How They Met
By Bethany Belt
Summary: (Complete! (Takes place before The Mummy.)) Evy is living with her fiancé, Jack and their
wedding is planned. But, they never get
to the wedding because Evy finds someone else.
But Jack will go to the end of the world to make sure she doesn’t leave
him.
Disclaimer: I only own Jack. The
rest is Stephen Summors’. If I did own the rest, I wouldn’t be
here. I would be making The Mummy 6 by
now…lol. No offence to Mr. Summors though!
Rating: PG-13 (R?) for violence, language and adult/sexual
content. It may be different, but it
depends on how you think of it.
Author’s Note: Reviews are good!
Please be nice! My e-mail is on
the author’s note of my first story: “A Visit from an Old ‘Friend’”. If you haven’t read it yet, you should! It’s great!
Ok, I’ll shut my trap and let you get to reading. ENJOY!
Chapter One: Evy and Jack
Evy
was working at her library, waiting for Jack to meet her for lunch. They were planning to go out to
“You’re
late.” she said, with a small smile on her face. Jack knew that she was just teasing him, even
though he really was late. He knew how
to get out of it though.
“You’re
stunning.” he said, staring at her beautiful, hazel eyes.
“You’re
forgiven.” she laughed. She closed her
game and they left for the café.
When
they arrived, they were the only one’s there.
But by now, everyone had already eaten, since it was an hour after the
lunch rush. While they ate, the talked
about their wedding. “I can’t believe
that we’re getting married! And in two
months! It’s got here so quick.” Evy said, as she took a bite of her salad.
Jack
was already eating his burger. “I
know. It’s great, isn’t it?” he said,
with his mouth full.
“You
know, here in
“It’s
considered rude there as well. I just
never had manners!” He laughed, as did
she.
“Well,
maybe you should start using some.” she said, still smiling.
“Yeah,
I probably should. I wouldn’t want
anyone to get the wrong impression. I
have quite well mannered behavior.” he said, trying to show off a little.
“That
you do. You are the kindest man I think
I’ve ever met in my life. I love you.”
she said, leaning over to give him a kiss on the cheek. But before she got to him, he turned his
head, and passionately kissed her on her beautiful, luscious lips.
They
left the café and he drove her back to the library. “When are you going to be home tonight?” he
asked, hoping that she could come home early.
“I
have a lot of work to do. I have to put
an order of books up, and then order more.
I’ll probably be home around 9:00.” she replied, wishing that she didn’t
have to do so much work.
“Well,
I guess I’ll see you then.” he said, a little disappointed.
“I’ll
go as fast as I can.” She gave him a
peck on the cheek and got out of the car.
She gave him one last smile and a small wave before she went
inside.
He
drove home to wait for her to arrive. He
had a great night planned. He was going
to cook dinner, and have it done by the time she got home. He would have candles on the table, the food
already set out, and wine already poured.
Since they lived alone, he didn’t have to worry about anyone ruining
their perfect night. Evy had finally
convinced Jonathan to move out. Jack
watched TV for a few hours and then rummaged in the kitchen for something to
make for dinner. He wanted everything to
be perfect for his future wife.
Chapter Two: Their First Meet
It
was almost
There
was one man currently looking at a bookshelf near the bookshelf containing
information on
Evy
had a stack of 8 fairly big books about
The
man heard things tumbling nearby and decided to check it out. When he saw her picking up books, he leaned down
to help her.
She
mumbled to herself as she picked up the books she had dropped. A man handed her the last one. “Thank you.” she said. “I’m so clumsy lately! I’ve been working so much, I can hardly stand
up for 10 minutes.” She chuckled a
little. “I’m sorry.”
“It’s
ok,” he said, “Everyone has those times.”
He spoke so soft and gentle. When
Evy finally looked up to see the face of this man, she was stunned. He was gorgeous! His eyes were beautiful, his hair was
beautiful, everything about him was beautiful!
She couldn’t believe her eyes.
As
she stood up, he finally got to see her face clearly. She was gorgeous! Her whole face, her whole body! She was incredible! He couldn’t believe his eyes.
They
both just stood there and stared for a moment.
Evy was the first to say something.
“I’m sorry; I have to get these books put away. I still have 4 stacks as tall as me to put
up, and then I have some paperwork to do, I’ll be here all night if I don’t
keep working.” She walked to the
bookshelf and started filing books.
“Do
you want me to help you out? So you
aren’t here so late. Because if you plan
on doing all that tonight, then you’ll be here until
“Well, if you don’t mind, I would appreciate it.” She said, filing the last book she had held.
“Well, I don’t have anything else to, so I might as
well.”
“Thank
you. The books are in my office, follow
me.” She led him to her office and they
carried books back and filed them. It
took an hour and they were done. “Is
there anything I can do to pay you back?” she asked, hoping there was a way she
could repay him for his kind help.
“Well,
I was interested in some of those books about
“As
many as you want. It’s the least I can
do.”
“Ok,
thanks. I’ll go get ‘em.” He walked to the shelf, and picked out 4
books. He brought them back to her desk
and set them down. She took them from
there and typed the bar code numbers into her computer.
“There
you go. You can keep them as long as you
want, free of charge. As long as I eventually get them back.” She said,
smiling.
“Thanks! I should be done with them within the
week. So, I’ll see you soon.”
“Ok. Thanks again.
Bye.” she said, as he walked out.
She
stared at the door for a minute or two, then remember that she still had
paperwork to do. It was now
By
Chapter Three: Jack Wants More
When
she came home, she could smell food in the kitchen. She figured that Jack just fixed himself a
little something while he waited for her to get back. When she walked into the kitchen however, the
lights were out, and there were lit candles on the table. The dinner was already on the table, and the
wine was in the glasses. Jack, however,
was no where to be seen. She went back
to the door, and hung her coat on the coat hanger. Then she sat her purse on the small table in
the entryway. When she turned around,
Jack was standing in front of her. They
both smiled, and kissed. Jack led her
into the kitchen, and they had the romantic dinner that Jack had hoped on.
After
dinner was over, it was time to go to bed.
Even though they were not yet married, they slept in the same bed. Although Evy had her rule: “nothing is to
happen until after we are married.”
<<a/n: I think you know what I mean. If not…think hard! You’ll eventually figure it out.>>
They
laid down, and Evy started to fall asleep.
She did have a hard day, after
all. Although it would have been worse
if that nice man hadn’t helped her. She
thought about him, and noticed that they hadn’t even gotten each others names. She figured that they would do that when he
returned his books, which he said should be sometime this week. She smiled a little at the thought of seeing
him again. Wait, what was she
thinking? She couldn’t think like that
about some guy that she didn’t even know!
