Jack

I was pacing up and down the living room, growing impatient as Jerry and I waited for Milton. Jerry was flicking up and down the cartoon channels not even bothering to stop on one.

"Jerry!" I snapped "Pick one would you?"

Jerry whimpered "Fine whatever you used to be fun"

I ignored him and sat down on the arm of the sofa with my arms crossed against my chest.

"What did she say?" I asked as soon as Milton returned. "Does she hate me?"

Milton shrugged his shoulders and sat on the sofa. "She didn't say much, she was pretty much asleep when I saw her. Give her time Jack to calm down"

Truthfully I don't know if I can, let alone how much.

"I guess I am sleeping in here tonight, you guys want to keep me company?" I asked. They both agreed so we put on film. I couldn't concentrate though, I kept thinking about Kim. Milton and Jerry both fell asleep before It ended so I turned the television off, I wasn't paying attention to it anyway.

I lay back on the sofa and closed my eyes trying anything to fall asleep, but each time I failed. I was worrying too much about Kim and our future even though I was desperate to get some sleep. It was a long night but at least I managed to doze off at odd intervals. I ended up waking up earlier than expected, to the sound of Jerry's extremely loud snoring.

My body ached from being up most of the night, my back stiff from laying in an awkward position. My bare arms were covered in goosebumps, I had a feeling deep in my stomach screaming that something was wrong.

Milton and Jerry seemed okay, both were still sleeping and being loud as usual: Milton was sleep talking about something scientific and jerry was still snoring. How is Milton still sleeping with that racket?

But what about Kim? Is she still sleeping? Is she angry with me? I sighed. I didn't know what I am meant to do. Do I leave her alone or do I go to her? How do I make it up to her?

The only thing I am sure of right now is how much I love her. I want to protect her. I don't want her to hurt again because of him. I don't want anyone to be hurt because of him.
I need her to forgive me. I need to win her trust back.

I stood up and stretched properly, cracking my back as I did.

"Jack?" Milton sat up rubbing his eyes. "What time is it?"

I shrugged my shoulders as he put his glasses on "Early"

"You were going to check on Kim" Milton said.

I nodded "I need to. I barely slept last night, worrying about her"

"Maybe you should leave it a bit longer" Milton suggested. "At least until she is awake"

I shook my head, feeling my temper flaring up "Milton I need to fix it, I love her"

"Why didn't you tell her?"

"Because it wasn't mine to tell" I explained "Kim was having such a lovely time and so was I. We had no drama, no worries it was just the two of us. I didn't want to spoil it for her. Especially because it was the first time in ages that we had proper time alone"

"You should have told her"

"Milton I didn't want to be the one to take her beautiful smile away" I said. "I am not going to wake her or touch her I just want to make sure that she is okay"

I went through to my room, which Kim had recently claimed as her own, pausing before I opened the door. What do I say if she is awake? What do I do if she is awake?

I grabbed the handle and pulled it open before I could convince myself to leave her alone. Part of me wanted to see her, part of me didn't but I would never know unless I tried.

"Kim I...?"

She wasn't there to answer though. The bed wasn't made, at least she had slept in it. She had taken all of her belongings, every piece of clothing, every hair accessory that were normally scattered all over the place. She's taken everything but her phone which buzzed on my desk - low battery.

I flicked through the missed messages and listened to the most recent one left last night. It was the monster and he was able to describe exactly what blanket Milton had used to cover Kim last night. He must have known all along that this is where Kim would hide from him. And now it looked like we handed Kim to him on a plate.

Frustrated, I threw Kim's phone against the wall it broke into two pieces, is that why it has a cracked screen? Did Kim do that because of that message? I wouldn't blame her if she did, that message was haunting especially his laugh at the end.

"where are you?" I shouted I shouted at my ceiling.

I held my head in my hands. What am I supposed to do now?

"Jack what's wrong?" Milton asked appearing by my side.

"wait, where is Kim?" Jerry asked.

"I think that son of a bitch has her" I admitted after a few moments "What if he finds out about the babies? What if he never lets her go?"