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Recap: Ana has been kept prisoner for three days. Jack is starting to lose it but Ana is doing her best at trying to work with Jack. Ana can't stop thinking about Christian. Christian has got everyone he knows and everyone Taylor knows out looking for Ana with the police but no one has found her yet or even has a clue as to where she is. Christian is angry at Jack and scared for Ana. Elliot hasn't been getting much rest either as Kate has him up all night crying and worrying about Ana.

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Poison Apple: Chapter 10: The Marina

Ana
"Wake up sleepyhead,"

I opened my eyes and saw Jack standing over me with a creepy smile on his face. He had bags under his eyes from not sleeping; they also looked red and sore. Jack didn't even look like Jack right now; he looked like some creepy person trying to imitate him.

"Jack, why am I still here?" I asked tiredly.

"I told you; one of us is going to die and I haven't quite decided who it would be yet," He said without faze.

He was really scaring me right now.

"You told me you loved me," I stated and he nodded in agreement "If you love me then why do you want to hurt me? If you hurt me or kill me, you can't love me meaning you did all of this for nothing," I told him "I don't want you to die either. We had a lot of good times, didn't we? I don't want this to be my last memory of you," I pleaded.

As much as I hate him for what he has done and put me through, I don't want him to die. He obviously needs some serious mental help, help that I can't give him.

"You drove me to this," He stated angrily.

"You scared me," I argued back "You backed me into a corner and I lashed out. I tried to be a good girlfriend and you tried to be a good boyfriend but it just didn't work out between us but I promise you there is someone out there for you. A gorgeous woman who can give you everything you need and more, she will want to marry you, have children with you and make you happy... that woman just isn't me," I explained kindly.

"Did you ever love me?" He asked as tears began to pool in his eyes.

"Of course I did," I answered truthfully "I stayed as long as I did because I loved you," I added.

"Do you not love me anymore?" He asked.

"I care for you. I don't want you to hurt yourself anymore then I want you to hurt me," I told him.

"I don't want to live without you," He cried and fell down onto his knees in front of me "You are the only person I see a life with Ana. You make me happy, you are everything I want," He said.

"Jack you know that isn't true," I started "If I was everything you wanted in a woman we wouldn't be in this situation now. You want to get married, have children, your wife be a stay at home mother and have the dinner ready for when you get home. You want to settle down and be a family man. I'm not ready for that just yet and I don't know if I'll even be ready in three years time. I'm still young... I'm at college... I want a career, I want to live my life and not be tied down. We want different things in life so I can't be your perfect woman." I explained.

Jack's head landed on my lap and he started to really cry. My hands were still tied up so I couldn't try and comfort him or get the gun off him that I could see sticking out the back of his pants. The more I stay here, the less settled he gets and the more crazy he becomes. I meant it when I told him that I didn't want him to hurt himself anymore then I wanted him to hurt me, I don't believe Jack is all evil and horrible. He has done some awful things but I have seen the good side to Jack and I do think he will make someone very happy one day, it's just not me. The sooner he can see that, the sooner he might let me go. I don't even care if the police catch him or if he gets away, I just want to get out of here and away from him.

"Jack," I said calmly and quietly as he sobbed on my knee "Jack," I tried again and this time he sat up and looked at me "Please let me go," I begged "I will do whatever I can to help you get out of here if you want but please just let me go," I pleaded.

"The police will lock me up and throw away the key," He stated.

"Not if I help you. I can probably get Sawyer to tell the police that you shot him by accident, that you didn't mean to and we just needed to talk about our relationship and things just got out of hand but the longer you keep me here, the longer it will be to make that story convincing," I told him, hoping he might see reason, as unlikely as it was.

"The man, Sawyer, does he work for Christian Grey?" Jack asked.

"Yes," I answered, there was no point lying to him, he's many things but stupid isn't one of them.

Jack fell backwards so he was sitting on the ground rather than knelling; he wiped his eyes and looked down at the ground "Why was he there Ana?" He asked but he knew the answer already.

"Christian was worried about me so asked Sawyer to keep an eye on me," I told him "I was scared after you beat me up," I added.

"I beat you up after you hit me!" He shouted and stood up in anger

"I know," I said calmly, the calmer I am the more calm he might be "I'm sorry for slapping you. I shouldn't have done it, I know but I was so angry and I lashed out at you," Jack picked up the glass of water he had brought in for me and threw it against a wall, the glass shattered into hundreds of pieces and turned back to face me with a face of thunder "I'm sorry for everything I did, I never wanted to hurt you or upset you." Jack's face softened.

Jack leaned forward and I held my breath, scared of what he was about to do but then he placed a soft kiss on my forehead, his lips lingered on my forehead for a couple of moments before he pulled away from me. He gave me a small smile, turned his back to me and walked out of the room.

He seemed a little calmer, more talkative and he didn't the gun pointed in my face which was all good signs. I am doing my best to make him see reason but with Jack you never know what is going through his mind. Surely he knows he can't just keep me locked up in here forever, he needs to let me go... unless his plan is to kill me and he's just working his way up to it. God, I hope not because I am not ready to die! There are so many things in life I still want to do, people I want to see one more time before I go. This is not how I want my story to end!

"Jack!" I screamed out as loud as I could but I heard no movement "Jack!" I screamed out again as I started to cry.

The door to my room opened and Jack came in looking panicked with the gun in his hand like I was calling him to protect me from an intruder or something.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

"Let me go!" I shouted "Please let me go!" I pleaded.

Christian
Taylor and I walked out of David Bennoff's house; he was a 'friend' of Jack's. He got back into the country this morning after being away for business in China. Taylor and I questioned him; the police hadn't been able to get hold of him yet so I made the house call myself. David told us some really interesting information; he has a boat at The Marina that Jack has been staying in since he split up with Ana. David swears he didn't know what Jack had done to Ana and said Jack begged him for somewhere to stay for a week because Ana had left him. Being a good friend, David agreed he could stay on the boat for a week but as he's been away on business he doesn't know if Jack is still there or not.

The Marina is a good place for Jack to hide out. It's quiet, out of the way, not somewhere you'd think to look and it's very private. Taylor and I are heading over there now because we believe that is where he is still hiding out and it's probably where he has Ana. I swear if he has hurt one hair on her head I will kill him myself, I don't care what happens to me!

"Sir," Taylor started as we got into the car "The police just called. They have had reports of a woman screaming on a boat at The Marina," He paused and gave me a worried look "There was also a report of a gunshot," He added.

"Get down there." I ordered.

Taylor started driving as I grabbed my phone out of my jacket, I don't want to call Elliot and tell him what is going on because I know my voice will betray me. Elliot needs to be with Kate right now and give her some kind of hope.

Got a good lead on Ana, heading there now. Sit tight with Kate. Will update when I know more. C

That should do it. I didn't really know what else to say without worrying them or having Kate demand to be there herself. If Jack has shot Ana, I don't want Kate and Elliot there to see it, I don't really want to see Ana if she is dead but I have to know, I have to see with my own two eyes.

My phone beeped with a reply from Elliot;

Give her our love when you get her

I wish Elliot wouldn't do that, he always tries to make me out to be a hero or something and I'm not. Ana is in this situation because of me! If I hadn't kissed her, there would have been nothing to tell Jack and he wouldn't have gone off the handle like this. This is my fault and if Ana never wants to see me again or work for me anymore then I completely understand and I will back off. She must hate me right now.

"We're here Sir." Taylor said as he brought the car to a stop.

This one is a little short, I know but I'm going to leave it there for this chapter. You want to make sure you come back next week for the next chapter... it's going to be explosive! I promise, it is going to be worth the wait.

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