Especially when she was getting married!
She forgot about it and started dozing off. But she didn’t get to sleep, for she felt
eyes on her. She looked at Jack, who was
leaning up on his arm, staring at her.
“What?” she asked, looking at him questioningly.
“Nothing. You’re just so beautiful.” he started rubbing
his hand gently down her face. She sat
up a little and smiled. Just staring at
him. “What, can I not look at my future
wife?” he asked, joking around.
“Of
course you can. But I have one
question.” she whispered.
“What?”
“Are
you getting at anything? I mean, the
dinner, the staring. Anything on your
mind?” she asked sweetly.
“Well,
I was hoping for a little something.”
he said, as he lightly rubbed up and down her arm.
“And,
what’s that?” She was still smiling.
“I
was hoping that, maybe, we could get a little closer tonight, ya know?” he was
looking her over a little.
“Um,
if you’re talking about what I think you’re talking about, then I don’t think
it’s a good idea. So soon anyway. Remember my rule about sleeping in the same
bed?” she wasn’t angry, but she got serious.
“Yeah,
I know. But I was just thinking that we
could throw that rule out. I mean, we’re
getting married in less than two months.
Even if we just throw it out tonight, you can make it a rule again by
tomorrow.”
“Jack! You know that if you get rid of the rule, you
won’t want to bring it back….No. I
can’t. It’s just not right. I’m sorry.”
“Please. I’ve been waiting for this since the first
day we met.”
“Ok,
you’ve waited for 3 years; surly 2 months won’t kill you!”
“But
that’s just it, I’ve waited so long
that it’s going to burst out of me if this keeps up! I mean, you are irresistible! There’s no way that any guy would be able to stay away from you as long as I have,
Evy. I can’t take it anymore! Please!
I know that you’re probably just scared because you’ve never done this
before, but, neither have I. So it’s
fair! It’s scary for both of us, but we
handle it if we work through it together!” he was to the point where he was
begging.
“Jack,”
she said sweetly, smiling as she talked, “I know that this is something that
you want. But please respect the fact
that I was raised to never do that until after I got married…please.”
“Ok…ok,”
he said, tossing his hands up in surrender, “I’ll respect that.”
“Thank
you.” she gave him a small peck on the cheek, and then they both went to sleep.
Chapter Four: More Meetings
It
was finally Friday, and Evy was hoping that this guy would still show up. She had all night because she told Jack that
she had to work late again, which wasn’t a total lie. She figured that if the guy did show up, that would take up some
time, and she also had the books that she had ordered at the beginning of the
week to put away. It was already
She
was right. After those two hours had
gone by, she had all of the books where they belonged. The man still hadn’t showed up yet, but she
decided to wait for him. She got on her
computer, and started playing games to pass the time.
Since
it was getting late, she locked the front door, for her own security, but she
kept the “open” sign showing. At
“No
problem. I’ve carried more than this
before. Well, you already knew
that.” She laughed a little, as did he.
“I’m
sorry for getting here so late, but I figured that you’d still be here.”
“Yeah,
I’m usually here until
“I
can’t see how you do it. It’d be too
tiring for me.”
“Well,
it’s probably more tiring for my fiancé because I’m hardly ever home. Like I said, we get used to it.” The man didn’t like hearing the word
“fiancé”.
‘Of
course,’ he thought, ‘as soon as I meet a decent woman, she’s already
taken. Just my damn luck.’
“I’m
sure it is.” he said. She could tell
that he was a little disappointed.
“Um,
I was thinking, the other night, and realized that I didn’t properly introduce
myself, which is really not me, but,” she stuck her hand out, “I’m Evelyn. You can call me Evy though.” He didn’t take her hand.
“Richard. People call me Rick.” She still had her hand out, expecting that he
would take it after he said who he was.
But he didn’t. He kissed her
straight on the mouth instead. However,
she didn’t resist. She was in shock at
first, but then started kissing him back.
‘Wow,’ she thought, ‘he’s a good kisser!
Even better than Jack…wait, what am I doing?!?!’ She quickly
pushed him away.
“I’m
so sorry; I don’t know what got into
me! Really, I’m sorry.” Rick had realized what he’d done, and hadn’t
planned on it. It was one of those
things that just happens.
“Um,
it’s—it’s ok.” she said, still a little stunned.
“No,
it’s not ok. I don’t know why I did
that.”
“I
think I know why. And I think it’s the
same reason I kissed you back.” There
was a long moment of silence. “I’m
sorry; I don’t know what I’m doing. I’m
getting married in two months, I can’t do this.
I’m the one who should be sorry for even thinking anything could happen. I’m so stupid!”
“No! Don’t say that! You are not
stupid!! Don’t think that for a second! It was just a 10 second mistake, and it won’t
happen again.” There was another
pause. “Will it?” They stared in each others eyes. And then Rick kissed her again. She kissed him back yet again, and they
started stumbling toward her office.
They entered it, still kissing, and they shut the door. Since they were too consumed in their
kissing, they didn’t realize where they were going, and made quite a big mess
in her office. The papers on her desk
spread all over the floor. They still
held the kiss and she accidentally backed into a wall. It was good enough for them. They were breathing heavily, and then he slid
his tongue into her mouth.
‘He
tastes better than Jack too!’ she thought as she put her tongue onto his. Just then, they heard the front door
close.
“What
was that?” Rick asked, quickly.
“Oh
no! It’s Jack! My fiancé!
You have to hide! Follow
me.” She led him to the bathroom in the
back of her office. “There’s a window in
there, go!” He kissed her quickly once
more, and fled. She ran back into her
office and quickly opened her window, making sure that Rick got out. She saw him run to his car, which was luckily
not where Jack could’ve seen it, and then he left. Jack walked in as she had her head out the
window.
“Uh,
Hun?” he said, wondering why she was sticking halfway out the window. She quickly came back in.
“Darling! Hi.
What are you doing here?” she asked, acting as if nothing suspicious was
going on.
“I
didn’t want you to be here by yourself.
I heard on the news that three women were killed tonight, by the same
guy, and they don’t know who he is, but it was around here.”
“Oh
my God! Are you serious?!” she asked,
not expecting to hear something that terrible was going on in
“Yes. So I figured that I’d come over here and stay
with ya until you came home.”
“Thank
you! I’m glad you did! If he would’ve come here, I wouldn’t have had
a clue.” She was still a little shocked, for she was
talking a lot faster than she normally did.
Plus, Jack almost caught her and Rick.
“How
come all your papers are on the floor?” he asked, just noticing that the floor
was covered with papers.
“Oh,
I opened my window to get some air as I was doing some paperwork. I should’ve known better because I gust of
wind came in and destroyed everything. I was so mad!
