AUTHOR"S NOTE : THIS IS AN OLD CARJACK STORY OF MINE THAT I WROTE WHEN JACK WAS MARRIED TO JANET AND CARLY WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH ALCOHOL.

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Carjack 2009

Part one…

Carly woke up with a splitting headache and a lousy taste in her mouth,not really sure what had happened the night before or how she'd ended up in her own bedroom.

Then she heard somebody walking up the stairs and knowing that the kids were over at the farm for the weekend she was scared of who that was;"Who's there?"

"Don't worry,carly,it's just me."said a familiar voice at the other side of the door;"Can I come in?"

"Rosanna?"asked she confused when her sister came into her bedroom;"How…?"

"I found you passed out on the couch here late lastnight and you were pretty out of it."started her sister hesitating as she sat down on the bed;"How long has this been going on and why on earth are you doing this to yourself?"

"I don't know,rosanna,I guess I'm just doing what comes naturally to me."answered carly with a faint smile;"Destroying myself."

"Then stop doing that,honey,why is everybody letting you do this to yourself?"asked she worried;"Why isn't jack helping or something?"

"Jack doesn't have to help me anymore because he's married to somebody else now,so I'm not his problem anymore."said her sister;"I'm really happy to see you."

"I'm happy to see you too,but not like this and it's gonna stop,honey,you need to stop doing this to yourself!"answered rosanna;"Even if jack is married to somebody else then you're still the mother of his kids and he should be there for you when you're in trouble!"

"No,I don't want him to help me,because he can't come to my rescue everytime something is wrong!"started carly tired;"This time it's really over between us and we both have to accept that,so he can't move on one minute and come to my rescue the next,rosanna,that doesn't work for me anymore!"

"I'm sure that if jack knew he'd want to help you and maybe you should let him help you,because you need somebody that loves you to help you through this."

"Ofcourse jack would want to help if he knew,rosanna,that's beside the point."said her sister;"I don't want him help!"

"Why not?"asked rosanna confused;"Why don't you want him to help,carly?"

"He's part of the problem,rosanna,one minute he's telling me all the things I'm doing wrong according to him and the next thing I know he suddenly wants to rescue me when I'm in trouble."answered she;"Each time I try to move on with my life because things are over between us I just get sucked right back into it and I can't do it anymore,because it's driving me crazy."

"What if you guys could work it out somehow?"started her sister curious;"What if you could find a way to get jack back?"

"I'm done with playing games and tricking him."said carly;"I'm done with hoping for a future for jack and me."

"You don't really mean that,carly,you love jack and I know he loves you,so how can you just give up?"

"I have to,because this is tearing me apart and I need to find a way to move on from all of this."answered she;"I'm tired,honey,do you mind closing the door behind you on your way out?"

"Sure,honey."said rosanna worried as she left the room and walked away;"I have some things to do,so I'll be back later."

Thirty minutes later at the lakeview rosanna was waiting at a table when craig walked up to her;"Hello,rosanna,where's carly?"

"That's none of your business and I want you to stay away from my sister!"warned she him annoyed;"She has enough to deal with without you complicating her life even more and she doesn't need a low-life like yourself!"

"Does carly feel the same way?"asked craig;"Or is this the talk of a jealous sister?"

"Jealous of what?"laughed rosanna;"Do you really think that carly loves you or something,craig,is that what you think?"

"In his dreams maybe."said jack as he appeared behind craig;"Carly would never fall for him."

"If it isn't detective know it all."smiled craig and turned around;"I know that you can't stand seeing carly with me or anybody else for that matter,even though you are married to somebody else,jack,and that you want to see your ex-wife all alone and miserable while you enjoy abusing her with words and keeping her down."

"If I were you,craig,I'd get the hell out of here and quickly!"warned he craig angry and pushed him;"Before I lose my temper!"

"The truth hurts doesn't it?"asked craig as he walked away.

"He really gets under your skin,jack."started rosanna curious while jack sat down at her table;"Thanks for coming."

"You said that it was important."answered her ex-brother-in-law;"What is it,rosanna,is there something wrong with carly?"

"If carly knew that I was talking to you right now she'd kill me,so please don't tell her about this!""said she hesitating;"Carly is a big trouble and if somebody doesn't do something about it things will go terribly wrong."

"I know carly is in trouble,rosanna,she has been for a while and we've tried to help her,but she won't let us."started jack slowly;"What do you suggest we do?"

"Let me take carly away with me for a while,jack,away from all of this and most of all,jack,away from you!"answered rosanna;"Now that I have most of my money back from craig I can afford to take my sister away for a while and help her to get past this and we can even have the kids come over for weekends or holidays."

"Away from me?"asked he irritated;"Why does she need to get away from me?"

"You're driving her crazy with your changing attitude,jack,she needs to be away from you and maybe it's good that you're away from her too because you need to focus on your marriage instead of on your ex-wife all the time!"

"I am focused on my marriage and I don't have a changing attitude!"

"Come on,jack,you married somebody else,but the minute carly is with somebody,doesn't matter who,you start acting like some jealous caveman!"laughed rosanna;"You made your choice when you married that woman and now give carly a chance to move on from you,because that's what she needs right now and if you love her then you will let her go!"

"You're making it sound like I'm keeping carly from moving on,rosanna,now you're sounding like craig!"said jack angry and got up again;"If carly wants to move on then fine and I have never stopped her from that!"

"Be honest for once,jack,you know damn well that each time carly is trying to move on that you do something to keep pulling her back into your orbit and that needs to stop because you have moved on too when you married that woman!"answered she as she got up as well;"I will take carly away from here for a while and I will contact you about how and when the kids will be able to come to stay with her."

"Wait a minute,rosanna,I didn't agree to this yet and what do you mean by you will contact me?"asked he stuned;"Why can't carly do that herself?"

"You don't have a say in this and I will do whatever I can to keep carly away from you while we're gone,because she needs to be away from you and move on and if you really love her then you will let her move on."said rosanna while she walked away;"You have made your choice,so live with it and let carly live her life!"

To be continued….