LIFE AFTER JACK
Chapter Six

"If you want, I can do the drawing again," said Jack.

"Well, Jack, that would be great. We just have one little problem."

"What?"

"Cal stole the necklace."

Rose and Jack sat down to talk about how they could get the necklace back. They thought about finding him and changing the real necklace for a fake necklace.

"Cal would never know the difference," said Rose, smiling.

At one point, Jack and Rose thought that maybe they should just let Cal have the necklace, if it was so important. They later decided that Cal did not deserve to keep the necklace.

"Well, I am beat. Let’s go to bed and think about it tomorrow," said Rose, yawning.

"I am beat, too," replied Jack.

*****

In the middle of the night, the door opened and someone came in. Opal sat up in her crib as the shadow crept through the apartment. She noticed that the shadow was tall and slim, even though she was just a baby. About that time, Jack got up to get a glass of milk because he could not sleep. The shadow hid behind the nursery door. Jack walked back into their bedroom.

Jack got back into the bed. When he did Rose, asked what he had gotten up for. He told her he had gotten a glass of milk. Rose turned over and started kissing Jack. Before they even realized what they were doing, their clothes were on the floor. The shadow crept up to the door, but when he stepped on a loose board, it squeaked. Jack jumped up out of bed and kicked the shadow where it hurt. It knocked the shadow down. Jack was holding him down while naked, beating him in the face. Rose turned on the light and saw who it was.

Chapter Seven
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