Chapter 18
Thirty minutes had passed. Jack walked to the pay phone and nervously dialed Helena's number again. He hoped Helena wouldn't want him to go after Luke yet. He was a little afraid of Luke, especially since it seemed that he was on to them. Jack waited patiently while the phone continued to ring. Finally Andreas answered it.
"Andreas, this is Jack. Did you find out anything?"
"Yes sit. Madame Cassadine says that you are to stay with Miss Campbell."
Jack sighed with relief. "Ok, I'll take care of it."
"There's more sir," Andres said.
"What?"
"She said that she wants you to make sure that Miss Campbell doesn't survive."
Jack swallowed hard and stared at the phone for a moment. "I understand," he said and then hung up the phone.
He got back into his car. Jack knew that he couldn't kill Gia. He had grown to like her, maybe more than he should since she was in love with Nikolas.
He started the car and drove back to the accident scene. There were several police car and an ambulance near where Gia's rental car sat smashed against a tree. There were several other people standing there looking at the wrecked car. He stopped behind the police car and got out.
Jack walked up to where the other onlookers were standing. One officer was holding the crowd back while two more were examining the wrecked car. He watched the ambulance attendants walk to the car with a gurney. They spoke to the officers who were standing at the car, walked back to the ambulance with an empty gurney and drove away. Jack was really worried now. Was Gia already dead?
The other two officers walked over to join the one that was controlling the crowd. "There was no one in the car," they said.
Jack sighed. He was relieved that Gia had made it out of the car. But where was she? He thought for a moment and decided that she would probably head toward London. He got in his car and drove off.
After driving for a few minutes, he saw her lying at the side of the road. He stopped his car and ran to her. She was unconscious. Blood was still oozing out of the wound on her head. Jack knew he had to get her to the hospital or she was going to die.
He scooped her up into her arms and put her in his car. He was sure that Helena would have him killed, but he knew what he had to do. He was going to take Gia to the nearest hospital, then he was going to find Luke and warn him of Helena's plan.