I should’ve known better, but you know me, always doing something
stupid.”
“Well,
that’s one thing I like about you.” She
chuckled, and then started picking up papers and stacking them back on her
desk. He bent down to help her. “Is there any specific way these papers have
to be stacked?”
“No. I’ll just re-organize them tomorrow. It’s getting too late and I’m getting tired.”
she said, giving herself another excuse to stay late tomorrow night, hoping
that Rick would show up again.
They
finally got all the papers back on her desk and headed home. When they got there the TV was still on
because Jack left in a hurry to find his fiancé when he found out about the
killer around her area. The show that
was currently on was interrupted by the news casters saying that the killer had
been found and was in jail. Jack had no
reason to worry about Evy anymore, which was an advantage to her so he wouldn’t
come walking in on her and Rick again.
They turned the TV off and headed to bed.
The
next day went by slow for Evy. She was
very anxious to see Rick again, although she wasn’t even sure if he would show
up again. At about
“Hi,
sweetheart.” It was Jack.
“Hello
Honey. What did you need?”
“I
just wanted to ask if you were going to work late because if you’re going to,
then I can because my boss asked me to cover for someone tonight.”
“Yeah,
I’m going to work late. How long is the
shift you’ll have to work?”
“It
lasts until
“Ok. I can work until then. I still have all those papers to organize,
and I have to do my book check tonight.”
It was only half of a lie. She did have the papers to organize, but she
didn’t have to do a book check.
Jack,
not knowing that it was a lie, knew that the book check would take a long time
because she had to go through and make sure all the books that were supposed to
be in the library, were. And that meant
she had to check every, single book on every, single shelf. “Ok, so, we should be home at the same
time. Well, I might get home before you, depending on how many books you have to
go through.”
“A
lot!”
“Ok.
Well, I hate to, but I gotta get back to work.
Bye Hon!”
“Bye
love.” Evy hung up last, and as soon as
she did, her phone rang almost immediately after she walked out of her
office. She ran back in and picked it
up, thinking it was Jack again. “Yes?”
“Evy?” This time, it was Rick.
“Rick,
oh. I thought it was Jack again. Sorry.”
“That’s
ok. Speaking of him though, I was
wondering if he was going to be around tonight.”
“No,
he just called saying that he had to cover for someone until 10:00 tonight, and
then he’s going to meet me at home, so he won’t be here all night.”
“Ok. Do you want me to come tonight?”
“Yes! You can come right now if you like.”
“Ok. I’ll be there in an hour. I have to finish up cleaning and then I’ll be
there.”
“Ok. See you then!” When she hung up, she was so excited! She couldn’t wait! Someone came in the door, and she heard them
walking towards her office. She went to
meet them at the door so they didn’t come all the way into her office. “Jack!
What are you doing here? I
thought you were working!” ‘This is not good!’ she thought.
“I’m
just here for a little bit, I wanted to see you while I can tonight because
I’ll probably be asleep before you get home.
I’ve worked a long day today and I’m already tired.”
“Oh,
ok. Well, I’m glad you came.” It wasn’t a lie, she just hoped that he would
be gone within the hour. They visited,
and they both lost track of time. It had
been an hour and they were still in her office talking. When Evy heard the door open, she realized
she was in trouble. “I’ll be right back,
I just heard someone come in, I’m going to go see if I can help them and get
them out of here so we can keep visiting.”
Evy said, hoping that it wasn’t Rick.
‘Even if it is,’ she thought, ‘I’ll just tell him to hide out here until
I can get Jack out of here.’
“Ok. I’ll be waiting.” he said. She walked into the library, seeing Rick
walking towards her.
“Can
I help you, sir?” she said, knowing that Jack could still hear them, although
he couldn’t see them, so she waved at Rick, showing him that they needed to
move farther away if they wanted to talk.
“Yeah,
I was wondering if you could find me some books on
“Ok,
right this way.” Luckily, he had chosen
a subject that was on the opposite side of the library from her office.
“What’s
going on?” he asked quietly, wondering why she was acting so weird.
“Jack’s
here! He wasn’t supposed to show up but
he did. He’s going to leave soon though,
he has to get back to work for the cover shift.” She remained quiet so Jack didn’t hear
whispers and suspect something.
“Do
you want me to come back in a few minutes?”
“No,
just um…look around until he leaves. If
it takes too long, start getting my attention every time I try to talk to him
and he’ll figure out that I’m busy and hopefully leave.”
“Ok. See you soon.” Evy walked back into her office, finding Jack
standing in the corner looking at the wall, and he was reaching back from
touching it.
“What
are you doing?” she asked.
“Oh,
I was just looking at the wall. It looked
like you had a leak, but I guess it was just the glare from the window or
something.”
“Oh,
ok.”
“Well,
I’m gonna head back to work. The shift
starts in 10 minutes.”
“Ok. Love you.
Bye.”
“Bye.” He kissed her on his way out. She followed him to the door, watching as he
pulled out, and headed down the road.
She quickly went back to Rick, and as soon as she found him, they broke
into a passionate kiss. Again, they headed
to her office, this time, they were a little more careful. They didn’t happen to destroy anything this
time. Although, Evy had her desk totally
cleaned off, besides the computer, of course.
They entered the office and Rick led Evy to her desk and laid her down
on it, then he lay over her. They still
kissed and Rick’s hand started exploring.
Evy broke the kiss.
“Wait,
wait. I’m not sure if this is a good
idea.” she said. He could tell she was a
little nervous.
“I
don’t want to freak you out or anything but, why isn’t a good idea?”
”Because
I’m getting married remember?”
“I
know, I know. But I don’t think that’s
all that’s bothering you. What else is
on your mind?” he asked, knowing something else was going on.
“Nothing.”
she quickly lied.
“Come
on, Evy. I know you’re thinking something. Please tell me.” She just laid there for a moment,
thinking. And then decided to tell him.
“I
was raised never to ‘get close to a man’, in a manner of speaking, until I was
married.”
“So
you’ve never…?”
“No.”
“Not
even with your fiancé…ever?”
“No.”
‘Wow,’
Rick thought, ‘this is good, and this is bad.
It’s good because she hasn’t gotten close to her fiancé yet. And not any other man. But it’s bad because she’s never done this,
and was raised not to. And I don’t think
we’re gonna get married. She’s already
getting married to someone else. Now
what?!’ He couldn’t think of anything to
do. He wanted to be with her, but didn’t
want to if she didn’t think it was ok.
He began to stand up off of her, but she pulled him back.
“It’s
ok. This is something that I want.” she
said, still showing a little nervousness in her voice.
