AN: This is just something that popped into my head. I love Jack and I don't want him to be the bad guy…too much. :) Hope you like it. Let me know whatcha think.
Disclaimer: I don't own Jack or any other OLTL characters.
-Jack Manning-
My father had paid of Brad's father to keep me out of jail. He kept me out of jail for murder. Murder. I had murdered someone. It wasn't purposely. I hadn't meant to hurt Shane or his mother in the first place. I only wanted to lock him in the room for the night and scare him. I never wanted to try and kill him. I had no idea about the carbon monoxide. I didn't want kill anyone.
But I had.
I had killed Shane's mother. And I had to live with that guilt on my shoulders every single day. There was no way I could image my life with out my mother. Though we didn't have the best relationship, I wouldn't want her out of my life. I took Shane's mother from him. She was stolen from him. And Shane and his mother were close. They were best friends. Now she was gone.
Because of me.
I had killed someone. And the guilt just piled every time I saw someone and they had that look in their eyes. That look telling me that they knew GiGi Morasco and the accusatory gleam they sent my way. It was entirely my fault.
I acted the way I thought I was supposed to act. I was Todd Manning's son. I thought that was how I was supposed to act. I didn't think I was supposed to show my remorse. That is until I overheard Tea and my dad's conversation after they brought me home from the police station. Tea thought I was turning into my father. Maybe I was. Who knows. Maybe it was just the way my cards were dealt. I was destined to end up just like my father. Though he didn't seem to upset about that, he was determined to keep me out of jail.
Everyone in Llanview hated me at this moment because I was becoming just like my father. I had taken the first step to ending up lie him. I had killed someone. I had stolen her life and stolen her away from her family: her son and her fiancé.
I didn't want to end up like my dad. I knew the things he had done and I knew how many things he's done to hurt people. I don't want to spend my life in and out of jail the way he has. As much I didn't want to end up like Todd Manning, I honestly don't think that I had much of a choice in the matter. I was meant to end up like him and there wasn't a single thing I could do about it. This was just the beginning of crime streak, as much as I hate to admit it.