First off a big thank you to everyone who reviewed and I hope that this instalment will ease some of the confusion.
CHAPTER 2
He was late.
Though he wouldn't be the Jack she knew if he had arrived on time for a change. So she waited, sitting in the very booth she used to serve him at. The Diner hadn't changed one bit with the exception of a much more decent and less womanizing Manager.
It came as no surprise, especially to Jack that her boss at the time Manny treated her with little or no respect. Nicknaming her "Booty" much to her annoyance and she honestly lost count on the number of times he had tried to force himself on her as well.
However that all came to a standstill when Jack felt it was time to intervene, despite Kate's opposing requests.
Weirdly enough, not long after Manny mysteriously disappeared and as much as she was relieved that he was out of her life, she couldn't help but wonder what happened to him. More precisely what Jack had done to scare him off, and suspicions only aroused when he would dodge any further discussion over the subject.
Simply saying that it was, "taken care of and that he would never bother you again."
Still, it didn't suffice her curiosity, though in an effort to show her gratitude she dropped it and moved on with her relationship with Jack.
Speaking of……
45 minutes gone now and still no show, that was until……
"Hello Kate." A voice suddenly adorned her and Kate was at an honest loss for names for the simple fact that she had never met this person before.
However the same obviously couldn't be said for the person now staring right back at her.
"We need to talk" they then proposed and Kate didn't know whether to be scared or curious.
The latter won out considerably when Jack's name was then mentioned followed by the words, "you can't see him anymore."
Knock, knock.
Still no answer and instead of worrying he immediately assumed that she was out.
"So why is her car still here?" he then wondered when he spotted it still parked in the driveway.
Without wasting another second he moved to retrieve hold of his phone only to find that he didn't have it.
He was never one to leave his phone lying around anywhere, especially in a house where your every move and possession was scrutinised, but of late he'd been distracted by a lot to even think of anything else.
"Damnit." He muttered in regards to his carelessness and the likely probability that Kate's life was in jeopardy now, especially if his Father were to find her.
Seeing no chance of finding her here he opted to quicken his search by relying on one of his less than humanly senses, tracking her scent.
"Excuse me!!" Kate naturally exclaimed in shock of what was being more or less demanded.
"What don't you understand?" the woman across questioned, opting to go on the defence in an effort to strengthen her argument. Little did she estimate Kate's determination to fight back.
"Well let's start off with who the hell you are?!" Kate bit back with a fury she never thought she possessed but went with it in an effort to stand her ground.
"I'm someone who knows Jack a lot better than you do…" the woman replied and taking one last look at the woman before her she continued, "and trust me you're NOT his type and never will be."
"Really? And you would say that because……"
"I'm his wife." The woman filled in and Kate felt like she had, had the wind knocked right out of her. Fresh out of retorts but flooding in with questions she didn't have the answers to.
He's married?
Why didn't he tell me?
Why did he lie to me?
Those were just some of the questions looming around her now aching head, but it bore no sense of comparison to the ache currently pricking her heart.
"I….I'm sorry." Kate apologised to the woman in shame before making a quick exit. Finally allowing for the tears to fall once she was outside but her moment of solitary pain was short lived and made that much more poignant by the sudden arrival of the person who was the sole cause of it.
"Kate?" Jack questioned, placing his helmet on the seat of his motorbike and quickly making his way towards her in sheer relief of having found her.
"Don't" she warned him in a tone that sent shivers down his spine and not the good kind.
"Kate, what's….." he still tried, ignoring her warning and moving to embrace her, especially when he saw how emotionally perturbed she was, but his efforts only made matters worse.
"Don't touch me!!" she hissed and respecting her wishes he kept his distance this time, but something within him suddenly snapped when she then moved to walk away.
"No, don't walk away from me."
"Let go off me…." She fought back trying her best to free herself from his grip and presumably empty promises.
"No" he challenged, unwilling to give up on the best thing that ever happened to him.
"Jack, let go…" she continued to fight, glaring at him and his persistence.
"Why should he care?" she wondered in light of learning about the life he already had.
"NO…." he stood his ground but calmed considerably when he then felt the slight tremble on the surface of her body. Fear was the last thing he wanted her to feel with him.
"LET GO!!" she spoke, the anger in her tone now drowning amidst the tremble of her emotions. There was only so much her breaking heart could restrain yet it still didn't ring out a forfeit in her case.
"Kate, it's okay…" he still tried pulling her into his body as much as he could without hurting her, even though it looked like he was already too late.
"No, it's not!!" she screamed, pushing him away with all the strength she could muster and he was hurt to say the least by how she was behaving.
"It's not okay." She repeated it more to herself, not believing that this was happening with a guy she thought was her chance to finally find completion with.
Still plagued with confusion, he begged, "Kate, what happened? What happened to make you feel this way all of a sudden?"