“But,
your fiancé. What about him?” he asked.
“He’ll
never have to know. I won’t tell him, if
you don’t tell him. Deal?”
“Deal.”
he closed the deal, with a kiss. Rick
knew that since this was her first time ever, he would probably hurt her a
little. He hoped that it wasn’t going to
be that bad.
When
they became one, he could see that indeed, it was very painful for her. He was easy and they finally warmed up to
each other. And before the night was
over, they ended up making love 3 times.
At
Rick
coming in to Evy got to be an every night thing. Evy knew that Jack didn’t know anything, so
she never worried about it. This went on
for 2 weeks, every single night they met and made love at least once. Evy still didn’t
forget about Jack. She acted as if
everything was the same old, same old, so he wouldn’t expect anything.
On
the 16th day that Rick and Evy met at her library, for the first
time, they made love totally in the nude.
Chapter Five: Uh-Oh!
When
Evy went home that night, the first thing she saw was a whiskey bottle come
flying at her head. Luckily she ducked
just in time for it to miss her and hit the door instead. “What on earth?! Jack, what was all that about?!” she asked,
walking over to him.
“Stop! Stop right
there!!” He put his finger up as he
talked. Obviously he was drunk because
he couldn’t keep the finger in one place.
And when he stood up, it took him a while to catch himself.
“Jack,
I thought you said you weren’t going to drink anymore! What has happened to you?”
“Not
you, that’s for sure!” He slurred his
words almost to where she couldn’t understand him.
“What’s
that supposed to mean?”
“I
think you know exactly what it means,
Evy!” he yelled, as he walked closer to her.
”No,
Jack. I don’t.” She was yelling right back.
“Oh,
yes you do. Unless you mean to tell me
that you aren’t the one having sex with
that guy. Rick, is it?” By now, he was
right in her face. She backed towards
the door, knowing that she was caught, but she was going to play dumb anyway.
“Jack,
I think you’ve had a little too much
to drink, ok? I don’t know of anyone named ‘Rick’, and I never have, I
assure you!” She was now standing flat against the door, and he was still
“thisclose” to her face. <<a/n:
the “thisclose” thing is explained in my first fanfic (a little)…if you’ve read
it, then u already knew that.>> He
was staring her down, and she showed the fear in her eyes.
“Oh,
what? You don’t believe me? Come here…I have something to show you.” She didn’t move, for she was too afraid to. So Jack grabbed her arm and drug her over to
the couch and threw her down on it. He
then turned on the TV and turned it to “INPUT 2”. It was her office. It was black and white, and it was from the
spot that Jack said he thought he “saw a leak”.
“You
put a camera in my office?!” She was appalled.
“Yeah! Of course I did.”
“When?”
“That
day I said I thought I saw a leak, I had just put a camera on the wall. It’s too small for you to notice unless you
know exactly where it is.”
“WHY?”
“Because
I suspected you were up to something.
And this just proved to me that I was right.” He turned the TV to channel 3, then turned on
the VCR and pressed play. There was a
tape that had recorded every session between Evy and Rick. Every…single…one. “At first, I couldn’t believe it was
you. That you would do something like
that. Then it kept happening, and
tonight,” he fast forwarded to that night, showing her and Rick in the nude, “I
just couldn’t take it anymore. Why? WHY would
you do this to me?!” he turned the TV
off and walked back toward her.
“I—I—I
don’t know. I don’t know!”
“Well,
you had to have done it for a reason.
Come on now, Evy. Don’t play dumb
with me! I’m getting to be an impatient
man! If you’re wise, you’d start
talking, now!” he was standing right
over her, yelling.
“Ok…ok. I met him at the library, and he started
coming in a lot. And then every
night. I’m so, so, so sorry! I don’t even know why I did it!” she was only yelling to
try to hide her fear, but she didn’t do a very good job of it.
“Yeah,
sure.”
“I
really don’t! Honestly!”
“Evy! Come on! People do everything
for a reason! Now TELL ME!!” He was now at the end of his rope. If she didn’t start talking, he would have to
force her to.
“It
just happened, OK?” she shouted.
“Bullshit!! That is total bullshit! Obviously you wanted something because you let him
sleep with you, but I can’t until we’re married. You aren’t even going to marry him and your
sleeping with him. So WHY DID YOU DO
IT?!”
“I
told you, it just happened! I don’t
know!” she stood up as she talked. She
was now face to face with Jack. She was
almost in tears. She never knew Jack to
be mean but she could see in his eyes that he was going to do anything to get
answers. And she was right. The second after she stopped talking, he
slapped her. She covered her face which
was instantly red but not bruised.
“Stop
lying to me, Evy.”
“Ok. Ok,” she said slowly, while she looked around
in different directions, afraid to make direct eye contact. “I did it because,---because I love him.” Well, I don’t think there’s anything worse
than that that she could’ve said to
him. He just stood there in shock for a
little bit, then when he finally processed what she said to him, he hit
her. She cried out and fell back to the
couch. Her cheekbone was slightly
bleeding, and now she was crying. Though
she tried to show that she was brave.
“I’m sorry.” she said, trying to tell him that she wouldn’t ever see
Rick again.
“You
better be. And you’d better not see Rick
ever again. Do you understand me?!”
“Yes.”
she whispered.
“Good.” And with that, Jack went to their bedroom and
slammed the door. Evy heard it lock and
knew that she had to sleep on the couch that night, for the first time ever
that she had been living with Jack.
Chapter Six: Getting away
The
next day while Evy was working, she knew that Rick would show up tonight. And the little fight with Jack last night
left a mark on her cheekbone. She knew
that Rick would probably see it and freak out.
“Evy?”
he asked, coming around her desk to see her face. He noticed that it was indeed her, but didn’t
know why her hair was down. “How come
you don’t have your hair up?” She
continued to work, never looking up at him.
“It
wasn’t cooperating this morning so I decided to leave it down.” she quickly
lied.
“Ok. But why is it in your face. I’ve seen your hair down before and it
doesn’t do that.” He had the strange
feeling that something wasn’t right.
“I
just combed it and left this morning.
And I’ve been working over my desk all day and it tends to fall across
my face when I do that.” Rick came over
to her and stopped her from working. She
was now facing him, but she wouldn’t uncover her face. So Rick did that for her. He gently took his hand and tucked her hair
behind her ear. When he saw the mark and
the bruise, he went wide-eyed. She
wouldn’t look him in the eyes because she was too afraid to, yet she could
still see that he was shocked, and angry at whoever did this. And he had a pretty good idea of who it was.
“It
was your fiancé wasn’t it?” he asked in a matter of fact tone. She still hadn’t looked him in the eyes
yet. She wasn’t afraid anymore, just
ashamed. She slightly nodded her head in
agreement to his question. “Why?”
