Thank you to all the reviews again! Very kind of you! It was amazing to see how many people guessed who Jack's sister's husband that he killed is! There was guesses like: Thomas, Charlie... Sawyer?! Well, you are not going to find out in this chapter because I mean, come on! Jack is not going to tell Kate who he killed, think about it logically. He won't say. 'Yes. I killed my sister's husband. She was called Claire and he was called...' He's not as stupid as that. But don't worry, you will find out in a few chapters time when Jack and Kate begin to trust each other more. For now, read on and enjoy!
Chapter 4
'You did what?!' Kate screamed at Jack, not believing her ears. Did she hear right that he killed his sister's husband? Kate immediately stopped the car, abruptly. The sound of a few horns aimed at them, were heard and the cars behind them, overtook Jack and Kate's car, driving forwards.
'I killed my sister's husband.' he said, looking at her, sadly. Kate looked at him. This was the first time that she actually looked at him, properly. Before that she was too busy being scared that he was going to hurt her that she couldn't even look at his face, in his eyes. But now she stared at him, deep inside him.
He didn't look like a murderer at all. He didn't even walk like one or speak like one. This is not right. She thought. I should be scared, not sorry for him! She wanted to feel scared, and to act frightened and petrified at the simple sentence he had just blurted out, but deep inside, she knew that he wasn't a hard blooded criminal. There must have been a good reason for him to kill his sister's husband. She was surprised, but not scared.
Kate didn't know what to say. Should she ask what happened? But how would she know that he was telling the truth? How does she know that he even told her the truth about him killing his sister's husband? For all she knows, he could be making all that up.
She decided to try anyway.
'Why?' that small word put in all her emotions together. She expected him to ignore the question, look at her and tell her to drive, keep staring out of the window. Anything but what he did next. He took out a small crumpled picture out of his pocket and unfolded the grubby edges. He looked at it and kissed it, smiling happily, forgetting about everything around him. He looked back at her and showed the picture to Kate.
'That's my sister.' he said as he handed her the picture. It was unclear, but you could vaguely see the image of the lady shown on it. Her head was cocked to one side, hair blowing around everywhere, probably because of the wind. She was smiling happily not only with her mouth but with her eyes, too. Her golden blond hair, matched her pale tank top and gypsy skirt. Her gorgeous blue eyes were the most beautiful feature of hers, however.
'She's beautiful. What's her name?' Kate asked.
'Claire.' Jack said as he smiled, deep in memory of what those days were like back then.
'It suits her.' Kate answered. 'But... what happened?' she said, reluctantly. This time Jack did exactly what she expected. He looked out of the window, staring out, never blinking. His frown that stood onto his face, soon faded away as he gave out a small sigh.
'We should get going. They'll come looking for us any second now.' he informed her, completely changing the subject. Kate began to slide her hand towards the key but then stopped.
'Jack, why don't you want to tell me?' she asked.
'I'll tell you on our way.' he said blankly and looked straight ahead into the distance. Kate didn't take it this time, however. She wasn't going to let him take control of her.
'No. I want to know now.'
'Kate-' he began but stopped as his eyes accidentally stopped on a small red dot in the rear view mirror. He squinted his eyes to see what it was.
'Drive.' he simply said, never taking his eyes away from the red dot. The police were after them and they had to get away.
'No, Ja-' Kate answered not understanding what was happening.
'Just drive. I promise I'll tell you later.' he said, again with no expression.
'You promised me last time and look where that got us.' she sighed rolling her eyes.
'Kate, the police are behind us and unless you want to get caught then I suggest you drive right now!' he said, as calm as possible but firmly at the same time.
'Is that your excuse for everything? That the police are coming? Well, I'll-' Kate began, again not paying attention to what was happening behind them.
'DAMMIT, KATE! DRIVE!' he screamed at her and she finally noticed the faint siren at the background, coming towards them in seconds, and pushed her foot on the pedal as the car engine screeched and they began to move forwards.
