She was beautiful. That was all Zane could think of as he looked at her, all covered in the white lace of her wedding gown. Most women would have been swallowed up by a ball gown like that. But nothing out shown Josephina Lupo. Even with tears in her eyes, she was the most gorgeous woman he had ever seen. "What are you saying?" she asked.
"He's saying that he's from a different timeline," Henry explained. "Zane, Dr. Monroe and several others went back to 1947 and changed the timeline. When they came back, they were in our universe. He's not the Zane you remember."
"You're not my Zane?" she asked.
"I wanted to be," he told her. "Jo, no one has ever looked at me like you do. I figured if I could just fake it for a little bit, everything would fall into place." He reached for her but she jerked back.
"Don't touch me!" she insisted.
"Jo, please…"
"The lady said don't touch her," Carter snapped, yanking him away from her.
"So…so what happened to my Zane?" Jo asked as she looked bewildered from Carter to Henry to Allison. "Is there a way we can get him back?"
"It's not likely," Allison said. "Sending them back to 1947 might only change the timeline further. I'm afraid he's gone Jo."
"He can't be gone," Jo insisted. "He proposed me. We're going to be married."
"Jo, I am so sorry," Henry said. He moved towards her, but she backed away, one hand pressed to her stomach.
"I…I can't breathe. I need air." With that, Jo gathered up the skirts of the dress she had been showing off to Allison and ran out of the older woman's office.
"Allison, go after her," Jack directed. "She shouldn't be alone right now."
"Of course," Allison nodded. She followed the hysterical woman out of Global and to her car. "You are in no shape to drive," she stated. "Tell me where you want to go and I'll drive you there."
Between gasps and sobs, Jo directed her to the church.
Jack and Henry turned to Zane. "Do you have any idea the trouble you've caused?" Jack demanded.
"I didn't think it would be a problem," Zane sighed.
"You really didn't think," Henry agreed. "Do you realize you've just humiliated that poor girl in front of the entire town?"
Zane was ashamed to even look him in the eye. "I think the entire town is a bit of overkill," he muttered, looking down.
"She's just spent the last six months planning a wedding she will never get to have," Jack snapped. "Everyone is going to judge her. This is a small town. She's going to be the subject of gossip for months."
"I'll do damage control," Zane insisted.
"You're damn right you will," the sheriff insisted. "Whatever lie you come up with, you better make sure you're the villain in it. I don't want to hear even a whisper of her being at fault, do you understand me?"
"Yes, fuck it, I understand!" Zane snapped. This was just like the old timeline all over again. Everything was crumbling around him and he couldn't take being yelled at anymore. "I'm going home."
"You're not going anywhere," Jack told him, blocking his way.
"Oh come on. You can't keep me here."
"You're certainly not going anywhere that Jo might be," Henry retorted. "Not in the emotional state she's in. You are the last person she needs to see."
"I just want to talk to her," Zane argued.
"You've said more than enough for a lifetime," Henry said firmly.
"And you've got no idea what you're talking about so why don't you shut the hell up?"
"That's enough, turn around, put your hands behind your back," Jack ordered.
"The hell are you doing?" Zane demanded as he felt Carter grab his wrist and snapped handcuffs on. He tried to struggle as Carter reached for his other wrist.
"I'm putting you under arrest. You can spend the night in a jail cell and think about how you screwed up a young woman's life."
"Arresting me?" Zane repeated. "You can't arrest me! What are the charges?"
"We'll start with identity fraud," Jack informed him. "And then we'll move onto any charges I can think of to make stick."
"And I'm pretty sure between him, myself and Allison, we can make plenty stick," Henry added.
"Hypocrite," Zane muttered. Henry was supposed to be the one who always talked about seeing the good in everything. Zane was just looking for a second chance. Like Henry had gotten after he'd been arrested.
"Call Allison, make sure Jo is okay," Jack said. "Tell her I'll be on my way after I deal with this."
"Of course," Henry nodded.
Jack glared at Zane. "You, move."
He wanted to argue. And struggle. And pick the cuffs so he could run to Jo and tell her how sorry he was. But he was already in hot water and assaulting the sheriff wouldn't look good with all he had going on. He'd just have to let them drag him to a jail cell and hope he managed to get some time with Jo before everyone else poisoned her against him.
