Chapter 24
He stayed, frozen to the spot in front of her. He tried speaking, but whenever he opened his mouth, the words wouldn't come out, which was probably best as he knew that if he spoke, he could say something he regretted. "Jack, please say something" Martha whispered. His eyes widened as he looked a her. "Married?" he said, unsure of whether he had actually heard her right. She nodded her head. "yes" He felt dizzy as he tried to take in what she had just told him. She moved from the doorway. "Come and sit down" she said, but he still remained stood infront of her. He was avoiding looking at her. Then suddenly, he found himself burst out laughing. She looked at him, a horrified expression on her face. Was he laughing at her? He sudddenly composed himself. "Sorry" he said. "I just had this weird thought. You told me you were married" he said, laughing again. She looked at him, desperatly fighting back tears. "That's weird" he continued "Because, I'm thinking if you were married, you wouldn't be with me right now. You would have told me. You wouldn't have let me tell you that I love you" he said, his voice getting louder as he spoke. She felt slightly frightened. He looked back at her again, and suddenly his face became serious as he realised she was telling the truth. "How can you be married?" he asked.
"What do you mean?" she asked. He stiffled a giggle. "Well how?...when?" he asked. Then he asked the one questions he didn't actually want to ask. "who?" she bit her lip.
"Does that matter?" she said. His eyes widened. "Who?" he repeated. She felt her lip quiver. Turning her face away from him, she said softly "You don't know him" Jack shook his head and turned her head back to face him. "Were you ever going to tell me?"
"Of course I was!" she cried.
"When? When I proposed to you? On our wedding day? Or maybe the birth of our child!" he felt the anger rage inside him. "Jack, please. Just let me explain!" she begged, taking his hand. He abruptly pulled away and backed away, towards the stairs that led to the front door. "Don't touch me!" he cried. "Don't come near me! Just stay away from me!" Martha watched, tears rolling down her cheek, as he disappeared from her view, and possibly from her life...