“He
found out about us.” she said quietly.
“How? I didn’t tell him…did you?”
“No. He put a camera in my office. He’s been watching us the entire time.” He could tell that she was angry with Jack
for doing that, but she was mostly ashamed.
Ashamed for ever being with Jack.
Ashamed for doing that to Rick.
He didn’t think anything of it though because it wasn’t her fault, and
he knew that one way or another, Jack would pay for what he’d done.
“Evy,
you have to get away from him. Before
something even worse happens.” He was
trying to hint them running off together but didn’t want to come out and say
it. He wanted her to come up with the
idea.
“Look,
I know that—that I should run. But if I
do, he’ll just be even more upset. It
may sound crazy but I have to go back.
For the safety of us both. I’m
sorry. But if it gets to the point to
where I can’t take it anymore, then I’ll leave him.” She now had tears in her eyes, but she wasn’t
crying…yet.
“I’m
not going to try to change your mind. I
was just hoping that I could talk you out of getting hurt. But, it’s not my decision.” He was hurt that she wouldn’t come with him,
but he understood.
Time
passed, and Rick and Evy continued seeing each other, but they were a lot more
careful. Things with her and Jack
weren’t getting any better though. Jack
had moved up the time of the wedding and of course Evy had no say in it. She was forced to marry him. And they were now husband, and wife. However, that didn’t affect her and Rick’s
relationship.
About
a week after the wedding, Evy went home one night to find Jonathan on the couch
and that was it. Jack was out drinking
again. She hoped that he had been gone
all day so he wouldn’t have seen her and Rick talking in her office, since she
admitted that she would run away from him.
“Uh, Jonathan? Where’s Jack?” she
asked as she sat next to him.
“He’s
at the bar. He’s been there all
day. Haven’t seen him since
“You
mean he’s been at the bar ALL day?”
“Evy,
it’s not my job to keep track of your husband!”
“You’re
not. I was just asking!” Evy walked back out the front door and headed
to the bar she figured Jack would be at: The Bottom Of The Hill, the bar he
usually we to when he and Evy were having problems.
When
she got there, she saw him immediately.
When she walked up to him, he grabbed another woman and started dancing
with her. Evy finally got him to talk to
her. After a few seconds of talking, she
knew it was useless because he was drunk out of his mind. She got him into the car, with some
help. By the time they got home, he was
making a little more sense, but he wasn’t being very nice.
Jonathan
was still watching TV. When Evy and Jack
came in, it startled him because they came bursting through the door, yelling
at each other.
Jack
yelled, “Evy! For God’s sake, STOP LYING
TO ME!!”
She
yelled back, “I’m NOT! And if you think
that I am, then we have a dishonest relationship. And that’s not going to work!”
“YOU’RE
the one that’s lying, and you’re talking to ME about a dishonest
relationship?! I think you need to turn
that finger around and take a look at yourself!”
“You
are unbelievable!” And with that she
turned and started to walk away. But
before she could get away, Jack grabbed her arm and turned her towards him.
“When
you decide to tell me the truth, then
you come talk to me. Until then, I’m not
gonna have ANYTHING to do with you!” And
with that, Jack shoved her away, and walked upstairs to their bedroom, and
slammed the door.
Evy
just stood there, tears forming in her eyes.
Jonathan, who had just sat and listened to the whole thing, came up and
have her a brotherly hug.
“You
really should get rid of that bloke, you know?” he said quietly, just in case
Jack could’ve possible heard them.
“I’ve
tried.” She said, quite sad.
“What? When?” he asked, never knowing she’d already
tried to leave him once.
“After
the first week that he started acting like this.”
“Acting
like what? The fighting?”
“Yeah.”
“But,
everyone does that, Evy. I mean, all
couples argue.”
“I
didn’t say ‘argue’, Jonathan. I said,
‘fighting’. There’s a BIG difference.”
“What?
He’s – He’s physically
fighting you?!”
“Yes! That’s why I’m always at the library. I’m always away from him as much as
possible.”
“Oh. What happened? You know, when you tried to leave?”
She
just looked at him. A single tear rolled
down her cheek. Jonathan wiped it
away. “Oh sis. I’m so sorry.” He gave her another hug. And she buried herself in his shoulder,
letting it all out.
Jonathan
walked her over to the couch and sat down with her, holding her, allowing her
to unload on him.
About
an hour later, Evy had stopped crying and was sleeping on Jonathan’s lap. Jonathan heard the bedroom door open and
close again upstairs. Then he heard
footsteps getting louder. He knew Jack
probably was coming to either go back to the bar, or take something up with
Evy, which he wasn’t about to allow.
Jack
was at the bottom of the stairs when Jonathan got up carefully, as not to wake
up Evy. He had a stern look on his face
as he quickly walked towards Jack.
“You!! You get the hell out of
here and don’t EVER come within 50 miles of my sister!” Jonathan growled. He would be yelling up a storm but decided to
let Evy sleep as long as possible.
“Jonathan,
stay the hell out of my and my wife’s business.” said Jack, a little too
calmly. He went right past Jonathan and
straight towards Evy. But Jonathan
jumped in front of him before he could reach her.
“Look,
I’m here for one reason, and that’s
my sister.”
“This
isn’t your business! Stay out of
it!! I’m warning you!”
“I’m
her brother! It’s my job to make it my
business!” By now, they were shouting,
but Evy managed to stay asleep through it.
“Just
because you’re a stubborn pain in the ass?!
I don’t think so. Now
MOVE!!” And with that, Jack punched
Jonathan square in the jaw when he didn’t move.
Jonathan fell to the ground, unconscious. Jack went straight for Evy. “Wake up!” he yelled as he leaned over her,
and hand on the couch at both sides of her head. She continued in a deep sleep. But was abruptly awoken by a hand in contact
wither cheek. She squealed, raising a
hand to comfort her cheek. She turned to
look at Jack, with a horrified look on her face.
“What
is the matter with you?!” she yelled.
“YOU
are! You and that, man!” Evy was now up on her
elbows but Jack was still leaning over her.
“Look,
Jack. I already told you. And I’ve told you a million times. He’s gone.
I have nothing to do with him now!”
She was leaning into the back of the couch as much as she could, trying
to stay as far away from him as possible.
Jack was fire red in the face.
