A/N: Thanks for bearing with my incredibly small chapters there for a while. Here's a much longer one! Enjoy& Review!

Chapter 26

"How are you feeling?" asked Jack when Audrey joined him and Kyle downstairs that morning. She passed through the kitchen and grabbed the cup of coffee that Jack had made for her off the counter. She sat down next to Jack on the couch as close as she could get.

"I'm okay," Audrey said. She sipped her coffee and Jack waited for her to continue. Audrey could not get her thoughts away from her father. "I guess I just regret so many things I've said to him. Even though I know I was right about all of it."

"Like what?" Jack asked.

"Like when you were in China. I don't think a single day went by where we didn't have an argument," Audrey said, thinking of one in particular.

It had been a long day and Audrey and her father had managed to get along. Audrey had been up late every night that week trying to find ways to get Jack out of China. She would do work with her father during the day and secretly look for Jack at night when her father had gone home. This time, however, it was getting late and James wasn't leaving. He knew what Audrey had been doing and refused to let her stay late again.

"You should go home and get some sleep," James suggested.

"I'm okay. I'll leave in a little while," Audrey responded.

"Really, we're almost done here and I can finish up," James insisted.

"Or, I could finish up and you could get some rest," Audrey said.

"Audrey, you've been working hard lately. You deserve a break. Go out with some friends. Do something," James said.

"I am doing something. I'm working," Audrey said.

"I meant something fun," James said, "When was the last time you did something fun?"

"When I was with Jack," Audrey muttered under her breath. She knew it would start a fight but she wanted to tell the truth.

"Audrey, when are you going to get over him?" James asked.

"Never," Audrey said.

"Well get over it. Spending all your time looking for him is a mistake. You're not going to get him out! He's not worth what you're going through."

"Yes he is! And, maybe I'd be able to get him out if you would just help me instead of being a horrible, overbearing father who thinks he knows what's best for me!" Audrey said.

"Even if you did get him out of China, what do you expect?" James asked, "You two are completely different people than before. I doubt that he even thinks about you anymore."

Audrey swallowed the lump in her throat. What if he was right? Was she doing all of this for nothing? No, Jack was her everything. They belonged together.

"You're right. I do need a break. Which is why I'm going to China tomorrow," Audrey said.

"No you're not," said James.

"Yeah, I am. I got the ticket yesterday. I found the place where they're holding him and I'm going to get him out."

"You can't go to China, by yourself, and expect to save him," James said.

"Then, help me," Audrey begged.

"You want me to help you save the man who's been putting you through so much pain? Forget it. Trust me, you'll be better off if he's dead," James said. He, then, felt a sharp pain as Audrey slapped him across the face.

"I hope I die. So, you can feel guilty for the rest of your life," Audrey said, before walking out of the room and heading home. The next day she left for China without a single goodbye.

"And he did," Audrey said.

"He did what?" Jack asked.

"Blamed himself for what happened to me," Audrey answered.

"No he didn't. He blamed me," Jack said.

"He blamed you so that he could take the blame off of himself," Audrey said.

"He would've even if you hadn't said that," Jack said.

"I know," Audrey said, "I think I'm going to go see him."

"Okay," Jack said, kissing her goodbye. Audrey picked up Kyle, kissed him on the cheek, and walked outside. She got into her car, happy that she now had her license renewed. She drove until she reached her father's house.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" James asked as he opened the door.

"I just thought we could talk," Audrey said, walking inside. She took a seat on the couch and James sat next to her.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" asked Audrey.

"Just making sure," James said, "So, what did you want to talk about?"

Audrey, then, apologized for every horrible thing she had ever said to him in her life that she could remember. Half way through she broke into tears, but refused to let her father interrupt her and tell her it was okay.

"Are you done, now?" James asked, when Audrey finally stopped talking. Audrey wiped away a tear and nodded. "Audrey, don't feel bad about those things. Some of them happened years ago and I don't even remember them. You're my daughter. If you didn't yell at me all the time it would mean I wasn't doing my job. I love you. And, it isn't like I haven't said some horrible things to you too."

Eventually, Audrey left and started to drive home. She felt better after their talk. But, as she drove she realized that it was becoming more real. Her father was going to die and she couldn't stop it. She started to cry again, but just as she was about to wipe away a tear she felt a sharp pain and then nothing at all. She looked around but couldn't see anything except the air bag before everything went dark.