LIFE AFTER JACK
Chapter Eighteen
It had been three days since
Michael died. They were attending his funeral, but Caitlin was showing no
emotion. Rose and Jack had not known Michael very long, but they were showing
more emotion than Caitlin. They all sat there as the minister said a short prayer.
Caitlin had not picked out a very nice casket. It was a cheap wooden thing. It
looked like it did not cost more than two dollars, but she had bought him a
bouquet of flowers.
They left the gravesite. Jack and
Rose were whispering.
"Caitlin, we have decided we
want to move to Tennessee and buy a house," Rose said.
"Well, if that is what you
want to do," Caitlin said. "May I ask why you are moving?"
"Well, we just think it is
time for us to get our own place," Rose said.
"This would not have
anything to do with Michael being poisoned by Andy…" Caitlin stopped as
soon as she said that.
"Who is Andy, and why did he
poison Michael?" Jack asked, an angry look on his face.
"Andy was my boyfriend, and
Michael caught us," Caitlin whispered.
Rose and Jack quickly raced out
the door. Caitlin shouted, "Tell the police I don’t care!" There was
a police station down the street, so Rose and Jack ran to it. They rushed in.
There was a police officer eating a doughnut while doing paperwork.
"Can I help you?" the
officer asked.
"We are staying with a woman
who had her boyfriend poison her husband. She told us by accident just a few
minutes ago."
The police officer asked who it
was that had killed Michael. Jack said her name was Caitlin Wixom. The officer
seemed to find this very funny, because he started laughing. Jack and Rose
could not understand this.
"What is so funny about
this?" Rose asked.
"Well, Caitlin Wixom is the
sweetest person I know, and their marriage was great," the police officer
answered.
"She just admitted it!"
cried Rose.
Another police officer walked in
and asked what was going on.
"Caitlin Wixom killed her
husband!" Jack answered.
"So, Michael finally found
out about Andy?" the police officer asked.
"Well, yes. Caitlin had Andy
poison Michael," Jack replied.
"I have known Michael and
Caitlin for a long time. I knew about Andy, but figured it was none of my
business. I decided to just leave the problem alone," the police officer
said, shaking Jack’s hand.
"Well, are you going to
arrest Caitlin and Andy?" Rose asked.
Jack, Rose, and the officer
jumped into the police car. They got to Caitlin’s house and ran in. Caitlin was
nowhere to be seen. Jack called her name, but she did not answer. By the lamp
on the table, she had left a note that read:
Andy, I have gone to France to
hide. Jack and Rose found out about us killing Michael. I am going to send you
a ticket when I get there so you can come there and live with me. Rose and
Jack, if you are reading this letter, then I just want to tell you that you can
have the house if you want it. I know I am not the person you thought I was,
but I am sorry.
"Are you going to go to
France and get her?" Rose asked the officer.
"We are not allowed to
arrest her if she has gone to another country. It is illegal," he said.
"Well, I guess we don’t have
to look for a house now," Jack said, smiling.
"Yes, but it is sad that
someone had to die for us to get it," Rose replied.