Someone screamed. Lanore thought it was herself, but she couldn't tell. Her head was spinning. Joe was covered in blood. Then, from behind a car came a man, pistol in hand. It was Jack.
..Chapter 7..
Lanore was terrified. She looked at Jack, then to Joe's limp body, then back to Jack. Jack was approaching Lanore, who was frozen in place. She had never seen this expression of extreme anger and emotion on his face before. She was scared.
Lanore struggled to her feet just before Jack reached her, and she backed away from Jack. She heard the clicking sound the pistol made when someone was getting ready to shoot. "Oh God, he's gonna shoot me," she thought. Before Jack could stop her, Lanore bolted off in the opposite direction.
She ran and ran. Through the trees and underbrush, occasionally tripping on an outgrown root, and quickly regaining her balance. She was not sure how long she ran, but she did not stop, because Jack was behind her.
"Lanore! Stop"
He would shout.
Lanore ran faster.
Eventually, however, Jack caught up to her and grabbed her by the arm. She had lost the race. Jack's grip was tight, and Lanore thought he must be REALLY mad. He had never used force with her before. "Well of course he's mad," she thought. "I cheated on him!" Jack's eyes were cold and his stare was hard. Lanore could've sworn she saw steam coming out of his ears. He's gonna blow...
"HOW COULD YOU 'AVE DONE THIS, LANORE? YOU'RE MY WIFE! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU!"
Lanore could say nothing.
"WHEN I MARRIED YOU, I PROMISED I'D GIVE UP ALL MY WOMEN FOR YOU. AND I'VE KEPT MY PROMISE! YOU 'AVE NOT, LANORE. AND IF YE WEREN'T MY WIFE BY LAW, I MAY JUST SHOOT YE WITH THIS HERE PISTOL."
Oh my God. He'd shoot me, she thought.
"HOW LONG DID YA EXPECT TO KEEP THIS A SECRET? SOMEDAY I WAS GONNA FIND OUT 'AT LIZZY'S NOT MY DAUGHTER! SAY SOMETHING!"
"...I...I'm sorry," Lanore said, and she started crying. Jack showed no sympathy. "I was stupid, and I didn't realize what I had. I can never change what I did. I'm sorry."
Jack contemplated her words. "I am too," he said, and releasing his grip on Lanore's arm, he walked away.
Lanore stood there, watching Jack's figure disappear in the opposite direction from the farmstand from which they had come. Not knowing what to do, Lanore hesitated for a moment, then walked back to her car. She looked over at Joe's unconscious, bloody body, and left.
In the car, Lanore realized how much her arm hurt from where Jack had grabbed her. She pulled back her sleeve to see her arm covered in blood. Some grip Jack has, the thought. Lanore got on the highway to go home, but then she pulled over to the side of the road to stop. She needed to think. Go home? I can't do that, she thought. Jack just hurt me, and no matter how wrong I was, he threatened me.
"AND IF YE WEREN'T MY WIFE BY LAW, I MAY JUST SHOOT YE WITH THIS HERE PISTOL."
Where would she go? Elizabeth was still at the house with...wait, who was Elizabeth with? Jack was supposed to be watching her. Lanore quickly called the babysitter's cell to see if she was there.
"Hello"
"Hi, Cathy, it's Lanore"
"Oh, hi. Anything wrong"
"Well, I was wondering if you were at my house"
"Of course I am. Didn't Jack tell you"
Lanore paused.
"No, it must've slipped his mind. Would it be okay if I came by and picked up Lizzy"
"Sure thing. Want me to tell Jack when he gets back"
"...No. I'll tell him. You can go when I get there."
Lanore hung up and got back on the road. She would need to get Elizabeth, and some clothes too. Lanore had no idea how out of hand this situation may become, and she needed her daughter in case she had to run. Hopefully she would get home before Jack did.
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