SECRET AGENT DAWSON
Chapter Forty-One
It was getting late, and the
party was already over. Jack was very cautious. He did not want to be tricked
again. Chloe told him that she would put Emma to bed, but Jack insisted that he
would do it instead. He read her favorite story, The Little Mermaid.
When she was asleep, he kissed her forehead and left. He ended up seeing Chloe
standing there, just watching him play daddy to his little girl.
"Is she asleep?" Chloe
was still dressed in her gown from the party.
"Yeah. She's like angel,
Chloe." He smiled at her, wanting to kiss her.
"Yeah. She's just like her
daddy." Chloe smiled. She did not want to be alone with Jack, because it
only hurt her more to see something she couldn't have.
She turned to leave, but Jack got
her by the arm and kissed her senseless. The kiss seemed to last more than a
few minutes, but in reality it had only been a few seconds.
"Jack, I can't do
this." Chloe pushed him away.
"Chloe, everything inside me
is telling me to take you into that bedroom and make love to you. And I am
trying to fight it, but I can't. It’s just too hard." Jack's last straw
finally broke. He needed to have her.
"I feel the same way, but
you’ve got a wife who probably loves you the same as I do. Go, Jack. Leave. Go
home to your wife." Chloe turned around, not facing him.
"I messed up so bad, Chloe.
Can I stay with you tonight?" Jack asked, and held her from behind.
"Jack, if you stay here, you
know what will happen, so I think it's best you leave." Chloe kept telling
him to leave, but he just wouldn't go.
"Chloe, I am not leaving. If
this is a mistake, may I burn in hell." He picked her up and closed the
door to her room.
Jack forgot everything. He didn't
care if he ruined his last chance with Rose. He loved Rose, but how could he
not go back to the woman he had loved since the beginning? He had loved
Veronica Smith, but that had just been a childhood love and it had not meant as
much to him as his relationship with Chloe. She had been his first real love.
The more he tried to push her away, the more it came back tenfold. And then
there was Rose. He loved her, but not as much as Chloe. Chloe was the key to
his heart.
*****
After fifteen hours on a flight
to Japan, Rose felt like vomiting. She had never gotten airsick before, so why
now? She went about her way, going to Jack's place, but he had never told her
where he was staying. So, she went to the closest payphone and dialed his cell
phone number.
Jack was laying in bed with Chloe
he heard his cell phone ring. He flipped it open and pushed a button.
"Hello." He yawned.
"Jack, it's me, Rose. I am
here. I forgot that you never told me where you are." Rose heard him yawn.
"Rose, just get a room for
the night. I am on surveillance. There's a whole lot to tell you, but I am so tired."
He was tired from making love to Chloe all night.
"Okay, Jack. I love
you," Rose said sincerely.
"Yeah. Love you." He
clicked off his cell and snuggled closer to Chloe.
"Was that your wife?"
Chloe had heard the conversation.
"Yeah. Her plane just landed."
Jack kissed her shoulder.
"Aren't you anxious to get
back to her?" Chloe wondered if he had ever really loved his wife.
"Not right now, Chloe."
He didn't want to think about it.
"Jack, I think you should
leave before Emma wakes up. I don't want her to get confused. She might think
you’re here to stay." Chloe needed him to leave. She couldn't bear letting
Emma think that her father was going to stay there. He was married to another
woman, for crying out loud.
"I am here to stay,
Chloe." He got up and slipped on his underwear.
"Jack, in case you didn't
notice, you have a wife waiting for you." Chloe got up and put on her
robe.
"So, are you asking me to
leave? You don't want me to make love to you again?" Jack teased.
"I would love that more than
anything, but the fact is, you’re married, and until you either leave her or
get a divorce, I can't be with you entirely, if at all." Chloe looked at
him, wanting him back in her bed.
"I understand, and you’re
right. Rose does deserve to know the truth. I am gonna go and tell her right
now." Jack got dressed quickly, leaving Chloe sitting in bed, but not
before kissing her good-bye.
Jack went to Emma's bedroom and
kissed her good-bye, too. He didn't know if this would be the last time he
would see her.
He went out the door quietly and
left. Leaving his family behind was something new to him. He felt alone without
them. He picked up his cell phone and dialed Rose's cell.
Rose picked up.
"Rose, where are you?"
he asked.
"I'm at the hotel across
from the airport. Room 234," Rose said.
