"And for my first question Sassafras… is who the hell is Tom?"
Kate froze. Tom. How did he know about Tom? She had to think fast, get out of this situation, he obviously knew something about Tom but there was no way he was going to find out anything else.
But he had the perfect way to, the plane. Kate cursed herself, she had broken her own number one rule, don't get attached. She had gotten attached, to the plane. And know that plane was going to be her downfall, well he downfall to Sawyer anyway.
But not if she could help it.
"Tom?" Kate said putting a questioning tone in her voice, trying to sound as vacant as she could about his question "I don't know any Tom"
"Sure ya don't Sweet cheeks" Sawyer smirked, she obviously wasn't going to give this information up quickly, so it was lucky that Sawyer could be patient when he needed to be "That's why you say his name when yer dreamin… of him I suppose"
"What?" Kate asked alarmed.
"I said you said his name when you were sleepin Freckles" Sawyer said "So you wanna tell me who this Tom is?"
"I don't know any Toms, I don't remember my dreams either, it could have been anyone… maybe even someone like Tom Cruise" Kate said as innocently as possible.
"Na somehow I don't think that adds up" Sawyer said "But never mind, we can come back to that question later, here's my next… why are ya going to Iowa, and why so quickly?"
"Because there's something I need to do" Kate said simply.
"And what would this something be?" Sawyer asked.
"None of your damn well business that's what" Kate said angrily her jaw set.
"Well that aint a very nice way to talk to a gentleman like me is it Puddin" Sawyer smirked.
"Gentleman?" Kate snorted "You have a one night stand, then con me for a kiss, and know your asking me all these personal questions? Some gentleman"
"Just flowin with compliments aint cha?" He laughed.
"That's me" Kate said.
"Well don't think you can distract me from this" Sawyer said "Now then… why the hell Freckles, does a fugitive like you, who needs no ties, no strings, get so attached to something as dumb as a little toy plane?" Sawyer asked twirling the toy in his fingers.
"I'm not attached to it" Kate said stiffly, she was lying and he knew it, but no worries, he knew how to stop that.
"So you don't need it, at all?" Sawyer questioned lightly.
"Nope" Kate said determinedly.
"So you wont mind if I just… burn it" Sawyer said getting out his lighter and flicking it on.
"Nope" Kate said hoping she was winning this little battle, but she wasn't.
"Not even a little?" Sawyer asking grinning evilly as he let the flame glide quickly over one edge of the plastic.
Kate snapped. She lunged from the backseat and hit Sawyer, fortunately for him he saw it coming and pushed her back into the seat behind.
"Now that just gives me all the more reason to wanna burn your little toy Freckles" He said thickly rubbing the side of his face "Just answer my questions and Ill give it you back… not much to ask for a man who's gonna haul your ass all the way to Iowa huh?"
"I could make it there on my own" Kate spat.
"In less 2 days?" Sawyer laughed "Sure you would Freckles"
"Your not the only person who would be willing to drive me" Kate said.
"And how do you get those people to take you then Puddin?" He said suggestively winking at her.
"You're a pig you know that? Some people actually drive you out of the goodness of their hearts" Kate spat.
"Well where would the fun be in that?" He smirked "Now anyway we seem to have lost the subject… why does this plane mean so damn much?"
"Its none of your business" Kate said angrily.
"So your not gonna tell me?" Sawyer asked.
"Nope" Kate shook her head.
"You sure?" He asked.
"Yep" She nodded.
"Ill make you change your mind" He smirked.
He got out his lighter once more, let the flame gently dance across the edge of the plastic, not doing any damage but enough to get Kate worried, when it didn't work, he let it linger for a few seconds longer letting the plastic heat more and more. The more he left it the more he saw the fear and panic raise in Kate's eyes. One side of the plane had just started to melt away slightly when –
"Stop!" Kate shouted "It belong to the man I loved"
"I don't think that's quite true Freckles" Sawyer smirked letting the flame flicker across the plane again.
"It belonged to Tom, the man I loved" Kate said.
"Nope still not quite there" Sawyer smirked evilly.
"It belonged to the man I killed!" Kate screamed brokenly at him, tears falling from her pain filled eyes.
"Now were getting somewhere" Sawyer smirked at her tossing the plane into the backseat with her.
Kate grabbed the plane, not caring how hot it was to touch, and hugged the plastic towards her tightly, the tears dripping down her cheeks and onto the plastic.
Sorry that was a shorter chapter, Im not all that confident with this chapter, Im not sure if it was believable enough!