TEMPERANCE | jack wilder

vii. the getaway

They were back at the apartment in New York where it all started. Henley was on the computer checking the phone that they planted on Rhodes. While Evelyn and Merritt helped Jack in burning all of their papers.

Daniel just stomped on the detective's phone. "The firewall's down," Henley informed us. "Do they know about this?"

"They who?" Daniel questioned.

" 'They', 'them', whoever we're working for."

"Who are we working for?" Merritt asked. "And are we prepared to go to jail for them?"

"Stop being paranoid," Daniel told them.

"It really does happen."

"Yeah, it happened to you. Doesn't mean it's gonna happen to us."

"Guy, I don't know if I can do this, all right?" Jack announced. "I don't want to go to jail, you know?"

Wow, Evelynn thought. Paranoia is quite contagious.

"Then don't screw it up. You're always talking about wanting to be treated like an adult. Now might be a good time to start acting like one." Daniel reprimanded Jack. "Stick to the plan. Stay here and burn it all. Plus, you're not the only one that's gonna be there Evelynn will help you out if you screw up."

"I don't know what I'm doing here," Merritt said.

"I don't know, what you'd do anywhere else." responded Daniel.

"I'm here for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. That's it. Then I'm gone."

"You can do whatever you want when this is over, Merritt. But until then, you stick to the plan." Henley told him.

"Okay, I understand that everyone's on edge we don't have time to talk about petty things. We have a job to do." Evelynn assured them while also keeping them from breaking.

"Hey, guys," Daniel called out. "They're here."

Not long after, that Daniel, Henley, and Merritt left the apartment. With Jack and Evelynn left inside, they continued to burn all of the papers. "Hey, don't worry about it," Evelynn tried to calm Jack down. "We're doing this together, so, essentially if we do mess up we would both take the blame."

"I just.. I don't know. This is a big deal, my role is huge to our plan and -"

Jack got interrupted by Evelynn smacking him on the head. "Idiot, have you not heard a thing I was saying? It's not only your role, it's my role too. We both share the burden. Remember, you're not alone okay?"

He was about to respond to her but they heard a creak at the entrance of the apartment. They both nodded at each other and went to their hiding places. The detective walked into the apartment, not making a sound. Evelynn had eyes on Rhodes and saw that Jack was getting out of his spot to leave. She knew she needed to act quickly, but realized that that wouldn't be a problem. Jack created a distraction for Rhodes to investigate. That let her to slip into the hallway unnoticed. When she heard Jack do the impression of the detective that told the SWAT team to move to the next floor she began to creep tot the doorway. When she heard the footsteps fading she slipped out and waited for Jack to finish up with Rhodes.

She was waiting next to laundry chute when she saw Jack run down the stairs with Rhodes following him. Eyes widening, she quickly went through, sliding down looking up to see that Jack had barely got in. Then saw that Rhodes also got in and just fell straight down.

When she fell out she was already up on her feet, running to the exit with Jack following her. She jumped up a small ledge, scraping her legs in the process. She then ran up a ladder, looking behind her to see Rhodes was hot on their tail. Evelynn weaved through the small alleyway that was between buildings, running as fast as she could. She ran into an office building and went straight to the exit. As she got out, Evelynn saw the officers and began to act natural, only walking pass them.