Right. Ive had a bit of a drama with my laptop. All chapters that i had written past chapter 7 (about 4 of them) got lost and im having to start again. But in starting again made me change a bit of direction and probably write it better. It really frustrated me at first. But now im getting over it and writing some more. So here's the next chapter and thank you for the love as always!
Redemption
Jake was packing his stuff away in a few boxes. Some things he forgot to take with him to Katie's. He took a moment and looked around, his things would have to be packed up at some point. He grabbed the laptop and charger, placing it in the box along with a few more pieces of clothing.
He heard a key in his door and knew who it would be.
"In here Lex!" he called from his bedroom.
Only the landlord and himself had a key. Of course his landlord was Lex. He must have been driving past and saw his car outside and come in.
Lex appeared in the doorway and straight away Jake noticed his expression, "Whats up?"
"I got a call from...lets just say hes someone i can trust...word is spreading about people breaking out from the cordon" Lex walked further into the room, hands in his pockets.
"Ok...well we can sort it out. Get rid of these rumours together-"
"-Jake you cant come back yet"
Jake paused. He didn't think. Of course he couldn't go back to work. He was in the Cordon, if they knew he got out...
"They have your name down. Almost close to crossing it off along with every other Police Officer in there," Lex took a moment, along with Jake he knew a lot of the men in there that had perished, "your the last one. You come waltzing back into work, they will know i let you out. We would both lose our jobs on the spot"
Jake nodded, "But we still need to do something. You can be our eyes in ears. Just this morning we were talking about it. We cant be out here and not do anything...not after what we've seen. We need to help the rest of the people in there" he was adamant on that. Katie had watched Thomas die. They had watched Trey kill himself because of it. And Dr Cannerts succumb to the virus he started.
Lex swallowed, "Jake"
"No Lex" he moved closer to him, "what i witnessed in there needs to stop. All of it. We have to do something from the outside. From the source"
Lex furrowed his brow, "What do you mean?"
"Cannerts told us Henry Burns helped him create the virus. But it wouldn't have just been them. More people have to know about this" Jake was sure of it.
Lex nodded, understanding what Jake was saying, and suddenly his eyes widened, "Lommers"
Jake frowned, "Wait...Katie mentioned her. Isn't that the Dr on the outside? The one who solely blamed Cannerts for all of this...not mentioning Burns?"
Lex nodded, "Shes a piece of work Jake"
Jake let out a little chuckle, "That's what i thought Katie was" his mind flashed to their first meeting.
"No Katie is tough. Fights for the right things. Lommers on the other hand..." he shook his head, "this women is ruthless man"
Jake listened to Lex. He knew nothing about this women. Lex had dealings with her, "You know what im gonna ask you right?" Jake remarked.
Lex let a little smile appear before it left, "Looks like i'm heading to Lommers office in the morning" he shook his head, "the things i do for you Riley"
Jake shook his head back and slapped his friend on the back, "Its for the city man. The right thing. She knows more. I feel it"
Lex nodded, "That i can believe"
"Plus we still on for tomorrow night?" Jake asked his friend. He was looking forward to spending the evening with his girl and his best friends.
"Of course" Lex replied and started walking out the door, "your paying!"
Jake chuckled at him and put the remainder of the things he wanted to take over to Katie's in the box. He smiled at the laptop. He wanted to make sure they searched for homes tonight. Right now she would be chatting with Quentin. He prayed that he would be ok with it. He had a lot of change in his life recently and Jake didn't want to disturb it too much. But after everything they had been through he knew Quentin would be ok with Jake living with them, it was just moving from the home he had known all of his life.
