SECRET AGENT DAWSON 2: BRING ME BACK TO LIFE
Chapter Seven
Jack took Rose into another room.
He paced around for a few seconds, wondering how to handle what he was going to
say to her. He looked at her and took a seat.
"Rose, you’d better sit down
for this." He looked serious.
"What's going on,
Jack?" Rose wondered what was going on.
"When I tell you, you are
gonna be mad, but let me finish this, all right?" He stood up.
"All right." She looked
up at him.
"Rose, I need you to go to
Cal. I need you to see if you have those old feelings for him." He looked
straight at her.
"Jack, I can't. We are
married, remember?" Rose looked at him like she was hearing someone else
say this to her.
"I know, but I need to be
sure your feelings for him are gone." Jack went to his chair and took a seat
across from her.
"Is this because of the sex
thing and when I called you Cal?" Rose felt guilty. She still loved Cal.
"Yes. I don't know what got
into you yesterday and I know you were only trying to please me. But I need to
know if Cal is part of what happened." He needed the truth.
"Jack, how can you ask that?
You know I love you." She looked at him and got up out of her seat.
"Sorry, Rose, but please
understand you’re not the only one who's looking back into the past. I often
think about what my life would have been like if you had never been in my
life." It hurt him to say that to her, but it was the truth.
Rose turned around and cried. She
had never expected to hear the words that he had just said to her. Did he not
want her anymore? She had to be dreaming. There was something going on that
maybe he couldn't say to her directly, so he needed to get rid of her or
something like that, because he always spoke to her and told her the truth. She
didn't know what had brought this on all of a sudden.
"I am getting a divorce. I
am serious about it this time," he told her.
Rose could not believe the words
coming out of his mouth, but she knew once he said something he often meant it.
"You’re going to Chloe,
aren't you? That's why you want me to go to Cal. Is that the real reason you
want to leave me?" Tears poured down her face.
He didn't want to say it, but he
knew it was true. "Rose, this will be better for both of us."
"It is, isn't it?" Rose
knew it.
"Rose, please don't make
this harder than it already is. We both know we were never meant to be,"
he lied to himself.
"Fine! Go to hell!" she
said, and left the room.
*****
He knew it had ended badly, but
he couldn't help it. He knew the one and only thing that would get his feelings
sorted out. He walked to his office and saw Chloe sitting there.
"Jack, why did you want me
to meet you in your office?" She watched him walk in.
"Chloe, we need to
talk." He locked the door behind him. "Chloe, this is for real now,
so don't pretend. I need to know if you still love me." He needed to know.
"Jack, of course I love you.
I always will." She had never stopped loving him.
"I love you, too. I asked
Rose for a divorce. I just gotta get her to sign the papers. I had them made up
yesterday." He went to his desk and took out the divorce papers.
"You’re really serious about
divorcing her, aren't you?" Chloe was surprised.
"Yes. I would like to be a
part of your life, Chloe--if you'll have me, that is." He put his hand on
her shoulder.
"Jack Dawson, when have I
ever said no to you?" She looked at him and smiled.
"A few days ago when I
wanted sex." He frowned.
"Ask me again!" She
took his head into her hands.
"I will, as soon as these
papers are signed," he said, holding the divorce papers.
Chloe was very excited to have
Jack back in her life. She loved him a lot, and now that he was divorcing Rose,
she wanted to plan all of the things she had dreamed of, the things she always
wanted more than anything in her life. She wanted a family.
Holding the divorce papers in his
hands, he opened the door to his office and let Chloe do her duties. After
work, they planned to get together. Jack dreaded seeing Rose again. He went
into her office. She was still crying. He hadn't meant to hurt her that bad.
"Rose...." Jack
whispered.
She looked up and didn't say a
thing. He put down the papers and she looked at her desk. She saw the word in
bold letters. Divorce.