Jack's Confession – Part 6
Jack turned the key to his apartment and entered into a mess. While he had been away meeting with Richard Davies his place had been trashed; nothing appeared to be missing at first glance but all his electronic equipment was smashed. Scrawled on the wall in something Jack couldn't identify was the words 'Stay away from her, or else'. 'Not very subtle' Jack thought to himself. He took his cell phone from its clip and proceeded to call Tru's number. 'I hope she's okay' he thought as he waited for her to answer.
"Hi, I can't get to the phone at the moment but leave me a message and I'll call you back." Jack waited for the beep.
"Tru, it's me. I know you are there, pick up the phone" he paused. Worry started to creep upon him and he said again more urgently this time, "Tru pick up the phone."
All of a sudden Jack heard a click as the phone was being answered. A short wave of relief washed over him until he heard, "Come get her if you want her Harper."
"Who is this?" Jack yelled into the phone as he ran out of his apartment.
"You know who this is."
"JACK, DON'T COME HERE, ITS A TRAP" he could hear Tru yell in the background.
"Hurt her again and I will kill you, YOU HEAR ME!" he yelled back at the man.
The call was disconnected. Jack was running now at full speed towards her apartment. As he rounded the corner he saw Harrison just about to go into the building.
"HARRISON," he yelled. Harrison turned to see who had called to him. "Don't go up there, she's in trouble." Jack said now at the front of the building.
"What do you think you are doing here? Stay away from my sister man, you are not a friend." He turned to go into the building and Jack grabbed his arm pulling him into the side alleyway. "Let go of me!" Harrison exclaimed.
"Harrison, you have no reason to trust me after what I did to you and Lindsay and Tru and Luc. They might have been very happy together; the fact of the matter is that I was jealous so I made sure that he was in your place."
"This is supposed to make me trust you now because…."
"There is a man holding your sister hostage upstairs to get me to come here. I know Tru wanted to be the one to tell you, but…. Your father sent that man upstairs here. He is or was the same as me Harry, he had your mother killed and will probably have Tru killed now that she knows the truth."
"I know I don't like my father much, but I can't really see him having my mother killed. He loved her; you are trying to confuse me. Let me go Jack."
"Fine don't believe me, but if you go up there you will probably get killed. I'm the one he's waiting for; I'm the one who should go. Please trust me on this one Harrison, I love her."
"You love her, well this is a twist. Are you sure she loves you back?"
"I was pretty sure of it last night and this morning, but after this, she might not anymore."
"Whoa man, did you say last night. If it were anyone other than my sister I'd ask for details you know." Harrison joked, "But on a more serious note, I'll let you go and wait down here. Afterwards, I want an explanation from Tru."
"I'll tell her. Thanks Harrison."
Jack left Harrison standing in the alley way and went to the front door of the building. An elderly woman was leaving the building and Jack held the door open for her and then entered himself. He took the stairs two at a time and now stood outside Tru's door collecting his thoughts and preparing for the worst.
Jack opened the door slowly and glanced inside. He found the same mess that had been at his apartment with only one difference, Tru. She sat tied to a chair in the kitchen area of her apartment. Her head was slumped over to one side and he could see that she had been beaten. There was some blood on her shirt that had fallen from a small cut on her forehead. Knowing full well that this was a trap he didn't care. He entered the apartment and made his way over to her. He knelt in front of her and shook her awake.
"Tru, where is he?"
"He left here about 10 minutes ago. He's going to be back though Jack, he promised."
Jack went behind Tru to untie her hands and help her up.
"We need to get you to the hospital."
"No Jack, I need to stay with you."
"You'll be safe at the hospital; he won't come after you there."
"No Jack, we'll go somewhere together. If we get a first aid kit somewhere I'm sure you can manage to bandage me up. Besides, if we go to a hospital they will only call the police and accuse you of spousal abuse" she said looking at him in the eyes. Jack heard what she said and knew she was right, it would only make things worse. Once this was over though, he would make sure that she got proper medical attention, wait a sec.
"What if we went to Davis and he stitched you up? He's still an MD right?"
"Only one problem with that, I haven't told him about us and all of this" she said as she gathered a few things together for their hideaway.
"Well Harrison seemed to take it well, though he does want an explanation from you."
Tru spun around to face him, getting a little dizzy in the process.
"Harrison knows, how?"
"He was coming into the building as I arrived and I stopped him so he wouldn't get hurt. He's waiting downstairs and if we don't hurry he's going to wonder what the hell is going on up here."
"Alright, let's go.
They made their way downstairs and met Harrison in the alleyway next to the building where Jack had left him.
"Oh my God Tru, what the…. What happened to you?"
"I'll explain when we get there Harry."
"When we get where?"
"The morgue, she needs medical attention. We can't take her to the hospital, too many questions."
"Does Davis know about all this?" Harrison asked as they walked through the doors of the county morgue.
"No, I'll tell you both at the same time." Turning to Jack she said, "Wait for me in the locker room, at least you won't be in the open if we are found."
"Alright, good luck Tru."
"Be careful," she said and then she kissed him.
Jack went into the locker room as Tru and Harrison made their way down the hall. A few seconds later he could hear Davis' voice as he yelled in shock.
"What happened to you? Sit down and let me have a look."
It was quiet for a moment; he figured that they must be telling Davis about the situation.
"Where is he, I'll kill him for this."
"It's not his fault Davis, listen to me please" he could hear Tru yell after him.
There was quiet for a few minutes more except for the occasional yelp of pain from Tru as Davis stitched her up. Once Jack felt that it might be safe to go down the hall to find them he got up and stepped out of the locker room only to walk right into the man in the leather jacket.
TBC
A/N I know you all hate cliff-hangers but I'm getting really good at ending with one and I'm loving it, ha ha ha. Thanks for reviewing and I'll try to update soon.