Evy could almost see the steam coming out of his ears. He was too angry to say anything. He just stood up and back-handed her so hard,
she flew off the couch, screaming. She
was now on her stomach. She saw Jonathan
laying across the room and crawled over to him, making sure Jack hadn’t killed
him. She lay beside him, seeing he was
still breathing. Before she could crawl
to the phone, Jack grabbed her hair, and pulled her up to where she was in
front of him, but not facing him. She
could feel his hot, sticky breath on her ear as he whispered, “You know, Evy,
you are a really bad liar!” With that he threw her to the ground and
kicked her in the ribs. She curled up to
try to keep from getting hurt. But it
didn’t work as well as she’d hoped. Jack
wrapped his arm around her torso and picker her up, making her stand. As soon as she was on her feet, he put one
hand around her throat. He then backed
her against a wall, still choking her.
She put her hands on his wrist and hand, trying to pry it off her
throat. She started becoming weak from
the loss of air, but had enough strength to knee him in the stomach. He doubled over, then fell to the ground,
crying out in pain. She quickly caught
her breath and took her chance. She ran
to the phone and dialed Rick’s number.
One ring…two rings…three rings…four rings.
‘Oh
no. He’s not gonna answer!’ she thought,
getting quite worried. She almost hung
up, but was stopped.
“Ye-llo.”
answered Rick.
“Oh
Rick, thank God you answered.” she breathed, relieved.
“Evy,
is everything ok? You sound a little
freaked out.” he asked, concerned by the fear in her voice.
“’Freaked’
is only the beginning. Look, you have to
get over here, Rick. Jacks—“
“Evy? Evy, you there? Hello?!”
No one answered. Nothing but a
dial tone. “Shit!” He threw the phone down and ran out the door
to his car.
*~*~Back
to Evy~*~*
“’Freaked’
is only the beginning. Look, you have to
get over here, Rick. Jacks—“ Jack came up behind her and grabbed the phone
and hung it up.
“Calling
for your boyfriend, are you?”
“He’s
not my boyfriend! But he’s the closest
thing to a friend that I’ve got!” Not a
smart move on her part. Jack shoved her
against the wall, holding her hands against it, above her head, and pinning her
legs still so she couldn’t hurt him again.
Their noses were practically touching.
Jack
whispered, “Well, I’ve got news for you, Evy.
I’m not supposed to be your friend.
I’m your husband!”
“Husbands
don’t treat their wives like this, Jack!”
“And
why’s that?” he asked, as he put the pressure on her arms and legs.
“It’s
still legal to beat your wife.”
“Maybe
in your world, but not the real world!”
Jack was getting tired of this.
He took her by her hair and threw her across the room and she hit her
head on the corner of the coffee
table. She was now bleeding down the
side of her face. She wasn’t unconscious,
but she lay on the floor a little disoriented.
He walked to her and stood over her.
A foot on each side of her. He
slowly reached behind him and pulled out a gun.
He aimed it at the back of her head.
She sensed this and slowly turned her head. “Jack, what are you doing?” she asked,
weakly.
“I’m
making sure you never hurt another man again.”
“What are you talking about? I don’t see how you can say that considering
the way you’ve treated me.”
“I’m
treating you like anyone in my position would!”
“No,
Jack! I’m not talking about now!” She slowly, carefully started to get up. He kept the gun on her the whole time. “I’m talking about the past 3 months! I’ve tried to give you everything! And you treated me like dirt! And I’m tired of it. That’s why I’ve done what I have. I needed something more! I needed to feel alive. And Rick allows me to do that. He loves me, and he treats me the way a
loving husband should treat his wife. I
don’t know what your problem is, but I’m tired of being a part of it. I’m not going to put up with it
anymore.” There was a long pause. “So…now you know. You drove me to do what I did!” Jack didn’t know what to say. He continued to stand there. He slowly lowered the gun. Evy started to feel a little better and
started to move towards Jonathan, seeing if she could wake him up. And in less than a second, it all turned bad.
*~*~Back
to Rick~*~*
He
knew it would take a bit to get to her house, but this was crazy. ‘Of course.
I hit all he construction zones, and
I get every single red light
possible!’ he thought. “Finally!” he
said to himself. He was now at Evelyn’s
house. He got out of the car and rushed
to the front door. But right before he
reached it, he heard a horrible sound.
*~*~Back
to Evy~*~*
She
took her eyes off Jack to go to Jonathan and right before she leaned down to
him, she heard a loud crashing sound and felt the most terrible pain in her
side. She fell to the ground, clutching
her side. She looked at her hand and it
was covered in blood. Then she looked
and Jack and the gun was till pointed at her.
Now aimed at her face.
“Jack…please. Think about…what
you’re doing.” She could barely
speak. And her sight was going
fast. She was trying hard to hold on,
but felt herself slipping away very quickly.
The last thing she saw was Jack walking towards her.
*~*~Back
to Rick~*~*
When
he heard the shot, he froze. All
thoughts of Evelyn rushed through his mind.
He raced to the door and opened it.
He ran in and saw jack moving towards Evy with a gun at her head. Luckily, he was behind him. He quietly went up behind him and tackled him
from behind. The gun went flying under
the couch and Rick started throwing punches.
He had Jack pinned to the ground and wasn’t letting up. Jack got a couple of good hits it, but Rick
didn’t seem affected by them. Jack
finally got a chance, and took it. He
kicked Rick hard in the chest, causing Rick to fall off of him and onto the
floor. Jack got up and ran out the front
door, got in Rick’s car and peeled out of the driveway. Rick quickly got up and glanced out the
window to make sure that he was gone. He
didn’t care that he took his car. What
was important was that he was away from Evelyn….Evelyn! He rushed to her and took her hand. Her breathing was very shallow and her pulse
practically non-existent. He looked
around for a phone that was close and noticed Jonathan. Still unconscious but still in better
condition than Evy. He spotted a phone
and sprinted to it. Dialed 911 and got
an ambulance on the way. Then went back
to Evelyn’s side. He took her hand and
felt her slipping further away every second.
“Evy, please hold on, help’s almost here.” Next to them, Jonathan started to stir. When he finally came to, he noticed
Rick. “I say, who are you and what are
you doing here?!”
“Don’t
worry, I’m a friend of Evelyn’s. And I’m
waiting for the ambulance to get here.”
Jonathan finally took notice of the condition of his sister.
“Oh
my God! Did – did Jack do this?”
“Yes.”
“Where
is he?”
“He
left, after I beat him to a pulp of course.”
“Oh.” Rick noticed Evy’s wound was still bleeding
pretty bad and put his hand over the wound.
“They
better get here soon. She’s lost a lot
of blood. Any more and…” He didn’t have to finish. Jonathan knew it wouldn’t be good. Just then, they heard the sirens of the
ambulance. They paramedics came in and
quickly got Evelyn in the ambulance.
