CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

For the next couple of hours Jack sat at home waiting patiently for Martha. They needed to talk; he knew that much. Things were starting to get way to intense and something needed to be done about it. Something was going on in Martha's head and he wanted to know what it was. He needed to know what she was feeling.

Jack stood up from his chair and walked towards the fridge; getting a bottle of water out. He was walking back to his chair when Martha appeared at the front door with Alex.

"Hey," Jack said to her.

"Hi," Martha said in return as she dropped her bag on the ground.

"I need to talk to you," Jack told her.

"Fine," Martha exclaimed as she placed Alex in her high chair. "What is it?" she asked; sounding uninterested.

"I saw Jason and Joy down at the beach earlier," Jack started. He didn't fail to notice the roll of Martha's eyes when he mentioned Joy's name. "Jason told me what happened at the diner the other night; about you remembering being pregnant with Alex. He also told me that you got really excited and that you ended you date just so you could come and tell me. Of course he was surprised when I told him I knew nothing about it," he finished.

Martha wasn't in the mood to have this conversation. She really just wanted to be left alone. "And?" she waved her hands in the air.

"So you did come looking for me down at the bon fire?" Jack asked, although it was more of a statement; not a question.

Martha knew that she had been caught out. There wasn't much point in lying about it. "Yeah, I did. So what," she shrugged as she walked into the kitchen and flicked on the kettle.

Jack sighed in frustration. "So why didn't you tell me?" he wanted to know.

Martha slowly turned around to face Jack. "You looked busy," she spat out.

"I knew it," Jack laughed a little. "This is because of Joy. You're all moody because of Joy and because I went out with her. Am I right, or am I right?" he said smartly.

Martha raised her eyebrows at him and then turned back to the kettle. What was the point in answering; she didn't want to give him the satisfaction.

"Don't turn away from me when I'm talking to you," Jack grabbed Martha's shoulder and pulled her back around. "I don't know why you're upset; you were the one who made me go out with her. I didn't want to, but you kept on pushing and pushing. So don't get mad at me," he growled at her.

Martha huffed. "You really must like her, huh?" she tried to sway the conversation a bit.

Jack shook his head at Martha in disbelief. "Stop it," he said seriously.

"Why?" Martha snapped. "I mean, you've only known the girl for three days and she already managed to convince you to take off you wedding ring. What does that tell you? Coz it tells me that you must really like her a lot. And you must if you can do that. Take off your wedding ring for her, I mean," she ranted.

Jack stood on the spot; shocked. He was unable to speak. How did she know that Joy had asked him to remove his ring? "How did….," he trailed off.

"I saw you," Martha frowned. "I saw you taking it off. I saw you looking pretty happy with your accomplishment," she said sarcastically.

"You took yours off first," Jack said in a quiet voice. "Why was it alright for you, but not for me?" he asked as he looked down at his feet.

"It was different," Martha yelled. "I lost my memory. I didn't know who I was anymore," she cried.

"It still doesn't explain why you're angry at me," Jack started. "You told me to go out with Joy. It was your stupid idea for me to move on. I thought it was what you wanted," he yelled back at her.

"Well it wasn't," Martha hissed. She then started to laugh. "And here I was thinking that maybe you and I might……," she started but was cut off by a knock at the door.

"We'll finish this later," Jack pointed his finger at Martha. "Come in," he then yelled to the person at the door.

The door slowly opened and Tony poked his head through the gap. "I could hear you two from the street," he frowned. "Is everything okay?" Tony asked.

Martha smiled. "Peachy," she exclaimed as she glanced at Jack; sending him an icy glare. "So, what's up?" she wanted to know.

"We just got a call from Belle," Tony started. "It's Irene; there's been an accident," he said.

Martha gasped; raising her fingers to her lips. "When? What happened?" she asked.

Tony sighed. "I haven't got the full details, but it was a car accident. It was only about two hundred meters from her place," he explained.

"Oh my god," Martha was stunned. "Is she okay?"

Tony shook his head. "It's pretty serious. She's pretty banged up," he answered.

"We should go to the hospital and see what's going on," Jack suggested.

"Yeah," Martha nodded in agreement. "I want to see Belle and make sure that she's okay too," she said as she picked up Alex and put her on her hip.

"I'll follow you in my car," Tony nodded at them.

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