"All right. I will be right
there," Jack said.
Jack got into his car and got out
at the hotel Rose had mentioned. How was he going to tell her he had made
another mistake? He had messed up on her twice already. The best he could do
was just end it. He had to.
When he knocked on the door, she
answered it, holding her mouth. "Rose, are you all right?"
"I'm sick, Jack. I think the
plane food made me sick." Rose felt terrible. She had no idea what was
making her sick.
"Are you sure, Rose?"
Jack looked at her.
"Yes. What else could it
be?" Rose sat on the bed.
"Rose, do you remember what
we did a few weeks ago?" Jack reminded her.
"You think I am
pregnant?" Rose asked.
"If you are, you just put
another nail in my coffin." Jack looked worried.
"What are you talking
about?" Rose asked.
"Rose, I have a confession
to make, and before you do anything, I want you to hear me out first."
Jack walked around and sat on a chair.
"All right. Go ahead."
Rose listened.
"Remember when I told you
that I found Chloe?" Jack started.
"Uh-huh." Rose nodded.
"Well, I found her, and I
found out who's behind this." Jack looked into her eyes.
"Who?" Rose asked.
"Veronica. It turns out
she's not dead like I thought. All she wanted was revenge, and I was the one
she wanted to hurt," Jack explained.
"Your ex-girlfriend?"
Rose could not believe it.
"Yeah, and she wants to duel
today." Jack walked around the room.
"You against her?" Rose
got up.
"Yeah, and that's not all,
Rose. Chloe gave me a daughter. Her name is Emma." He smiled, thinking
about the little girl.
"You got Chloe
pregnant?" Rose looked at him in surprise.
"Yeah. I had no idea until
after I hung up with you and she told me. Oh, Rose, she is so beautiful."
Jack knew Rose would love Emma.
"Jack, were you really on
surveillance last night?" Rose looked into his eyes.
He didn't answer the question. He
just looked at her.
"No. I was with Chloe last
night." He didn't look at her.
"Did you do what I think you
did?" Rose had to ask the question.
"Yes, Rose, and as much as I
love you, I know now that I need to let you go. I want a divorce." He
looked her, but not for long.
"You bastard, not only did
you do this to me twice, you’re leaving me?" Rose could not believe this.
"Rose, it's best for the both
of us," Jack said.
"No. I am not letting you
go." She held onto his arm.
"Rose, please, let me
go." Jack tried to pry her hand off of his arm.
"No." She started to
cry. Then she grabbed her stomach and passed out.
"Rose? Rose?" Jack
picked up the telephone and called for a doctor.
He picked her up, carried her
over to the bed, and noticed she was bleeding, If she had been pregnant with
his child, she had just lost it, which meant he couldn't leave her, at least
not now. She needed him now, and he would be there for her, even though he
still loved Chloe.
Jack began to feel guilty for
cheating on Rose. He felt ashamed that not only had he committed adultery
twice, but that he was to blame for her losing the baby, too.
When the doctor arrived, he sat
in the other room, waiting for the doctor's diagnosis. Rose was still
unconscious when the doctor checked her over. He noticed the bleeding, and his
conclusion was that she had just lost a child. She was going to need to be
taken to the hospital to remove what was left of the pregnancy. The doctor came
out and saw Jack looking very worried.
"Sir, it is confirmed she
was with child. She needs to be taken to the hospital to remove the rest of the
baby," the doctor told him.
"I understand. May I follow
you to the hospital?" Jack asked him.
"Yes, sir." The doctor
nodded.
Jack went to his car and waited
for them to take Rose to the hospital. He remembered when he had first met her,
how she had made him feel so happy, how she would do anything for him, and even
make him dinner. He knew she loved being married to him, and he loved her. But
somehow, through all this mess, he had moved on. He felt like crap for treating
her like trash. She meant more to him than just a wife. So why had he let her
go?
Seeing the ambulance leave
reminded him of the time he thought Chloe had died. They had found no body. He
had sat on the edge of the bed, crying for her, and through most of the
following weeks, he had sat in his house, depressed.
He cried several tears, and they
blocked him from seeing the ambulance in front of him. Before he knew it, he
crashed. He had swerved from hitting the ambulance and hit a guardrail on the
road.
Thank God the crash was not
severe. He got out of his car and screamed, realizing that he had lost a child.
His and Rose's baby.