Jack's Confession – Chapter 3

Tru looked up at the clock in the morgue. She would be off in thirty minutes and still hadn't made any arrangements to meet Jack. She also noted that she hadn't heard from Harrison since that morning and this fact worried her. She stepped into Davis' office and dialled Harrison's cell phone.

"Hello," he answered.

"Harrison, where have you been?"

"Worried about me were you Tru?"

"Yes and no. Did you meet with dad for lunch today?"

"Yeah, I'll tell you about it when I see you. We are still getting together after you get off right?"

"Yes, be here in twenty minutes and we'll head out."

"I'm already there." Harrison said stepping through the door.

Tru hung up the phone and looked at her brother, "very funny" she said. She gave him a gentle, good natured slap on the back of his head as she walked out of the office and went back to work.

"Ouch, that hurt." Harrison said pouting.

Once Tru was out of sight, he sat down on the couch and waited. Davis walked into the office and started talking with Harrison about what gift he might want to get his girlfriend and why he needed to borrow the money from Tru. Davis had become not only a friend to Harrison, but also like the big brother that he never had. This fact didn't seem to bother Harrison, even though it could be nauseating to get it from him and his sister.

While Davis and Harrison were occupied, Tru took the opportunity to call Jack. She went into the locker room and took her cell phone out her purse. She dialled his number and waited for an answer.

Jack felt a vibration on his hip and instinctively reached for his phone. He saw that it was Tru calling and a smile crept up on his face. He answered the phone.

"Hello!" he answered casually.

"Hi, it's Tru."

"I know how are you?"

"I'm fine, you?"

"Better now that I'm talking with you."

"Do you still want to meet up later, or have you changed your mind?" she asked with hesitation in her voice.

"Don't you?"

"I do, I just didn't know about you." 'Why am I nervous' she thought to herself. Sure Jack was supposed to be her enemy, but instead he feels more like a first crush. 'Calm yourself' she told herself.

"Well yes I still want to meet, maybe grab a bite and see what happens after that."

"Great," she said enthusiastically. "I have something to do with Harrison first so shall we meet around 7:00 at Karma Café?"

"I'll see you there. 7:00 in the back booth. I'll be the dark, mysterious stranger looking for a good time" he joked.

"Alright stranger. I've got to go, Harrison is looking for me. Till then, good bye."

"Good bye Tru" he said as she hung up the phone.

Jack closed his phone and replaced it in the case on his hip. He had 2 hours to decide one way or the other. Would he remain loyal to Richard Davies or to the woman who had stolen his heart?

Harrison and Tru left the morgue and stepped into the cool clear night. He looked at his sister and noticed that she was looking up at the sky with a smile on her face. Whoever this guy was, he must be good for her to be smiling like that.

"So who is he?"

"He who?" she said looking blankly at him.

"The guy who's got you smiling again? After Luc died I didn't think that you would ever smile like that again."

'Luc' she thought. She looked back at her brother and the smile slowly faded from her face, "You don't know him" she replied.

Harrison knew enough to shut up now so he just looked ahead of himself and waited for her to speak next. Tru thought back to Luc's funeral, how she had stared at him and begged him to ask her for help so she could undo what Jack had done. 'Jack' she thought next. The events of the last few months played over in her head again and then the memories of the night before played over and over in her mind. Jack had been responsible for Luc's death. She had sworn that it was war between them and now she was falling in love with him, and falling into bed with him. She suddenly felt very confused. She gave herself a quick shake and turned her attention to her brother.

"So, where are we going for this gift of yours?"

"Well I thought that I might get Julie a couple of charms for her charm bracelet."

"Those Italian charm bracelets everyone is collecting now?"

"That's the one. Her grandmother got her started on her birthday and I know she's been eyeing a couple of charms to add."

"Alright, let's go to the jewellery store then. By the way did you meet with dad for lunch or not?"

"I was wondering when you would get around to that. Yes I did, as uncomfortable as it made me."

"What did you two talk about?"

"Not much really. We talked about Julie and he asked a lot of questions about you. All of which I avoided answering as best I could, don't worry."

"Thanks."

"Actually I was quite surprised. He didn't criticize me for a change or tell me what a disappointment I am…. Here we are."

"Okay, get what you want, I have to meet someone and so do you" Tru said as they stepped into the jewellery store. Now was not the time to tell Harrison about their father. Her thoughts drifted back to Jack. She wondered what he was doing at that moment.

It was 6:00 now and the after work crowd was beginning to fill the bar where Jack sat. In front of him he had a sheet of paper with two columns on it. One was called pros and the other cons. He couldn't think of any other way to sort out what was in his head so he decided to write a list. The bartender put down a glass of beer in front of Jack and could see that he had a lot on his mind.

"What's the list for pal?"

"I'm trying to figure out if I should be with this girl or not" he stated.

"Do you love her?"

"It's a little more complicated than that. I work for her father."

"Ahh, yes. The boss's daughter. Good luck man, if you need any help deciding let me know" he said as he walked away to another customer.

'Yeah right' Jack thought to himself.

He stared down at the two columns and started to write.

Pros
Kind hearted
Gorgeous
Loyal to her friends
Fighter
Strong
I love her

Cons
Father would hate it
Friends and brother would hate it
I could hurt her
Opposites
Death?
I don't deserve her

Twenty minutes later the bartender came back over to Jack to take his now empty glass away. He noticed that Jack had filled in the columns on his paper and was trying to sneak a peek while he talked to him.

"You want another beer?"

"No thank you."

"So what did you decide?"

Jack looked up at the bartender and paused before continuing.

TBC

A/N If you want to know what Jack decides please review. Thanks to everyone who has already reveiewed and to Consta for helping me with the direction this story is going.