Admittedly amazed at his play for innocence, she opted to cut straight to the point and put him on the spot, "why don't you ask your wife how she feels about all of this."
"Wha…. How did…." He stuttered and his hesitance painfully confirmed and defeated the one shred of hope Kate had that maybe this wasn't true.
"So it's true then." She confirmed and his silence gave her no choice but to assume that it was. With that confirmed she resumed with her departure from him and this relationship.
Never did he think that this was how he would tell her, but desperate times called for desperate measures and he cared too much for her to let it all end.
"It's not what you think it is Kate." He admitted, on pins and needles as to what this would undoubtedly reveal; everything.
"Yeah, well it sounds fairly simple to me." She replied, and then whipped around to face him with a venomous look, "I was just too stupid to see through the lies."
"Kate, please let me explain…."
"Goodbye Jack." She firmly finished and left, giving him no choice but to accept the fact that it was over.
"For now", he firmly vowed to himself, still unwilling to give up and give in.
"Humans eh. Show them that you care and they just stomp all over you." He suddenly heard a voice behind him say and he felt nothing but disgust in regards to the familiarity of it. Even more so when turned around to face her.
"What are you doing here?" he growled out certainly not in the mood for company, particularly her.
"Oh just wanted to see what the often talked about "Sal's Diner" was like." Amelia offered and biting back a victorious smile she continued, not being able to help it, "turns out it was a lot more gratifying than I expected."
"So it was you then." Jack guessed and her dirty smirk in turn was enough to confirm his suspicions.
"Me? What did I do?" she decided to play the game of denial only adding more fuel to Jack's already roaring fire.
"Don't screw around with me Amelia. You were never a very good liar….."
"But I bet you're the expert when it comes to lying right Jack." Amelia cut in hoping to make him realize the error of his ways but all it did was rouse his fury.
"You don't know me and you never will so stop trying to…."
"To what Jack? To protect and care about you in a way that she wouldn't even begin to understand…." She cut him off this time with reason to what she felt was more her rite of duty. To make him see that this was the path he had to take, with her.
"I don't have time for this." He opted, walking away in an effort to dismiss what he saw as nonsense, but Amelia seemed unwilling to forfeit just yet.
"You know I'm right Jack…" she stated, finding it hard to keep up with his long strides but trying none the less.
"You and I both know that she'll never understand or accept what you are."
"Shut up." He warned in a low voice, his pace quickening to restrict his anger from growing any more because he knew what would surface as a result.
"She's a human and you're……"
"Shut up!!" he warned again, trying his best to gain a sense of focus and control over the rage he already felt percolating from within.
"You're a monster. A soulless creature that feeds…."
"SHUT THE FUCK UP!!" he shouted, roughly grabbing hold of her as his eyes changed to a pitch black colour, but before the beast could gain any more precedence of possession he tightly closed his eyes to wrestle for control one last time.
"That's right Jack. Let it out…" Amelia urged with almost a satisfied purr, responding to the animal inside him and hoping that it would once and for all break him free from this prison of delusion.
"No." Jack still stood his ground then trying to focus on the one thing that managed to tame the beast. Just like it always had……
Kate.
From her piercing green, hazel flickered eyes to the light scattering of freckles across her cheeks only accentuating the youth of her beauty; and he was captivated by it all right from the very first time he laid eyes on her.
It was enough to make him suddenly forget all about the rage and instead focus more on his true purpose.
Starting with Kate and the truth cause she deserved it.
So with that in mind he recovered and wordlessly walked away from a very pissed off Amelia, but little did he estimate the extent of her determination to stake her claim when she suddenly held up a dart gun and shot him in the back of the neck. Knocking him to the ground, cold and then getting in contact with back up once she checked to see that the coast was clear.
A few minutes later a plain, black van arrived. Two black uniformed individuals then stepped out from the back and approached Amelia who stood next to the body of a heavily drugged Jack.
"Nice work Amy." One of the individuals commended and the brunette simply offered a smile of recognition whilst watching them usher Jack onto a stretcher and into the van. Admittedly hating that it had to come to this but at the same time willing to take such measures in an effort to have him cured.
"You coming?" she found herself being asked by one of the men and thinking over her options she knew what had to be eliminated to grant any form of success.
"I'll follow up. There are just a few ties I need to sever first." She evilly proposed and the man nodded in knowing approval before heading off in the van.
Once seeing them off, she started to make her way towards the destination in mind. Relying on a scent she had been around long enough to become familiar with.
Now what could Amelia possibly be up to? Will she succeed and more importantly is there a 3rd instalment needed to end the tale or should it end here instead with being left to make our own conclusions…….
Yay or nay? I'm leaving the poll open.
Things in store for the possible 3rd instalment:-
* A big reveal
* A tough choice
* A death
