JACK AND ROSE: PRESENT TIME
Chapter
Fifty-Six
"Okay,"
Tommy said. "Jack and I will take a look around. Fabrizio, you stay here
with the girls."
Fabrizio nodded.
Rose looked up at Jack. He looked pretty calm. Tommy, on the other hand, looked
like he could blow at any minute. Rose didn't know if she liked the idea of
Jack and Tommy going alone. She had been worried about Jack ever since she had
found out about Dave, but this was different. She couldn't stand the thought of
losing him.
"We'll be
back.." Tommy said.
"Wait!"
Rose said. "Why can't we all stay here...it's too dangerous for you two to
go off looking for.."
"No!"
Tommy said. "The only chance we have is if we find who's on this boat with
us!"
They could all tell
Tommy meant buisness. It was the only logic thing to do. Wasn't it? They
couldn't just stay on the deck until they got rescued. Would they ever get
rescued? Only time would tell.
Rose ran into
Jack's arms and kissed him. "Don't do anything I wouldn't do," she
whispered in his ear, making Jack smile.
"I won't. I
promise."
Jack kissed her
hand, giving her comfort. "We'll be right back."
Rose, Alexia, and
Dominique stayed huddled together as Fabrizio paced in front of them. Fabrizio
felt a little foolish for not being one of the 'men', but he was glad he was
keeping the girls somewhat calm.
"What is
taking them so long?" Dominique complained.
"I
dunno," Fabrizio said. "Do you think I should go down there?" He
looked down the dark staircase that led to the bottom of the boat.
"No!"
Dominique said. "Let's just stay here...they'll be back soon."
They all prayed
Dominique was right. Suddenly, they heard someone's footsteps getting louder.
They hoped it was Jack or Tommy...
"Not one damn
thing," Tommy said with Jack trailing behind.
"Then what the
hell happened?" Alexia asked. She wasn't the only one shook up by all of
this. If no one was on the boat, what had happened? They didn't know.
"Maybe someone
just did all of this before we took off," Rose suggested. Everybody looked
at her with blank expressions. Why would someone want to scare them? Anyways,
they all convinced themselves that it was just a prank. A simple prank.
"Well,"
Tommy said. "It doesn't look like we'll be getting any sleep
tonight."
Dominique thought
for a second. "We have no motor...how will be get back to land?"
Her question
startled everyone. Would someone come rescue them? Would they just starve to death?
Rose was scared, but she was glad Jack was with her. He was like a guardian
angel. Whenever he was with her, she felt nothing bad could ever happen to her.
Rose immediantly
took out her cell phone from her purse. "You guys.. doesn't work."
"Neither does
mine.." Dominque said.
Then Jack saw
something. It was a boat! Only about 600 feet away. This was there chance.
Their chance to be saved.
"A boat!"
Jack yelled. "We need to get their attention."
They all looked at
Fabrizio. He would know what to do.
"I got
it!" Fabrizio said. He ran to the steering wheel. He grabbed a small box
from the closet. He hurried back outside and opened it. He reached for one of
the flares. He used Tommy's lighter and lit it. He held it up as high as he
could. It should be easy for the other ship to see it in the dark.
"Help!
Help!" They all cried in unison.
As the time past
and the boat got closer, Rose was the only one to notice who's boat it was. She
knew who owned such a fine ship. The one and only Caledon Hockley.