Chapter Three
Lisa left security, feeling slightly uncomfortable. I can't believe I'm actually doing this, she thought, then sighed. That was all she was thinking nowadays, why am I doing this, who am I doing this for. It was driving her up the wall.
It was all because of Jackson. If he hadn't gotten involved in her life, if he hadn't been so damn persistent, she wouldn't be having this problem. Everything she was doing, every moment she did anything, she was doing it to stay as far away from Jackson as possible.
Someone bumped into her. Alarmed, she turned around to see who it was, but she saw something else. Something worse.
Standing in a distant corner, a man was staring at her. He quickly turned around, but one thing about him stood out in Lisa's mind. His eyes. She had seen eyes as shockingly blue as that only once.
Jackson's.
She laughed at herself. You are so stupid, Leese, she told herself. What are the chances that he would be in the same airport as you, and on the same flight?
Still, she felt unnecessarily unnerved.
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Shit, shit, shit, was all that Jackson could think. How stupid could he be? She had almost spotted him! That couldn't happen again. Silently he retreated to the farthest corner of the room. From there, he watched her silently.
There was something about her that made Jackson feel strange. Not fear, necessarily. But a strange kind of...respect? Jackson couldn't name it. He had never felt this way before. Maybe because she had been the only one to defeat him.
That has to be it, he thought, smiling slightly. He resumed watching Lisa. He longed to hurt her, but he had to wait. He would make his move soon.
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Lisa sat in her seat silently, waiting for the plane to start moving. Sitting in a plane brought back memories. Ones she didn't want to remember. She shook those thoughts out of her head. Soon you'll be free, she thought. Soon even Jackson won't be able to find me. She kept on telling herself that, but...
Despite her reassurances, her thoughts strayed to the strange man in the airport. How his eyes looked so much like Jackson's! She had just nearly forgotten about his chilling gaze, until that man...she couldn't think about it anymore. If she did, she might lose all of the reassurance she had given herself over the past two years. That's impossible, she told herself. I lost all of my reassurance when Jackson made that call. She would do anything to get him out of her mind.
Suddenly, realization struck her. She was not safe. She would never be safe until Jackson was dead. I'll never be free, she thought with dread. Finally, the Lisa that kept on saying she would be fine, that she could escape him: She was gone. A new Lisa took her place, a Lisa that realized that she had to do all she could just to survive. A Lisa that wished desperately to have the hope and faith that the old Lisa had had. A Lisa that realized that she never would.
A Lisa that now, after so many years, had the courage to do what was necessary.
Okay, that was a sloppy chapter. Sorry, I stayed up until three this morning, so apologies if there are any confusing mistakes. It seems like Lisa is finally accepting that Jackson could be after her. Chapter four to be up soon, I've gotta do chores now (painful) so I gotta go. Update will be soon. Byes!