You Failed, Jack
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Chapter Six
Jackson hurried back into the bathroom; potato peeler in hand. "Oh, Lisa…" he sang, and then suddenly stopped short.
His victim was lying slumped over in the tub and unmoving. She was no longer fighting to escape. Has she finally died?
He dropped the peeler and it clattered to the tile floor. Jackson did not hear it because he was too busy staring at Lisa. He bent down beside the tub and lifted up her head. Her eyelids were shut and she was unable to hold her head up. Her entire body, since it had been disturbed, was leaning solely on him.
"Leese, wake up," he said, tapping her cheek.
There was no response from Lisa. She did not even twitch at his touch.
"Lisa, this isn't funny. Wake up!"
He shook her violently, but still she did nothing.
"Fuck," he cursed and picked up a knife. He quickly sliced through her bonds and pulled her bleeding body out of the tub.
He carefully placed her on the tile floor; concerned and eager to examine her further. Is she dying? After all of this work is she going to die on me before I can finish? Has she already died?
Her body did not shift as he reached to check her pulse. It was still there; still beating along. It was weaker than he remembered and growing weaker still. Lisa was dying—there was no denying it.
And now she's gone and put herself in some type of coma or catatonic state. This is just perfect…
"You know we could have been very happy together if you had only played along," he whispered in her ear, savoring the feel of her soft skin against his lips. "But you had to go and save that adulterous man and his worthless family. You were always more concerned about everyone else than you were about yourself. And where did that get you, my dear Lisa? It got you nowhere…"
He sighed and allowed his icy blue eyes to flick over her still and blood-covered body. It hardly seemed right for such a beautiful woman to die looking no better than a piece of garbage.
You shunned me when I cherished you. You drove me to this. You were just like her. Remember that, Lisa…
Jackson carefully peeled her ruined clothes from her body. All he could see was fresh and crusted blood staining her pale skin. He grabbed a clean wash cloth and wet it.
I shouldn't be doing this…she deserves to die this way. I shouldn't care at all.
Carefully, he dabbed away the blood from her face and then neck. He continued on; only stopping to rinse the cloth out every so often. Soon, he had cleaned her entire body and even bandaged her shattered knees.
You don't deserve this, do you? You deserved better.
He slung her over his shoulder and carried her naked and mutilated body into her bedroom. He cautiously laid her down on the bed and then raided her closet for a suitable outfit. She deserved to die in an outfit that made her look good.
He quickly found a skirt and low-cut top that he liked as well a pair of panties and a bra. He leaned her body up against his while he slowly redressed her. Then he settled her back down.
"What a waste," he said; his voice filled with disgust.
Jackson hastily sprung to his feet and left the room. It's only a matter of time before she either dies or wakes. I'll be waiting. You're mine, Lisa…
They were back in the airplane bathroom once more. Jackson had Lisa trapped against one of the walls and she was struggling to free herself.
"Where do you think that you're going, Lisa?" he asked her, stroking her cheek with a finger. She shuddered.
"Please, just let me go."
"You don't really want me to do that, do you? You don't really want to leave already."
"Yes, I do." Lisa was shaking like a leaf in his grasp.
"C'mon, Leese. We both know that you're lying. I know what you want."
His lips traveled from her ear to her own lips. He then drew back, a sly smile upon his face. "You can't deny it, Lisa. I can see right through you."
His hands were traveling her body. Her shaking stopped and she let out a soft moan as his lips caressed her neck.
"That's right, Leese, just give in…" he whispered to her.
Jackson shook himself awake from the day dream. I can't think this way. I have a job to do. I can't let her interfere. She's already done enough damage. This has to stop here!
He ran his hands through his dark hair and sighed deeply. He never should have taken the Keefe assignment. If he had only refused, then he would not have ended up in this mess. Lisa would never have become his obsession and he would still have had a life.
Well, as much of a life that he could have after being forced to slaughter the woman that loved him in order to save his own skin. The first woman that he could semi-trust after the betrayal he suffered years earlier.
No attachments. It's the only thing that keeps you safe and sane in this business. It keeps you untouchable.
But Lisa Reisert was not his lover. Audra Fielding was not Lisa. They were two separate women from two different times in his life. Audra was the only woman that he had ever gone back to after one night besides his first wife and Lisa.
She had been his faithful bitch and waited for his return. She had been there to comfort him and relax him after the completion of a job. Then his employer at the time had worried that his young and rising managerial star was losing his focus.
Jackson—or George, rather—had been forced to kidnap and kill Audra in a manner very similar as to what he was doing to Lisa now. He had been twenty-four when he murdered Audra.
Four years had passed, but now his dirty deed was coming back to haunt him as Lisa lay dying in the other room.
I don't love Lisa, I didn't love Audra, and I most certainly didn't love her. I shouldn't be worried about any of them or even slightly upset. They did it to themselves. I merely acquiesced to their wishes…
Author's Notes:
Not a very long chapter, but I'm posting two chapters tomorrow and on Monday (hopefully) and that'll be the end of the story. Jackson's going to have a few flashback/dreams/memories over the next few chapters and it'll show what drove him to become this shell of a human. Don't worry, he's a still a twisted bastard. Thanks for the reviews and enjoy!
