When Jack met Agent Rhodes, he was shocked to know that he was in on everything. The days after the last show were different. They no longer needed to plan for a show- they had some time off. By three months of their "vacation" Henley decided that she couldn't sit around anymore, she needed to be doing something. No one blamed her, sitting idle was hard. She left 6 weeks before they were given their new mission.
The new mission brought a new horsemen. Lula May. She was tall and beautiful, and in a different life, maybe Jack would have been attracted to her, but he wasn't. He had a thing for Danny, but knew it would never happen so he ignored it. In time Merritt became that older brother Jack missed out on having, and taught him mentalism. Through lots of work, Jack was almost as good as Merritt.
What Jack didn't expect was Merritt figuring out that he was gay. Though with the amount of flirting Lula sent his direction, and the amount of times he walked away, leaving her with a pout, was now too times to many, and Merritt had set out to figure out why. When he figured it out, Jack was as red as a tomato, and very quiet. Of course he accepted the kid, the kid was free to love whoever he wanted, and be who he wanted, and who he was. In time, Merritt realized that Henley and Jack got on like dogs and cats. Henley picked on Jack all the time, and he was more silent about it. Instead, he'd eat her food in the fridge, use all the hot water, and buy everyone else Starbucks but her- every time. She too got meaner over time. Instead she'd put a red item in with his white shirts and underwear in the washing machine. She'd make everyone but him dinner- she'd purposely use what he was allergic to. Hell one time she gave him brownies with laxatives and it was straight messed up. But the furthest she went, was to make fun of him not knowing his dad, and, "being a momma's boy with no mamma." He about threw a mug at her.
It was one thing to make fun of his size- he was small, but he was young and still growing. He was fine with her trying to give him an allergic reaction- he had Benadryl and other medications to take when he began to have issues. The sleight's only weakness, nuts. Even the smallest amount of peanut butter- hell a peanut butter cup chocolate, was enough to make his throat close up and his face swell.
Merritt thought what she was doing was morally wrong, but he didn't want to speak up and be on the other side of her. So in private, he'd help Jack. Every time his face began to swell and he grabbed at his throat, the older man came to his rescue with an Epinephrine shot (epi pen). Once Henley was gone, Jack was at peace. He no longer had to worry about his throat swelling up suddenly because Henley purposely made something he was allergic to. Merritt did give Jack credit, he and Henley were able to look like they liked each other on stage, and Jack never got her in trouble with Dylan or the rest of the eye- despite what she was doing could be considered an attempt on his life, but who cares about technicalities.
From the start Merritt made sure Lula knew Jack had food allergies, and to check things before she handed them to the man. It made things a bit easier- not having to worry if his throat was going to close up and that he had medicine on hand. Pick pocketing hospitals wasn't easy, especially since he was a dead person. Lula appeared to be a favorite of Dylan's which made Danny more jealous- Danny wanted to be leader, but he still respected Dylan. When Jack stood in the lobby as a security guard, he was ready for the reveal to be done- he hated being in the shadows the entire time. What he didn't expect was such a public outing- he was in fact alive. What came next was even more of a shock.
"There is more to what meets the eye with Agent Rhodes. Not only is he the man on the inside of the FBI, he's even more of a liar. He's lied to his son this entire time."
Having no time to process what the hell was going on, Jack and the others ran for the exit and to the rooftop. His brain on autopilot- his first thought was escape and then he would process things. Taking a breath, he jumped down the tunnel and was ready for this to be over.
A/N: I wanted to say thank you to everyone who is reading, favorited, following, or has reviewed. It means the world! Henley was awfully mean! I have looked into other sources and such, and from there it said that Jack and Henley didn't really get along. If you watch the deleted scenes from the first film, you can see how much everyone made fun of Jack, but also how Henley seemed to be the meanest. I'd say Danny was kinda mean, but tbh that's just Danny with everyone.
