Chapter number 6. Under his Spell.

Scott and Jack sat in suspense, waiting to know what Martha had decided.

Martha also had a moment of silence, she didn't know how to tell Jack she had decided to stay with Scott. Then she decided it would be over and done with quicker if she just blurted it out the way it was. She looked across the room and started to talk, "I-" she paused for a moment when her eyes me Jacks, it was almost like she could see right through them and see what he was thinking 'Why am I leaving him?' she thought.

"I, u, I" she tried to get the words out, but she couldn't she loved them both.

The door opened and a team of nurses came in with a doctor right behind them. "Martha we need to get you down to surgery imediently" the doctor explained.

"Why, what's wrong?" Martha asked with a concerned look on her face.

"We just found from one of the tests we did that one the major nerve cells in your neck has been damaged, if that cell stays damaged then you could die" the doctor told her.

Jack and Scott hurried to the side of Martha's bed before they took her away.

"I love you Martha" Jack said as tears began to come to his eyes "and I always will till the day I die".

"Me too" Martha whispered.

Jack lent over and kissed her on the lips and she kissed him back like she had never kissed him before. Scott was standing on the other side of the bed and hated the sight of Jack kissing the woman he loved, but there was nothing he could do, she loved Jack not him.

"Ok, we need to get moving now" the doctor said in a hurry.

"Martha I love you" Scott said. But instead of getting the answer he wanted she just nodded at him as the nurses took her bed away and out the door, leaving Scott standing there heartbroken.

Back at the surf club everyone was getting excited because there was going to be a luxury cruise in the bay the next week.

"It's a shame, we won't be able to go" Hayley said when she finished reading the poster on the wall and turned around to Steve.

"Yeah, never mind, maybe some other time babe. Anyway everyone back home it really looking forward to finally meeting you". Steve reassured her kissing her lightly on the forehead. He smiled knowing that he had her under his spell.

A bit later while Hayley was to busy talking to notice if he disappeared Steve snuck outside and dialed a number on his phone.

"Yeah hey it's me," Steve said trying to keep his voice down "Look mate I've found the perfect opportunity to finish them all off. I won't be able to be there though cos it's while Hayley and I will be in Melbourne, so I need you to get all the guys together, ok. I'll talk to you later. Bye".

Next time:
Will Martha be ok?
How will Scott cope?
What will Steve and his mates do to summer bay?