Duncan had been in Leeds for about an hour when he finally turned his rented car into the street that he wanted. He'd been given the address for Louise from Joe and was now planning on going to see if she was in so he could introduce himself to her.
He was going to be using the excuse that he was new in town and Joe had given him her address as a person to contact if he needed some advice on the local bars in the area.
It was getting to about 7pm when he finally pulled the car over, a bit further down from his intended destination. Looking over the street he checked to see if there was anything amiss but he couldn't see anything, although he was getting a feeling that there were eyes watching the street and more to the point watching someone who lived on it, he couldn't see anything.
Getting out of the car he quickly made his way to Louise's door and knocked. Moments later the door opened and the puzzled face that he knew as Louise greeted him. "Hi… Can I help you?"
"Yeah… I'm looking for Louise Robinson" Adam plastered a fake smile on his face trying to make himself appear as friendly as possible and the youthful look of his face didn't hurt either.
"Who looking for her?"
"Well a friend of mine told me to look her up if I needed some advice about good bars in the area… Joe… Joe Dawson."
"So Joe sent you?…"
"Yeah… but if your too busy I'll go it's ok…"
"No, no it's fine but what's the real reason you're here?" Louise smiled knowingly at Adam, who's expression quickly turned shocked and then puzzled.
"What do you mean?"
"What I mean is Joe only ever tells people to drop by for two reasons… One is to try and set me up and the second is to try and protect me from something as he seems unable to accept that I can look after myself."
Adam couldn't help himself any longer his face split in a smile and it took a few moments to get over the laughter. "You know you have Joe down to a tee… He's asked me to come here to keep an eye on you."
"So who is it?"
"Who… What?"
"Who does he want you to keep an eye on me from?"
"Hopefully you'll never have to find out… Anyway are we going to stand on the doorstep all night or are you going to invite me in?"
"Oh… sorry come in" Louise stepped aside allowing Adam to enter the house.
As he entered the house the only thoughts that Adam had were, 'what has Joe got me into this time?'
"So how long are you in town for then…?"
"Adam… and I'll be in town for a couple of weeks to make sure nothing happens to you."
"So it's that bad?… Who is it that's after me anyway?"
"All I know is that Joe got a letter from an ominous sender saying that you were in danger." Adam said taking a seat on one of the sofa's that were squeezed into the small living room.
"And you come just because of an ominous letter, how can you be so sure it wasn't just a prank or something?"
"Apart from it naming you and your location… nothing made us certain that it wasn't a prank… but Joe's got this feeling that something up and he didn't want to risk you getting hurt if he could do something about… And since I arrived in your street I've had the feeling that there was someone watching me so I think we have to take this seriously."
"You got the whole been watched feeling too then?… So what happens now?"
"How long have you been getting the feeling of been watched?"
"Errrr… it must be about two weeks now… there was a day or two a couple of months back but to be honest I really didn't think much of it until now."
"Well it definitely looks like you're being watched… I've got another person coming over to help out while I do a bit of digging to try and find out who's threatening you."
"Ok… at least I know if Joe's sent you I'm going to be safe."
At that Adam didn't know how to reply so he just gave her a small smile for the compliment.
They drifted into a conversation about each other and Joe and giving Louise a chance to catch up on what Joe had been up to since the last time she'd seen him.
The car finally pulled up at the entrance of what looked like a five bedroom Victorian style house. The doors of the car opened and a tired looking group emerged, Sam looking slightly better than Jack and Janet as she'd managed to get a bit of sleep during the flight.
Jack quickly paid the taxi driver then turned to Janet who was walking up to the front door of the house. Once Janet reached the door she turned around making sure the taxi had driven away before she once again turned around and retrieved a key from a secret compartment at the side of the door.
Once the door was opened she led them into a small entrance hall. The furniture that was placed elegantly around the entrance hall looked liked it was designed for the house, as everything seemed to have been moulded to where it now stood.
The air inside was stale but nothing opening a few window wouldn't solve. Apart from that the house looked like it hadn't been lived in for a while, but it had been kept in pristine condition for all the time that Janet had been away.
"God Janet… how can you afford to keep this place on your salary?" Jack could help the question as it jumped from his mouth.
