Chapter 27
Martha and Tasha were walking up the drive when Tony pulled up in his car.
"Hey Tony!" Martha shouted in friendly voice. "Is it okay if I get my clothes? Apparently Jack has them." Martha asked.
"Yea sure, he's not home yet so you can just go straight into his room." Tony said, unlocking the door and gesturing for the two girls to enter. "You can show yourselves out right? Sorry I'm just going to have a quick nap." Tony explained.
"Sure. Oh and thanks." Martha smiled, walking through the corridor and into Jack's room. It'd been so long since she'd been in there, but it all seemed very much the same. Tasha and Martha looked around his room, through the draws and in his wardrobe, but with no luck. Martha came across a familiar photo frame on the desk. She curiously picked it up and looked at the picture. Tasha saw her doing so, and went to see what the photo was.
"Me and Jack. When I first got my digital camera, and we took it down to the beach to try it out and stuff." Martha laughed as she thought of the fun day. "It was great." Martha sighed, backing up and sitting on the edge of the bed. Tasha joined her.
"You can still fix this you know. You can be together." Tasha advised.
"No, we can't." Martha said, falling back onto the bed. "It's over between us. Would you be able to forgive Robbie for drugging you, or picking his schoolwork over you?" Tasha sighed.
"Good point." She answered. Martha took one last look at the photo in her hand and closed her eyes, drifting off to sleep. It took Tasha a few minutes to realise, and she chuckled as she swung Martha's legs around onto the bed, and left her to sleep. "It's been a long day." Tasha smiled. "Bless." Tasha then continued rummaging around draws and cupboards looking for Martha's clothes.
Robbie and Jack started to walk through the door. Jack held his finger to his lips.
"Shh. Dad will be asleep. He normally has a nap at this time on his day off." Jack explained. Robbie signalled the OK sign, and they both headed in the direction of Jack's room. "I'll just get changed then we'll go to Noah's." Jack told him as he approached the door. However, he was stopped dead in his tracks when he heard the draws in his room open and close. Again, he told Robbie to be quiet as he slowly crept the door open. Revealing Martha asleep on the bed, and Tasha going through his draws.
"What the hell is going on here?" Jack whispered, not to immediately wake Martha up. "Is Martha asleep?" Jack pointed out, trying not to laugh.
"Well she has been up to a lot lately, you know, talking about you drugging her.." Tasha began.
"What? She told everyone?" Jack asked worriedly.
"No. Just me and Tash." Rob explained. Jack gave a sigh of relief and then looked over at Martha, lying on the bed.
"What are you doing here?" Jack enquired.
"Looking for Martha's clothes." Tasha answered, still rummaging around the draws. "Where the hell are they?" She said, impatiently. Jack chuckled.
"Here." He said, kneeling on the floor and reaching under the bed to bring out a pile of Martha's clothes, and dropped it on Martha. To his surprise she didn't flinch. He watched her laying there, peacefully sleeping. But the smile on his face faded as it changed to worry, remembering about when she never woke up. Flashbacks of the event appeared rapidly before his eyes. The images looked so similar to what was currently before his eyes. Martha was so still, so quiet, so unlike her usual self. He sat next to her on the bed, shaking her.
"Martha? Martha!" He panicked.
