Hey guys hope you enjoyed the last chapter but there will unfortunately be some angst from here on, but not for long I promise!!! Again thanks to everyone who reviewed!!! they really do make me smile!!!
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It all happened so fast for jack. One minute he saw jill walking in with a man he had never seen in his life but for some reason kate had known him from before, judging by the expression of fear which was plastered on her face ever since this guy Kevin he noted carefully, had walked in. Following that interesting meeting of stares, the four people eventually sat down in the private booth falling into yet another moment of silence once again. This time however jack decided to break it once and for all.
"So Kevin, is it" jack asked and the man nodded, "what do you do?"
"Why don't you ask the woman sitting right next to you, I'm sure she can give you a detailed description, right Monica!!" Kevin hissed straight at the brunette who still hung her head to avoid any sense of confrontation from the person sitting across from her although she knew that she had to face it some time, so she gradually rose her head to firstly meet jack's confused and gaze and then Kevin's pissed one.
"Um…Kevin is my…is my….ex - husband" she confessed making jack and jill gasp in utter shock and surprise but Kevin on the other hand just dug a deeper hole into her head with his staring, knowing that what she said wasn't exactly true.
"Husband" he corrected looking at jack and confirming it once again "I'm her husband still!!" he said with a lot more emphasis making kate hang her head in shame once again.
Jack literally had no idea of what to say at this point, he felt confused, betrayed for simply not knowing about this all this time. As much as he was angry with the woman sitting next to him for not telling him this, his love for her was convincing him to approach this matter in a calm manner. So he just reached out to touch her arm and stroked it in a comforting manner and then softly asked her if it was true.
In response she met his gaze with tears in her eyes and nodded slightly saying "yes jack we were married but we aren't anymore, I swear!!" she begged making jack feel a slight sense of relief in return although Kevin decided to interrupt.
"What the hell are you talking about ?" he hissed making the brunette flinch.
"Kevin, we were never legally married we…" she managed to get out before breaking down again. So jack decided to take over by firstly putting his arm around her and then explaining to Kevin what she was gonna say.
"You married her under a different name, which technically makes it unofficial that you were ever legally married in the first place." jack explained.
"Why don't you stay the hell out of other people's issues, this is between me and her got it!!" Kevin replied in a dangerous manner.
"Well Kevin kate is my business and if you continue to talk to us in that fashion then I might have to do something about it" jack threatened making the other man stand up and punch his fist into the table in response.
"You wanna say that again" Kevin said willing to accept jack's threat. Jack was about to stand up when kate suddenly grasped hold of his arm and pleaded for him to let it go before it got out of hand.
To her relief jack and Kevin listened and sat down to discuss the other matter at hand.
"So how are you doing?" jack asked jill who too had a sad and fearful look on her face. She didn't respond immediately, instead she just hung her head and kept on staring at her stomach and wondering what she was gonna say, although the next thing she saw was Kevin's hand grasping hers tightly and assuring her that he would be here for her and they would get through this together and with that she gained a sudden burst of confidence within herself and looked up to meet jack's confused gaze with a confession that woul soon make him understand what she did.
"Jack there's something I need to tell you, but firstly I want to let you know that I will always love you and that I felt that this was the best and only option I had of keeping you happy." she said her voice quivering the whole time.
"What did you do jill" jack raised his voice in fear. In response she just looked at her stomach and rubbed it in an effort to tell him what she had done. To her good luck jack caught on to what she was trying to convey and he was far from happy with it To her surprise as well he didn't shout at her or anything but he just took hold of her left hand which was lying on the table and softly asked her….
"Why did you do this?" jack asked painfully, the tears threatening his eyes as well. In response she just let out a bitter laugh and released her left hand from his grasp.
"You made it perfectly clear jack that you didn't want anything to do with me, so I just ended it completely. No strings attached!!" she uttered in a venomous manner hiding the sadness and complete regret she was feeling inside. Although she couldn't show it to jack because like him she refused to show the slightest sign of weakness, afraid that she would be picked on for it. So she decided to take the chance to leave before she broke down completely in front of jack. She looked back at Kevin signalling that she wanted to leave and in response he smiled and took hold of her hand and stood up to leave along with her but jack stopped them halfway pleading for jill to talk to him some more about it, but Kevin however spoke for her and explained that she was in no position to talk and with that they left the restaurant leaving jack to wallow in his sadness and loss once again.
Kate attempted to leave him alone for a while but at the last minute she decided to show that she was still there for him and she went to touch his arm in an effort to show him that but once she mad contact with him, he just politely threw her hand off him and announced that he needed to be alone and with that he left her alone in the restaurant to drown in nothing but sadness and regret once again. She knew a certain part of him was a tad bit annoyed at her for what she had kept from him but she hoped that he would somehow understand that, that was a much more tougher part of her life that she really had no intention of revisiting. So with that in mind she left the restaurant to go home and see if Ella and Jeremiah were alright, and she also hoped that jack would come home soon.
He had no destination in mind but here he was, sitting in a dingy Bar on his third drink, thinking about kate and jill. He really had no idea what he was feeling at this point and he literally had no idea how serious jill had been about cutting ties with him altogether, and allowing their unborn child to get in the middle of it. The thought of what jill had done was enough to spring tears to his eyes once again. Throughout the time they were together, he had seriously cared about her and found that he could somehow confide in her but apparently that feeling wasn't mutual he bitterly thought to himself and with that he downed the rest of his drink and ordered the bartender to refill it. His thoughts then drifted to kate. He did feel somewhat betrayed and hurt by not knowing about kate being married before after he had revealed all his dark secrets including his own failed marriage, but to a certain extent he too saw that it was a painful part of her life to touch on , but he still lingered in the fact that she too had no desire to confide in him and trust him with such a big secret but then he thought about Ella and Jeremiah. Why should they be caught in the middle of this he said to himself. He then looked at the glass of refilled liquor staring right back at him, the smell reminding him of when his father would come home everyday stinking of the same scent and not even bothering to acknowledge his own son's presence. Is this the kind of life you want for your children he scolded himself and with that he made a decision and decided to go where he was needed. So he got up from the bar stool dropped a few notes on the table and walked out of the bar, but as he was about to step out he bumped into an unknown form and upon closer inspection he noticed that form to be the one and only…
"Juliet?" jack managed to get out. This was the last person he expected to see, here, now.
Next chapter
Juliet and Jack catch up!!!
And
Kate and jack have a talk about something that happened earlier!! It's not about kate, it's about jack!!
So there it is!!! I have to admit that I was kind of nervous about touching on the subject of abortion because as you know it is a very tedious subject to touch on , so I sincerely apologise if I have offended anyone with the way I've approached it in my story!!! Also I'm going to tell you that no jacket will be in this story, well no hardcore jacket!!! hehe!!! Sorry jacket fans, it's just that I can't stomach it at all!!!! anyway I will stop talking now and leave you to hopefully review!!!! thanks!!!