Chapter Four
Jack/Jen/Frankie
Jack received a phone call from a clinic not too far away. "Hello?" He said weakly into the receiver.
"Hello." The voice on the other end sounded happy and excited to tell him something.
"Yes." Jack managed.
"Mr. Devereaux, we have a cure for you mysterious illness." The woman on the other line told him. "We would like you to come in right away, so we can give you the medication and then you can get on with your life, literally!"
Jack almost fainted and handed Jen the phone. "Hello?" Jen asked into the phone.
"Hello Mrs. Devereaux, we have found a cure for you husband..."
The phone call didn't last too long, and Jen was excited to get Jack down to the clinic so he could get the treatment he needed to live a good long life. She seriously hoped and prayed that she wasn't going to lose Jack again, that this was going to work!
On her way out, Frankie caught her. "Hey Jen. How is Jack doing?" He asked.
"Great! They found him a cure." Jen told Frankie happily.
"Oh, well that's good." Frankie tried to smile and nod, but he really couldn't hide his sadness from Jen. His heart was broken, he had lost her for good.
"Hey, let's talk later." Jen opened the car up for Jack and he hopped in the backseat, ready to roll.
Frankie was standing there speechless. He had been so good to her, and here he was left feeling so rejected. "Hey!" Billie smiled at him from a wase away and made her way down the drive to him. "What's eating at you?"
"Jack's got a cure." Frankie replied.
"That's gr- horrible!" Billie managed a laugh as did Frankie.
"I know, I've lost Jen for good." Frankie sat on a bench outside and let out a long sigh. Billie joined him.
"Join the club. Here in Salem, you think you are going to marry someone and then their long lost spouse comes along. Its no use really." Billie explained.
Frankie nodded in agreement. "But I should have known what I was getting myself into. They never found his body, I should have known there was a chance..."
"How could you have?" Billie questioned him. "You were in love with Jen, still probably are, but you shouldn't beat yourself up over the fact that Jack came back."
"Yea, but I am beating myself up over the fact that I feel in love with her all over again." Frankie added. "What was I thinking! Jen and Jack belong together."
"Just like Bo and Hope belong together!" Billie shot up and interjected.
Frankie looked at her standing there like that, admitting that Bo and Hope belonged together, and for the first time, he did realize that they were in the same boat. "We are in the same situation." Frankie said. "Bo and Hope...Jack and Jen..."
Billie nodded. "And it never ends!" She threw up her hands. "They are never dead, and they are always coming back for more, more more!"
"It makes one crazy!" Frankie stated.
"It does, it really does! Because then, you have time to fall in love with one of them, and then, BOOM! Their supposedly "dead" spouse or the spouse that wanted a divorce comes waltzing into whatever life the two of you have made and your life feels like its over and then..."
"And then you just have to pick yourself back up again." Frankie finished.
Billie nodded. "Yea..." Her voice trailed off. "God I am so sick a tired of losing Bo...Or never having him for that matter."
Frankie nodded. "I feel the same way about Jen. One minute we are together and in love and trying to get married, and the next Jack is back and I have lost her for good."
"Why haven't we ever turned to each other?" Billie asked. "Since this whole mess happened, you and I couldn't have been farther away from each other, but really, we are the only two people right now to know this feeling, the feeling of losing the person you love to someone that they have been married to forever."
Frankie nodded. "Yea, I dont know why we never turned to each other for support. I think it was because we both thought we would win, that you would be with Bo and that I would be with Jen and that life would work itself out for us nicely and it didn't."
Billie nodded in agreement. "Well, I want to go out tonight, so what do you say we head on over to the pub?"
"Are you sure?" Frankie asked.
"Of course I am! Let's go!"
They headed down to the pub where they had a few beers and then went for a nice walk down by the water. "That was fun!" Frankie smiled at Billie. "We should do it again soon!"
"Yea!" Billie smiled at him. "I would like that."
"Yea...Me too." Frankie held her for a second, then moved in for the kiss. It was perfect for them, not too long nor short and it was on the dock by the pub, so it was a romantic setting.
"We can do that again too." Billie whispered.
Frankie smiled, took her hand, and they headed to their houses, both of them excited for what the future had in store!
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Jack was at the clinic with Abby and Jen, and JJ was with a sitter Jen had found on short notice.
Jack relaxed on a bed as they pumped him full of the cure. "It will only take about a day to kick in, and then, Jack should be in perfect health!" The doctor, an older gentleman with graying hair and a nice smile, explained to Jen.
"How did you come across this anyway?" Jack asked.
"Well, we have had a bit of an outbreak of it here and we needed to find a cure for it, before we lost anyone else to it." The doctor explained.
"Well, thanks for calling me."
"No problem." The doctor smiled as he finished with Jack and then told Jen to just have him rest another day and that he should be fine after that.
"Thank you so much doctor!" Jen was so happy that they had found a cure for Jack. But now what about Frankie?
They headed home and Jen expected to find Frankie on her doorstep. Instead, she found a nice note from Frankie.
Dear Jen,
I am glad to hear that Jack will live, he is a good man and has always been a good friend of mine. I am happy for the two of you. As for me, don't worry about a thing. Billie and I it seems have dealt with husbands and wives coming back from the dead to last us a lifetime and we will be dating for the time being. I am excited to see what will happen between us, if the sparks will fly or not, they did a little bit tonight. If you need anything, you know my number!
Your friend for life,
Frankie
Jen smiled at the note. "Who's that from?" Abby asked.
"Frankie. Apparently he and Billie have started dating. I wonder how Chelsea is going to like that." A smile tugged at her lips.
"At least its not Patrick, Chelsea was so jealous of her mom and Patrick!" Abby helped her dad into the house.
"Really?" Jen looked at Abby strangely.
"Yea...I will tell you all about it!" Abby replied.
They had a relaxing night at home and Jack got the rest he needed. A few days later, he was back to the old Jack!
