JACK AND ROSE: PRESENT TIME
Chapter Forty-Six
Rose didn't know
what to do. Jack had passed out. She couldn't just let him die, but she
couldn't run for help because Tony was still out there.
The Rose
remembered! Her cell phone was in her pocket. She was so glad she had thought
to wear a jacket tonight. She pulled it out quickly and dialed 911.
"Hello?
Yes...somebody's trying to kill me, they shot my boyfriend!" Rose didn't
even know what she was saying she was so scared. "We're at Magic Beach.
Hurry!"
Rose decided to try
to get Jack out of unconsciousness while waiting for the police to arrive.
"Jack? Please don't die...Jack! I need you. I love you. Please! Don't
leave me!"
"Oh,"
Tony came up. "Isn't this a pretty site?"
"You son of a
bitch!" Rose said.
"Come on
Rose," Tony said. "I need to finish what I didn't finish that
night," Tony said.
"You stay the
hell away from me! Don't touch me!" Rose said as she backed up against the
wall, still holding Jack's hand. She looked at Jack who was showing no
response. He was still breathing, but Rose knew he didn't have long to go.
"Look Rose, we
can do this the easy way or the hard way," Tony said.
Rose didn't take
any chances. She kicked him as hard as she could in between his legs. He
grabbed his crotch in pain and tumbled over.
Rose couldn't run,
she was not going to leave Jack. So, she grabbed his gun, which he had dropped.
She pointed it at him.
"You move away
from me, or I'll shoot. I swear on my father's grave! I'm shoot!"
Tony just stood
there. "Listen, Rose. Give me the gun, now!"
Rose shook her
head. She didn't want to tell him she had called the police. She wanted them to
catch him.
They both started
to hear sirens in a distance. "You called the cops didn't you,
bitch!" Tony said. "I'm gonna kill you with my own to hands!"
Rose kept the gun
pointed. As he came closer she tried to shoot - but it didn't work.
"I must be out
of bullets," Tony said with a laugh.
Rose threw the gun
at his face and he grabbed his head in pain. Rose started to run, just thinking
about how the police were almost here. But, he grabbed her arm and pulled her
back.
"Please, just
leave me alone!" Rose begged.
"Missy, that's
the last thing I wanna do." He pushed Rose against the wall. Just in time
for...
"Freeze!"
Rose looked up at a
police man holding up a gun. Then, a group of police men came up and put
handcuffs on Tony. "You have the right to remain silence," one of
them said. "Anything you say can, and will be used against you in the
court of law."
Then, Rose watched
an ambulance pull up and put Jack in a stretcher. "Can I go with
him?" Rose pleeded. They agreed and let Rose ride in the ambulance.
The way to the
hospital was like a nitemare. She saw them start an IV on him. She was in way
too much shock to talk.
When they reached
the hospital Rose was checked out by a docter. After that, she sat in the
waiting room and answered some questions for a cop.
"When did you
meet Luke Dawson?" he asked.
"I just met
him tonight," Rose said. "But he..." Rose didn't finish, she saw
her mom and John walk in. She ran into her mother's arms.
"Oh,
mama," Rose said. "Jack...he got shot."
Ruth tried to
comfort her daughter as well as she could. "Rose, it's okay. Jack's a
surviver," Ruth said.
John went up to the
front desk to get all of the latest information. Rose and Ruth sat down on a
couch. "Tell me everytihng," Ruth said.
"Jack and I
were just taking a walk on the beach," Rose said. "Then his older
brother showed up. I noticed a tatoo on his arm and I knew it was the man who
attacked me and Tommy that night."
"Go on,
dear," Ruth said, holding her daughter.
"Then, the
next thing I knew he was chasing us down the beach, and Jack and I ran into a
little shack. Then, he came through the back door and held up a gun. Jack
wouldn't let him hurt me so Jack kicked him and we both ran out of there. When
we were running, he shot Jack when Jack turned around to see if he was coming.
He shot him in the stomach."
"If you were
running from him, wouldn't Jack have gotten shot in the back?" Ruth asked.
"Well, Jack
turned around for a moment to see if Tony was coming and that's when he shot
him. Then we ended up behind part of a cliff. Jack told me that I had to
survive.." Rose broke down into tears.
Then, she saw
Dominique and Tommy race into the room. "Rose!"
Ruth told Rose she
was going to go check on John. Dominique, and Tommy sat by Rose and gave her a
hug.
"Rose, are you
okay? John called us," Dominique said.
"I'm fine.
It's Jack. He got shot."
Dominique gasped.
"Who did it?"
"His brother,
Tony Dawson," Rose replied.
"Oh my
God," Tommy said. "Is he gonna be okay?"
"He shot him
in the stomach," Rose said quitely. "Tommy, Tony's the one who
stabbed you that night."
"And he shot
Jack?" Tommy asked. "I'll beat his fucking face in..."
"Where's
Fabrizio?" Rose asked.
"Oh, he went
out of town with his dad for the night. We don't know where he's at. We can try
to find him if you want us to," Dominique said.
"No that's
okay." Rose didn't even ask about Alexia. She wasn't really one of Jack's
best friends. Alexia and Rose had just started to become friends.
About an hour
later, Dominique and Tommy had left. The docter was going to have a talk to
Ruth, John and Rose.
"How serious
is Jack's condition?" John asked. Rose could tell that he was as worried
as she was.
"Mr.
Johnson," the docter said. "I don't want you to lose hope, but I
recommend you to go ahead and make the funeral arrangements."
"What!?"
John said.
Rose couldn't take
it. She stormed out of the docter's office and ran as fast as she could. She
didn't know where she was going - but she knew she had to go.