Janet turned looking at Jack giving him a knowing smile, "well I've managed to save and invest a bit of money over the years… so it's really not that hard to keep this and my other homes that I have around the world… The main problem is trying to remember where I left the keys for them." Janet couldn't help the smile at Jack's shocked look. It wasn't everyday she uncovered her secret to someone she cared about, even if she'd never tell him about her feeling unsure that he felt the same.
"HOMES… just how many do you have?"
"Oh including the house back in Colorado Springs and this one I think I have… five altogether… but this is the biggest I own and I haven't been here for going on seventy years."
"Any of them in good vacation spots?… It may come in handy if I ever fancy going away somewhere that isn't my cabin in Minnesota."
"Not really sorry… they're all more or less in city's or small towns and none of them are in vacation spots… I just can't stand tourists to be quite honest" Janet smiled sheepishly at the pair.
"Right… Anyway where are we sleeping then… I'm about ready to drop right about now… and we've got to get to work in a few hours."
"Right sir… I'll show you your rooms," with that Janet turned and walked up the stairs with Jack and Sam close on her heals.
Walking down the hallway Janet told them where the bathrooms were and where they were going to be sleeping, she also told them where she was going to be sleeping in case they needed anything. Once they all knew where they were sleeping they headed into rooms, Jack and Sam slightly shocked at finding the beds were freshly made and windows already open letting the rooms air out.
Janet sat on the edge of her bed thinking about how Jack had reacted to her being immortal, to her surprise he hadn't reacted the way that she'd expected him to.
Thinking about it she really wasn't that sure herself how she thought he was going to react but there was one thing she'd been expecting and she'd been pleasantly surprise that it hadn't happened. She'd been expecting him to start his usual nervous shouting until he calmed down or realised the full extent of her words, but it never came, there had been slight annoyance that she was only telling him now but that was all.
Her thoughts were disturbed by a gentle knocking on the bedroom door. Looking up from the spot that she hadn't realise she'd been starring at, she now focussed her gaze at the closed door, her thoughts still not entirely in the present.
Finally freeing up her thoughts she stood up from the bed and went to open the door. On the other side of the door was a sheepish looking Sam.
"Sam, what the matter?" Janet couldn't hide the concern that filled her voice.
"Nothing's the matter Janet" Sam said trying to reassure her friend that she was really fine. "I just got the impression that you'd appreciate someone to talk to."
Janet gave Sam a puzzled look 'she couldn't know, how could she know what I'm feeling when I didn't even admit it to myself until recently'. "Sam… What are you talking about?"
"Oh come off it Janet… I live with a five thousand year old guy who's a master at hiding how he really feels about things… although it's only been a few months I've realised I've got a knack at figuring out what people are feeling even when they're trying to hide it."
Janet didn't know what to say, she found her mouth opening as she was doing a really good impression of a fish, but no words were coming out… even though she really didn't know what she was going to say to that.
"It's ok Janet… I promise I won't say anything."
"But… I… when"
"What are you so afraid of… it's obvious how the two of you feel about each other… why don't you do something about it?"
"There's no way Sam… Jack wouldn't have feelings like that about me… and even if he did he wouldn't anymore… not now that he's found out the truth about me."
"What's finding out about the truth got to do with anything… to me it looked like he wasn't really all that bothered about it… once he got over the initial shock… what makes you think that would change how he feels about you?"
"Because it always does… that's why… once they find out what I truly am it scares them… it's happens hundreds of time Sam and I really don't want to go through that again."
"Ok… but Janet I really think Jack's different… he really cares for you and no matter what you think… I really believe he still feels the same about you… even knowing the truth."
"Well if he does he'll have to make the decision to do something about it Sam because I don't want to face rejection again."
Sam nodded in understanding knowing that with the way Jack hides his feelings he would never make the first move and her two good friends would never get together if left to their own devices.
Jack stood in the hallway standing by the slightly ajar door to Janet's bedroom listening to the conversation that was taking place within. 'How is it possible that someone like Janet would have feelings towards him?'
He now knew how Janet really felt about him and he found he was more shocked about that realisation then he had been with the whole immortal thing. It was also dawning on him that it was now up to him to do something about it, but did he really have the courage to step forward and admit how he felt even knowing how Janet felt?
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