They tried to get Jonathan but he assured them he was fine and wanted to
stay with his sister. Rick went in the ambulance with Evy to the emergency room
and Jonathan drove Evy’s car. But once
they arrived, they were forced to wait in the waiting room.
An
hour went by and still no word. Jonathan
stared at Rick as he paced the room.
“Honestly, chap you’re making me
dizzy.”
“How
can you not be worried?”
“I
am. I just try not to make other people
sick because of it.” Rick just kept
pacing.
The
doctor can in about 15 minutes later.
“Richard and Jonathan?”
“Yes?”
they both answered, Jonathan now standing next to Rick.
“Well,
she’s stable for now but it still doesn’t look good. She’s lost so much blood. She’s very weak.
“Will
she be ok?” Rick asked.
“With
time, it’s possible she’ll make it. But
the chance is slim. I’m sorry. You may go one at a time to see her.” Rick looked at Jonathan and Jonathan could
tell he needed to see her.
“Go
ahead.” Rick rushed to her room. When he went in, what he saw made him
hurt. She was laying on the bed with her
eyes closed and bandages from her belly button to just above her chest. Blood already showing through where she was
shot. He went to the chair at the side
of her bed and took her hand, causing her to open her eyes.
“Rick.”
she said weakly. “Oh, Rick. I’m so sorry.
Are you alright?”
“I’m
fine. The question is are you alright?”
“Yeah,”
she said, wanting to comfort him, “just tired, that’s all. What happened to Jack?”
“He’s
gone. I ran him out of the house and he
took my car and left.”
“Oh. I’m sorry he took your car.”
“It’s
ok. The important thing is that he
left.”
“Where’s
Jonathan? She asked, suddenly remembering he was on the floor knocked out last
time she saw him.
“He’s
in the waiting room. They only let one
of us in at a time. But he’s fine. A nurse bandaged him up when we got here.”
“Rick?”
she got a serious look on her face. Then
passed out.
“Evy? Evy?!”
The machines next to her bed all started beeping and the heart monitor
went to one continuous beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.
“Oh no. Somebody help!!” He yelled out the door. Doctors and nurses came rushing n and the
forced Rick out and closed the curtain.
A nurse escorted him back to the waiting room.
“How
is she?” Jonathan asked, concerned for his baby sister.
“She
was fine…and then her heart stopped.”
Rick was started to choke up at the thought of losing her.
“What?!” Jonathan was getting very worried and wanted
to see his sister. Now he was pacing
along with Rick. They finally got tired
and took a seat.
When
the doctor came in about 10 minutes later, they both jumped up to meet him at
the doorway.
“She’s
ok. For now. She seems to be holding on with everything
she’s got.”
“Can
we go see her?” Jonathan asked, reading Rick’s mind.
“She’s
sleeping now. And doesn’t need to be
disturbed.” He saw the worry and hurt in
their eyes. “But, your welcome to stay
the night with her as long as you don’t wake her.”
“Oh
thank you doc.” Rick said, as he and Jonathan went to her room and entered
quietly. They took a chair on each side
of her bed and sat next to her. Jonathan
went to sleep quickly. But Rick stayed
up for about 3 hours, before getting tired.
He took her hand and drifted into sleep.
Chapter Seven: He Comes Back
Evelyn
awoke the next morning to the bright, morning light that filled the room. After a few moments she noticed someone
holding her hand. She looked over and
found Rick asleep in the chair next to her.
And it looked as if it wasn’t very comfortable. She smiled at seeing this, then look to her
other side to fine Jonathan curled up in his little chair. She couldn’t help but chuckle at this. But soon found out that wasn’t all that
smart. Her side hurt immediately. She winced out in pain, which made it hurt
even more causing her to yelp, which woke Rick.
“Hey,
you alright?” he immediately sat up, looking at her with concern.
“I’m
fine.”
“Are
you sure? Last time you said that we
almost lost you.”
“I
promise, I’m ok. I feel better than
yesterday. Just sore.”
“Ok. Just take it easy. I don’t wanna risk losing you again.” He kissed her hand. She gave him a smile.
Just
then, the doctor came in. “Glad to see
your awake and feeling well.”
“I’m
actually feeling quite well actually.
But, even so, how long do I have to stay here?” Evelyn was anxious to get home. She was never really comfortable at hospitals.
“Well,
if you continue to do well today, we can send you home this evening.”
“Wonderful.” She was relieved.
All
went well at the hospital and Evelyn was released to leave at
Rick
parked the car away from his own.
“Jonathan, you stay here with Evy.
I’ll go see what’s goin’ on.”
Rick, always being prepared, grabbed a gun from the glove box.
“Rick,
you shouldn’t go in there. Especially
alone.” Evy grabbed his arm trying to
convince him. “We should just go to the
police. Don’t even try to mess with him,
please!”
“It’ll
be fine, Evy. Just stay here and if he
comes for you, get outta here as fast as you can! Don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine, just
leave.”
“Rick,
I’m not going to leave you here with him!”
“You
may have to. But if he gets out here, get away from him!” He gave her a reassuring look, a peck on the
cheek and ran for the house, gun at the ready.
A
few minutes went by and Evy was starting to get worried. “Jonathan, do you think everything’s ok? I mean, what if something happened and Jack’s
in there just waiting for us to go in there?”
“You
worry too much. Rick can handle himself,
I’m sure he’s fine. He may not have even
found Jack yet. It is a big house you
know.”
“Still,
Jack’s pretty bad. I’m just worried for
Rick. I’m going in to see what’s going
on!” Evy made a mad dash for the house.
“Evy,
didn’t the man tell you to stay here?
Evy?! Oh forget it. I’m not going after her again! Last time I did that I almost died. And
my drink was wasted!” And with that,
Jonathan sat contently in the car.
Evy
cautiously entered the house looking for Rick but keeping a close eye for
Jack. She couldn’t find anyone and
started to get worried. After searching
a couple of rooms she found Rick. “Evy,
what are you doing here? I told you to
wait in the car!”
“I
wanted to check on you. It’s been a long
time you know. I was just getting
worried.”
“Wait…you
left Jonathan alone?! Oh boy. Look, I haven’t found Jack yet. So go back to the car where it’s safe. I’ll come and get you when everything’s
ok.” He practically shoved her out the
door towards the car.
After
a couple minutes of sitting in the car, Jonathan decided he needed to go to the
bathroom...really bad! “Of course!” he
said as he got out of the car and left to find a place to do his business. No way was he going in that house right now,
though.
He
walked back to the car and to his surprise, saw Evy sitting in the front seat
again. “Why are you back here?”
“Rick
told me to come back and wait here because he hasn’t found Jack yet.”
“Oh. Well, all for the better. You shouldn’t be in there with that ass
anyways.”
