Chapter 10: Leaving
Setting: the afternoon of that day.
Jessica
looked quickly around the apartment, where she and Zack had had the ups and
downs in their relationship for almost a year. She couldn't believe that she
hurt Zack the way she did. But, she had no choice. She loved him so much, but,
doing this was the only way to save his life. She knew it would be best for him. He'd eventually get over her, and
she'd, well, she'd get on with her life too, as best as possible. Sighing, Jessica picked up her suitcase,
making sure that she hadn't left anything behind, and left the apartment. Just
outside her apartment, her cell rang.
"Yeah,"
she replied. The voice on the other line chuckled, "not very eager, to start a
new life, are we Jess??" Jessica felt her blood boil, "you made me hurt him!!!"
"You made me break his heart!!" "I lost the love of my life, and it's all
thanks to you!!" Emotionally exhausted, Jessica slumped down the wall, before
sitting down on the worn carpet of the hallway, clutching her cell phone,
sobbing. The voice on the other end,
softened. "Jess, listen I'm sorry you have to go through this, but, it's the
only way to save Zack's life, it's what you want isn't it??" Jessica nodded,
"it is what I want." The voice all of a sudden became all business again.
"Well, everything's set up, the fake car explosion, everything." "So, no one
can trace that it's a fake explosion that I'm not dead, not even Eyes Only??"
The voice laughed, "Oh, it's a real explosion alrite, but, just a fake body."
"And don't worry about it; Eyes Only won't be able to trace it." Jessica sighed,
"I just wish there was an easier way." The voice replied dryly, "unfortunately,
there isn't, so you'll just have to deal." The voice continued, "everything's
been set, your plane ticket back here to
Jessica
sighed heavily, "Is there anything else you wanna add before I go catch my
plane??" The voice hesitated, then replied quietly, "Brian wants to talk with
you, when you get back, he's pretty messed up." Alarmed, Jessica stood up from
her position on the floor, "why what's wrong??" The voice replied hesitantly,
"Well, the guy who called you a couple days ago, and who got yelled at by Zack,
was Bri." "Oh God!!" Jessica exclaimed, "I didn't mean to hurt Bri so much." "I
still love him you know." "Well," the voice replied, "it's on you to show him
that, I won't bother you anymore, I'll let you go catch your flight." "Okay,"
Jessica replied, "see you back home." Jessica got up, and began the long journey away from this life, and onto
a new one, surrounded by her family and friends, and the man who still loved
her, in spite of what happened between them.
tbc…………..