SECRET AGENT DAWSON
Chapter Forty-Two
Jack got to the hospital soaking
wet, but he didn't care. He found Rose in her room. She was awake and staring out
the window.
He walked in dripping wet. She
didn't bother to turn to look at him, so he knew now that she knew that she had
been pregnant.
"Rose?" Jack called
her.
She turned and looked at him.
Then she turned her back on him. "Rose, I know you must hate me now, and I
am sorry. I didn't mean to make it sound like I was just gonna leave you. I
realize now that I can't, because I love you."
"It's too late, Jack. I will
file for divorce as soon as we get to the states. It was a mistake marrying
you, and I realize it now." Rose didn't want to look at him. It only hurt
her more.
"Rose, please don't do this.
I never wanted us to be like this." Jack went to her.
Rose got up, frustrated.
"What do you mean? You’re the one who asked for a divorce in the first
place. You cheated on me twice, and I don't want to see or hear from you ever
again."
"Rose, you don't mean that.
You’re just upset." He stood next to her when he saw her crying.
"Don't touch me." She
started to hit him, and he took her punches, but he never let her go.
She cried in his arms for the
baby that she had lost. She loved Jack, and she knew that if he didn't want
her, this would be the last time she would ever see him. She was strong. She
wasn't going to beg for him to stay with her. It was his choice, if he knew
what he wanted.
"Rose, I promised Veronica I
would meet her today at noon. If I die today, I want you to know I always loved
you, no matter what I did." Jack looked into her eyes as if it were the
last time he was going to see her.
"You won't die, Jack. I want
to see you back here when you’re finished with her." She smiled and kissed
his lips.
"I promise, Rose." He
kissed her forehead and left.
Jack walked back to his car, and
although it was slightly banged up, he still drove it. He went back to Chloe
and Emma to see them.
Chloe's father answered the door.
"I see you’re back. Back so soon?"
"Look, I just came to say
good-bye, all right? Chloe's a grown woman. If she doesn't want to have
anything to do with me, I'll leave her alone, but I will not stand here and
explain that I want to say good-bye to my daughter to you." Jack looked at
him with a sly stare.
"Fine. They’re
upstairs." Jason let him go.
Jack passed him and flew up the
stairs. He saw Chloe dressing Emma. She looked so beautiful.
"Daddy." She went to
him and hugged him.
"Hello, sweetpea." He
hugged her back.
"Are you gonna stay with us
today?" Emma was happy to see her daddy there.
"Sorry, I can't. Not today.
I have some things to take care of, but after that I will come and see you as
much as I can." He hugged her and started to cry.
"Daddy, why are you
crying?" Emma asked, concerned.
"Chloe, I can't...." He
walked to the balcony and stood there.
"Honey, Daddy and Mommy need
to talk. You go and finish up your breakfast, all right?" Chloe took her
halfway to the door.
"Okay, Mommy." Emma
looked at her dad standing there, hearing his sobs.
When Emma left, Chloe went up to
Jack and held him. "What's wrong?"
"I went to tell Rose I wanted
a divorce and she told me that she was sick, but she passed out and she was
bleeding," Jack explained.
"Is she all right?"
Chloe asked, concerned about his situation.
"Yeah, but she lost our
child, Chloe." Jack walked over and sat on the bed.
"She was pregnant?"
Chloe sat with him.
"Yeah. I feel so guilty for
leaving her." He put his head in his hands.
"Don't be, Jack. I never
told you I wanted you to play daddy to Emma. Of course, you’re her birth
father, but if you need to leave and be with Rose, go ahead. I love you, but if
I can't have you, then I want you to go. Take care of her, because if I was in
that situation, I would want you there by my side." Chloe meant every
word.
"You’re such an
understanding person, Chloe. Always seeing to the care of others before
yourself." Jack hugged her.
"Hey, that's me. Are you
still gonna go see Veronica?" Chloe looked at him, and he was not in a
state to fight for his life when others needed him.
"Yeah, at noon. Which is in
two hours." Jack looked at his watch.
"You’re gonna win, Jack. I
know, because not only do you have to fight for Rose, you have to come and tell
Emma you’re gonna be with her always." Chloe patted his hand.
"Well, I don't know what
Veronica has up her sleeve. But I don't wish her dead." Jack had never
meant to hurt Veronica at all when they were young. It had all been just fun
and games.
"That's good, Jack, because
I wish you dead." Veronica stood in the doorway.
"Veronica, what are you
doing here?" Jack looked at her in surprise.
"Chloe's father let me stay.
And don't worry about Emma. I don't hurt children. It's what I was wishing you
had given me when I was dating you." Veronica walked in on Chloe and Jack,
coming into the room.
"Veronica, for all the times
we had sex back then, I would have thought you would have," Jack said
sarcastically.
"True, but I wasn't able to
have children," Veronica told him.
"Well, Jack, it's almost
noon. It's almost that time." Veronica was looking forward to killing him.
"Yeah. I will meet you in
the courtyard in a half hour so we can finish this once and for all." Jack
stood up.
"All right. See you
there." She winked.
Veronica loved torturing him. It
made her revenge all the sweeter. She knew he was going to die today, because
she would not stop until he did.