Jack reacher

Chapter 7

I woke up to a man and I was in a room

What the hell are you doing?

Shut the fuck up, jasmine he yelled

Then he got a leather belt and made me bite on it

Then I was crying

Then he grabbed something

It was a shot

Stop, please I said crying

Then the door broke down

Daddy I yelled

Jasmine he yelled

Then the man pulled out a gun

Give me my kid he said

Then he pulled the gun to my head

Then he kicked him in his balls

Then he kicked his ass

Then another man grabbed me and took me to where Helen and the zec and the detective were

Then we heard him scream

I just laughed

They look at me

Then the detective got out a gun and pointed to Helen and my head

I just started crying

Then I heard

I know you're in there Emerson

It was staring me right in the face

The one piece that just didn't fit

The quarter

Nobody would have thought to dump that meter

Not even me

Then he came out

Then he started to shot at dad and dad shot at him

He dead I said

You were wrong about my father

I wouldn't make a big thing of it

Then we got up

Who is he?

That's John doe number two

The man on the grassy knoll the thing under the bed

They call him the zec

Zec? Prisoner

What's your real name?

I was born on October

When I get to my birthday, I'm gonna pull the trigger

One, two

Chelovek

Zec chelovek

Chelovek?

Chelovek? Human

Prisoner human being

That's your real name?

That is all I remember

Call the police

We're you really gonna shoot him?

I knew I wouldn't have to

One look at this guy, he'll do anything to survive

One look at me, and you know I'm not bluffing

We're in no hurry

Then dad hugged me and kissed my head and looked at him

With a name like yours, you're gonna feel right at home

Prison? In America?

A retirement home, if I go to prison at all

You think you're gonna walk?

You two are a homeless drifter wanted for murder

Meanwhile I am an old man in the wrong place at the wrong time

Thanks to you, who is left to say otherwise? Who?

We'll see which one of us goes to prison

My bet?

Neither one

Then he shot him

What did you do?

What's it look like?

What about the truth?

What about getting the guys who really did this?

What about bringing him to justice?

Then dad picked me up and hugged me

I just did

Then we walked

Then we saw gunny

Helen rodin, Martin cash

Then I smiled

Then I fell asleep in his arms

Then we got in the truck

Bye Helen I said

She smiled at me

Then we got into the truck

Then we went to a bus station

Then we got on the bus

Then I rested my head on my dad's shoulder

Then I smiled at him

The end