“Who,
Rick?”
“No,
Jack!”
“Oh. Well, I just hope Rick takes care of it….Show
Jack a thing or two….I just hope he doesn’t pull a number on Rick……” Evy wondered why Jonathan was being so quiet. “Jonathan?” she asked as she turned to face
him in the back seat. When she turned,
she didn’t see Jonathan. She saw
Jack. She screamed, and that make Jack a
little mad because he didn’t want Rick
to find them. He hit her and she hit her
head on the window, but she wasn’t knocked out.
Jack moved to the drivers seat and started driving away, not letting her
out of the car. She looked out the
window and saw Jonathan lying in the driveway with blood on the side of his
head. Then she looked at the house, and
saw Rick running out. She saw the gun in
his hand and it reminded her that he always kept another one under the
passenger seat. She reached for it but
it was gone. “Rick!!!” she yelled for
him. Then she heard a click. She slowly turned and saw a gun in her face. Jack had grabbed the other gun. She was then quiet and turned to face forward
and heard a gunshot.
Chapter Eight: A Dangerous Ride
She
had her eyes closed tight, thinking she’d been shot again. But she opened her eyes and saw that the car
was stopped. Rick had shot the tire so
Jack couldn’t go anywhere. Jack was
furious. He opened his door, grabbed Evy
and pulled her across the car and out his door.
He held her facing Rick with a gun to her. He had his arm around her neck so she
couldn’t get away, but nevertheless she put her hands on his arm trying to pull
him off. But let’s face it, Jack’s a lot
stronger than her. Jack yelled to Rick,
“Don’t move! You move one muscle and
you’ll never see here again!” Rick stood
still, but his gun was still aimed at Jack’s head. Jack slowly moved backwards down the rest of
the driveway and into the street. When
the next car came by, they had to stop to avoid hitting them. Jack turned his gun to the driver and ordered
him out of the car. He quickly got out
and ran away down the street. Jack threw
Evy in the passenger seat and drove off.
He soon looked in the rear view mirror and saw Rick following them in
his car. He cursed himself for leaving
the keys in it. It quickly turned into a
high speed chase. As Rick was following
them, he thought to himself, ‘Where are the damn cops when you need them?!’
The
chase went on all the way through town.
They were now on a country road.
Jack took a curve at a high speed and ran off the road. He then overcorrected going across the road
and the car flipped. It rolled down a
giant hill, which led to a river. Rick
stopped on the road, got out of his car and ran after them hoping they would
stop before hitting the river. But,
unfortunately he wasn’t that lucky. The
car plunged into the water and was totally submerged before Rick could get
halfway down the hill.
Evy
took one big breath before the water covered her head. She quickly reached for the window and rolled
it down. She swam out but before she got
out her foot got caught on something.
She looked down and saw that Jack had her by her ankle. She struggled to get away which made her
wound hurt terribly. And she started
running out of air fast. She felt
someone grab her hand, looked up and saw Rick trying to pull up to the surface.
He
pulled at her but she didn’t come up.
She must’ve been stuck on something.
He swam down and found the problem.
Jack was trying to pull her back
into the car because he couldn’t get out.
He knew what Jack was thinking. If he was gonna die here, so was she.
Rick
couldn’t shoot him underwater, so he reached down to his boot and pulled out a
knife. He brought it up and stabbed Jack
straight through the wrist. He quickly
let go of Evy who started swimming for the surface, and the water was filled
with blood. Rick knew Jack wouldn’t be
able to stop the bleeding or would run out of air and wound never get out of
that river.
Rick
followed Evy to the surface and swam to her.
She was leaning on the shore, still catching her breath. “Are you ok?” he asked, getting out of the
water and reaching for her hand. She
reached for him but quickly pulled away, holding her wound and wincing in pain. “What happened?” he asked, concerned.
“I
think my wound opened again. And the bandages
are no good wet.” That was soon
confirmed as they both saw the water around her turn red. Rick reached down, grabbed her under her arms
and lifted her to shore. She now lay on
the ground, getting weak from the loss of blood and the pain. Rick put his hand on the wound for
pressure. Then quickly took his shirt
off and wrapped it around her, covering the wound. She started to close her eyes.
“Evy? Evy stay with me! Come on!”
He shook her a little. She opened
her eyes again but not very much. Rick
picked her up and carried her to his car at the top of the hill. He put her in and raced to the hospital.
Back
at the river, a little downstream from the accident, the car finally hit bottom
and was stuck there for good. At the
surface just above the car, Jack popped out of the water. He slowly pulled himself onto the shore and
staggered up the hill.
Chapter Nine: The End…Or Is It?
Evy
wasn’t at the hospital long. They fixed
her up and sent her home within a couple of hours. When they got home, Evy remembered
Jonathan. “Oh my God. Jonathan!”
“He’s
fine. He went into the house after you
left. He went and cleaned himself
up. He wasn’t hurt at all. He just had a little scrape and passed out at
seeing his blood on his hand.” Rick
parked the car and Evy got out quickly, almost running for the house to find
Jonathan. “Evy! Be careful!
You’re gonna hurt yourself again!!”
Rick ran after her.
She
entered the house and saw Jonathan instantly.
He was sitting on the couch. When
he saw her, he ran to her. “Sis! You ok?
You’re soaked!” Rick came running
in.
“Evy,
you gotta take it easy. I don’t want you
getting hurt again.”
“Rick,
I’m fine, honestly.” She turned to
Jonathan. “Everything’s fine. And Jack…well, lets just say he’s taken care
of.” She smiled and Jonathan gave her a
hug. Then Rick turned her towards him
and kissed her passionately.
“I
guess that means we can get married then, huh?”
As he said this, he knelt down and pulled out a black velvet box and
opened it. Inside, was the most gorgeous
ring she’d ever seen. She smiled and
started to cry.
“Yes!” Rick stood and put the ring on her
finger. They kissed again. Jonathan interrupted.
“Ok. As much as I love seeing this whole lovey
dovey thing, I have to interrupt and ask, how can you get married when you’re
already married?”
“Jonathan,”
Evy replied, “try to keep up, will you?
My ‘husband’ if that’s what you want to call him, is dead, so I can
legally get married to someone else. It
all works out fine, don’t worry about it.
We’ve worried enough lately.” And
with that, they all smiled, and Rick held Evy close, glad that everything was
ok. They lightly rubbed their noses
together as Jonathan rolled his eyes and went back to the television. Everything was going to be great.
But
little did they know…Jack, was just getting started.
<<a/n:
I was thinking about writing a sequel…but I don’t know if I will. Your input will help my decision. Let me know if you want one!>>