Chapter 04
Jack squeezed his way through the crowd. "Kai! What do you think you're doing?!" Kai didn't answer. He just kept shouting. He leapt towards Kai, knocking him off the soapbox, and pinning him to the ground. The crowd went silent. "I said what the f*** do you think your doing!?" roared Jack.
"I'm letting justice prevail!" Kai snorted back.
"Yeah, well have you ever heard of innocent until proven guilty?" inquired Jack.
"Go, to, hell!" replied Kai, then he thrust himself up out from under Jack, and just as he was landing, spun around, kicked Jack, knocking him into the dirt.
"Come on," Kai shouted to the mob, "let's go and let justice be served." The crowd began to shout again and marched off towards the Vineyard.
Karen ran to Jack. "Jack! Are you all right?"
"I think so," He replied as hauled himself to his feet. "We've got to warn your father."
"We'll never make it in time!" exclaimed Karen.
"Well, then, I've got another idea. Follow me!"
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"Why are we going to the forest?"
"The fisherman lives in the forest. I need his fishing nets."
"What ever for?" asked Karen as Jack got off his horse.
"There's not enough time to explain," said Jack as he snatched the large nets from the fisher mans tent. "I'm going to have to drop you off near town. Try to find help!"
"Who should I get?"
"I don't know." They came to a stop. "You'll think of something. I'll be at the beach."
Jack sat on the edge of the Green ranch that over saw the beach. He could here voices coming.
"Throw him in the water!" Kai shouted. "Let's drown 'im.
"A little further." Jack thought to himself. "IEEEEE!" Jack cried as he hurled the newly weighted net over the mob. Jack slid down the steep slope, and Jack pointed a pistol at them. "Kai!" Jack yelled.
"Why hello Jack buddy old pal." Kai responded.
"Drop the sarcasm. It's all over for you. We know you killed Karen's mother." Jack said. He was trying hard to keep control of his breathing.
"Jack, you know I would never do anything of the sort. You all know Mr. Miller here did it right. It doesn't matter what you say Jack, I saw Mr. Miller do it."
Jack smiled, and this worried Kai. "You just proved yourself guilty."
"Wha- what do you mean?" Kai was sounding worried.
"You know, when you told me what you remembered, you said you only heard Mrs. Miller scream, while you were out working on in the vineyard," said Jack.
"So, What's it to you?"
"Here you said that you saw him do it."
Kai was red in the face. He knew he had been outsmarted. He smiled. "How very observant of you Jack. OK, I'll confess, I killed Mrs. Miller, and know what else? There's nothing you can do about it!" cried the mad Kai as he drew a revolver out of his pocket. The mob screamed and they all dropped to the ground. Kai put the gun to his head and was about to pull the trigger. Suddenly he stopped as he felt a sharp pain in his back. He reached around and pulled out a dart. He looked behind him to see Karen, holding a tranquilizer gun. That was the last thing he remembered before he passed out.
"Karen!" Jack cried in relief as he dropped his empty gun in the sand.
Jack squeezed his way through the crowd. "Kai! What do you think you're doing?!" Kai didn't answer. He just kept shouting. He leapt towards Kai, knocking him off the soapbox, and pinning him to the ground. The crowd went silent. "I said what the f*** do you think your doing!?" roared Jack.
"I'm letting justice prevail!" Kai snorted back.
"Yeah, well have you ever heard of innocent until proven guilty?" inquired Jack.
"Go, to, hell!" replied Kai, then he thrust himself up out from under Jack, and just as he was landing, spun around, kicked Jack, knocking him into the dirt.
"Come on," Kai shouted to the mob, "let's go and let justice be served." The crowd began to shout again and marched off towards the Vineyard.
Karen ran to Jack. "Jack! Are you all right?"
"I think so," He replied as hauled himself to his feet. "We've got to warn your father."
"We'll never make it in time!" exclaimed Karen.
"Well, then, I've got another idea. Follow me!"
* * * * * * * * * * *
"Why are we going to the forest?"
"The fisherman lives in the forest. I need his fishing nets."
"What ever for?" asked Karen as Jack got off his horse.
"There's not enough time to explain," said Jack as he snatched the large nets from the fisher mans tent. "I'm going to have to drop you off near town. Try to find help!"
"Who should I get?"
"I don't know." They came to a stop. "You'll think of something. I'll be at the beach."
Jack sat on the edge of the Green ranch that over saw the beach. He could here voices coming.
"Throw him in the water!" Kai shouted. "Let's drown 'im.
"A little further." Jack thought to himself. "IEEEEE!" Jack cried as he hurled the newly weighted net over the mob. Jack slid down the steep slope, and Jack pointed a pistol at them. "Kai!" Jack yelled.
"Why hello Jack buddy old pal." Kai responded.
"Drop the sarcasm. It's all over for you. We know you killed Karen's mother." Jack said. He was trying hard to keep control of his breathing.
"Jack, you know I would never do anything of the sort. You all know Mr. Miller here did it right. It doesn't matter what you say Jack, I saw Mr. Miller do it."
Jack smiled, and this worried Kai. "You just proved yourself guilty."
"Wha- what do you mean?" Kai was sounding worried.
"You know, when you told me what you remembered, you said you only heard Mrs. Miller scream, while you were out working on in the vineyard," said Jack.
"So, What's it to you?"
"Here you said that you saw him do it."
Kai was red in the face. He knew he had been outsmarted. He smiled. "How very observant of you Jack. OK, I'll confess, I killed Mrs. Miller, and know what else? There's nothing you can do about it!" cried the mad Kai as he drew a revolver out of his pocket. The mob screamed and they all dropped to the ground. Kai put the gun to his head and was about to pull the trigger. Suddenly he stopped as he felt a sharp pain in his back. He reached around and pulled out a dart. He looked behind him to see Karen, holding a tranquilizer gun. That was the last thing he remembered before he passed out.
"Karen!" Jack cried in relief as he dropped his empty gun in the sand.