oh, Jacky Boy and I go way back. Please when you see him, just tell him David Newton says hi" the man informed her before rushing off. Martha stood still. Confused. Who was that guy? She didn't know him, yet she definitely didn't like him.

That night, Martha had arrived home slightly earlier than she had planned. She wanted to inform Jack of David's presence. "Jack. You home?" she called. Jack emerged from the kitchen, wearing some oven gloves and apron. "Hey babe!" he exclaimed, walking over to her and kissing her cheek. "Didn't expect you home yet" he said, Martha laughed gently. "Yeh, I wasn't feeling too good" she replied. Jack took the oven gloves off and felt her forehead. "Well, your temps OK. Probably just stress" he said. Martha smiled.

"Yeh. What you upto anyway?"

"I am making you dinner" he smiled. Martha gave him her sweetest smile. She loved him so much. Taking off her coat, she placed it on the back of the chair. "Oh yeh, Jack, I ran into someone today. Said he knew you. He told me to say hi." She said as Jack walked back to the kitchen. "Oh yeh, who was it?" he asked, as he opened the cupboard and picked out 2 plates. "Erm…I think he said his name was David Newton"

Jack stopped to a halt and dropped the plates onto the floor, smashing into tiny little pieces, reeling from what he had just heard……