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.