Janet needed to get back to the apartment to dress for work and she left at 6:30 am. Steve had offered to drive her back to the apartment as she'd normally taken a cab. They pulled into the parking lot and were surprised to see Mark waiting for them.
"Don't go into the apartment. Carl is in the apartment and he's waiting for you. If you go in there, he will kill you and if you go in Steve, he will kill you as well.. He killed the guy that Steve saw snooping around on grandpa Jack's home. He's been spying on both of us. Carla's dead. He killed her two days ago in their bedroom while she slept. No one knows it yet but they will soon.
"Then we need to get the hell out of here."
From where they were in the garage, Janet saw Carl come out of the apartment and looked around.
Reluctantly, Mark got into the car with them but something about him was off. Janet didn't know what and Steve knew something wasn't right. Mark looked white as a sheet and very pale looking. Steve drove the car out of the parking garage quietly as Mark told him.
There was a long silence as Steve drove. Mark asked him to pull over near Diamond Park. Mark got out of the car and looked at Janet and Steve. She opened the window and he talked to them thru the window. His arms were leaning on the car door.
"I got up around 5:00 am as I usually do. I went jogging but I didn't make it home. Carl must have followed me and while I was jogging in the Diamond park, he stopped got out of his vehicle and shot me twice in the head. I'm dead. My body will be found there shortly. The police are coming."
There was a pause as Mark was whispering this into Janet's ear. Steve couldn't hear what he was saying. He had a very uneasy feeling and looked straight ahead.
"I love you very much Janet, I always have and always will. You will marry Steve, have several children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. You will be married a long time and you will die a very very old woman. Farewell, Janet...
Janet felt a kiss from Mark and then he started running and disappeared. Steve looked at Janet in amazement.
"You saw that, didn't you Steve."
"Yes, I did.
Sirens and police were coming from everywhere. A patrol car pulled in behind Steve's car.
From a distance, Janet could see Charles Horn and she knew it was true. She got out of the car and ran towards him. Charles Horn was sobbing.
"He's dead Janet. He's dead. Carl Hockley killed him. He killed him in cold blood. "
Janet screamed and sobbed uncontrollably.
"Why, Steve, why did this happen? Why? Mark didn't do anything wrong?"
Steve had no answer for her.
Janet had been on the phone non-stop with family members until she arrived at Charles Horn's home. So had Steve's family. Since he was driving, Janet had both phones in her hands. He dropped her off at Charles Horn's home and left after offering his condolences.
Hours later
It was now that some the horrible nightmares and dreams which Charles Horn had over the decades now made sense. As a child they were vague and then they became more vivid but from a distance.
He had blocked out a lot of the memories of his childhood. Some were very vivid that he'd never forget but then there were others that came in bits and pieces.
The man who had killed his father was related to the man who had killed his grandson and whose grandfather and father were also indirectly responsible for the death of his son, wife and daughter in-law. Had his grandson been in the plane with them, he also would have perished.
There were only two people in the world who knew about this story and he wondered if they had figured it out. It was only by chance that he met up with them.
The Holy Trinity Episcopal Church was packed with mourners. This was the church that Janet and Mark were going to be married in. The day of the funeral was the day of the wedding. It was the church that their families attended for decades. It was decided that the reception which be a celebration of Mark's life. A cake was made in memory of Mark.
Six months later
Cal Hockley was a very vengeful person who had told Rose that he would hunt her to the end of the earth if she ever left him and even if he didn't find her in this life, he would make sure that family members haunted or made her life miserable in this life. It looked like he had done this and had made good on his promise.
