His innocent obsession

Chapter 23

Abby's POV

"What's going on Abby?  Where's Jackson?"  I know Jax is probably going to be pissed but he left me know choice.

"He walked out after watching the footage.  He said he was going for a walk and would be back before the sun sets.  But the detective told us to stay put.  I'm afraid he might do something stupid, and I don't even know where to start looking for him."  Sergio releases a deep sigh into the phone.

"Sit tight Princess.  I'll find him and bring him back.  If he shows up before I find him just drop me a line and let me know everything is alright.

"Alright Serg.  And thank you."

"Anytime Abby."  We hang up, and I feel a little better knowing that Sergio will find him and bring him back.

I sit there staring at the blank t.v. and feel the need to keep watching the feed if it'll come on.  I keep my fingers crossed but have a moment of disappointment before the feed starts to play again.

I couldn't tell you why I felt the need to finish watching it till the end when they leave the caskets at the cemetery?  I also couldn't tell you why I had my cell in my hand turning it back on for the first time in four days?

Immediately after the screen lights up alerts start going off for text messages that were sent to me.  I quickly go to my settings shutting off my location tracker, and share my location before going into my text messages. There's four from Celeste.  One must have been right after I hung up on her and shut the phone off.  It was an apology for being an asshole, and assuming that I didn't know enough when it came to a man taking advantage of me and to call her when I finally turned the phone back on.  The others were after the fact that I was suppose to be dead. I guess she had tried a dozen times to call me, and when I didn't pick up that's when she sent the messages.

Backing out of her messages There's two more, and they're from John. 

My finger hovers over his name.  I'm dying to read what he had to say, but scared at the same time. Deciding that it doesn't matter how I feel, I tap his name and open up the first one.

John:  Abigail, call your sister back.  You know she's right about Jax, he isn't right for you.  But I pray shes wrong in her assumption about the two of you sleeping together.  I'll kill him.

My breath gets caught in my throat and my heart starts pounding.  If I wouldn't have shut my phone off I would've seen this.  I could've avoided all of this.  But then again, if he didn't do it that day, it would've been another day once we finally did come out about it.  But why?  Even if he had a crush on me as a kid, he married my sister.

I scroll further to read the second text.

John: Why Abigail?  I know you'll never read this, but why?  Why were you in the fucking car with him?  You stupid girl.  Do you know what you've done?  Didn't you know how much I loved you?  How much I needed you?  That's why I didn't want you with him, that's why I didn't want you leaving that house.  You weren't suppose to be in that car! I tried to warn him to stay away from you. But he wouldn't listen. I thought if I threatened him with his past he would go back to just doing his job. But that asshole went and told you everything. And the sweet trusting girl you are, you let it go. You excepted him anyway. And now you're gone.

When the front door swings open  I slowly drag my eyes up from my phone to Jackson as he walks in, Sergio right behind him.  Seeing the look on my face Jackson stops in his tracks.

"What is it? What's wrong."  My mouth opens but nothing comes out so I just raise my hand holding the phone up for him. It's when his fingers touch mine as he takes the phone that I'm finally able to speak.