My Life is Far from Free

Chapter 16

Gales body layed in her own blood. It was everywhere! It reminded me of the reason  why I killed her. My mother. Gale looked alot like my mother the night she died. It is all over!

"What did you do?" I looked up and say Jeff. I forgot he was there. He looked scared. It was a look I never saw on him. He was never scared, he was always brave and confident and ohter things but, never scared.

I stood staring at him. "I-I" I stumbled when I tried to speak. What should I do? I wasn't expecting to have an audiance never mind the one person I loved and who could arrest me. Oh gosh! I'm panicing!

"Answer me!" He screamed at me. What should I say? I can't it any longer. My legs ran fast across the room and up the stairs. He followed me through the crowd of people. I lost him and ran outside. My legs wouldn't stop. They kept running and running down streets I knew very well and streets I have never seen before. I still ran for miles and miles. Where could I go? Not to my fathers house. No where seemed safe. No where seemed right.

I stopped absent mindedly in fron of a store. My stomach growled so I went in. Of course I had to watch my surroundings, no way was I going to get caught already. Did Jeff call the police already? He probably did.  So now I have to be eextra careful. Who knows how long I will be on the run for!

"Hey Chris!" A voice called to me. I quickly hid behind the sheelf and got ready to fight or run. "Chris? It is me! Jack!" I sighed in relief.

"Hey Jack. Sorry, I am just a bit shaken." He smiled and I gave a little smirk. "What's up?" I asked him. I caught my eyes lurking to every space of the store but towards Jack. He didn't seem to notice. I think.

"Are you sure you are alright? You seem a bit more than shaken." I smiled briefly at his concern.

"Yeah I just can't go home tonight."

"You can stay with me for a while!"  He seemed to brighten up at this.

"No, You don't understand. I can't be found. I did something that people think is horrible! Not that I don't think it is horrible because it is just I had a reason to do it! I had to do it!" I borke down crying infront of him. He rose an eyebrow clearly confused. Why shouldn't he be confused? He had no clue what I was talking about. He had no clue I was talking about murdering my ex- bestfriend.

He wrapped his arms around me and wiped a tear away."It's okay. You can stay hidden at my house for a while. My parents are away for a month and until then you can stay with me. I promise to keep you hidden no matter why you are hiding."

He held on to me and kissed my forehead. His lips were soft and gentil against my skin.

He took me to his house and set a place on the floor in his room for me to sleep. I thanked him quietly and suprisingly I fell to sleep. Weeks passed by slowly. I was so bored. I needed to breath fresh air, but i couldn't. It is too dangerous. Jack never asked me why I was hiding. He understood that I didn't want it braught up.

Bang! Bang! Someone was banging on the door. Jack gave me a worried look and I nodded. I ran to his room and left his door open a little bit so I can see who it was. He opened the door and in stepped Jeff. I gasped but quickly wrapped my mouth with my hand. I couldn't let him hear me!

"Um, can I help you?" Jack seemed confused. I would too if my old gym teacher walked into my house.

"I am looking for someone and I think you know where she is." Jeff showed him his badge and Jack hesitated. "Can I look around your house?" Jack stared shocked and Jeff took this as a "Yes of course you can! Oh and by the way if your looking for Chris, she is as a matter of fact in my house."  He looked around the living room trying to find anything that might show I have been here. He traveled slowly around the room and into the bathroom.

"Why are there two toothbrushes? Do you have a girlfriend who comes here?" Jeff asked. Jack shook his head.

"It is my mom's, She has two because she always seems to forget to pack it so she keeps one in the suitcase. My parents are gone for a couple more weeks." Obviously it was a lie. The extra toothbrush is mine.

Jeff nodded and moved on. I wear Jacks shorts and shirts so there was no other trace of me. Jack sat on the couch keeping his eyes on Jack. Jeff slowly walked towards me and I ran to the closet.

Don't follow him! I got this. You don't want to see this. Please Don't follow him. I texted Jack. I didn't know what he was thinking. He was probably confused. He doesn't even know why the police is asking for me. Are the police even tracking me or just him?

Jeff walked beside the bed and towards the closet. Heslowly opened to door and I found myself pushing him away from me. He reached for my hand and I punched him with my other. He took a brieff step back which I took as weakness. I kicked him as hard as I could and he fell on the bed. I got on top of him pinning him down.

"Why are you here?" I screamed.

"To see you! I need answers!" He tried getting out of my grip so I dug my nails into his skin so he would stop. He did.

"Did you contact the police?"

He shook his head. "Let me go and I promise I won't hurt you or bring you into the police." I stared at him. Was he lying? Was he going to turn me into the police? No, he always kept his word. I let him go and ran to the other side of the room. I hid in the darkness and watched him get up and watch me.

He stared like he was watching a murder right before the murderer would kill him. Fear. Curiosity. Hope. "What happened that night,Chris?"

I stayed silent.

"Chris, please!"

Silence.

Jeff became furious. He leeped up towards me and pinned me to the floor. It was the first time in a long time I was truly scared. "Answer me! What happened that night?"

I swallowed. "Get off of me and I will tell you. I promise." And he did. He got off and walked to the bed. I followed. "It started when my mother died. I didn't do it but I wanted to know who did. I needed to know! You have to understand!" I told him. Everything. I finally said everything. The words came out of my mouth and actually, it was relaxing. Like I was thowing a load of pressure off my shoulders. Wow, that is such a cliche.

"So what you are telling me is that you killed your half sister and poisoned this boy to get revenge on your mother's death?"

I laughed "Yeah, I should've just said that. Please, I don't want to go to jail."

He nodded. "We'll figure something out. I promise."

"We will keep you safe." Jack said. I hadn't known Jack was in the room. I thought I told him to stay out. Oh well, not much I can do about it now. They were so nice and understanding. I know I can call them friends. Real friends! Imagine that. I have real friends and not just ones who want to kill me.

I bursted out crying. Jeff pulled me closer to him and I dug my head in his chest. We layed down and before I knew it my eyes closed and I fell to sleep. In Jeff's arms. My favorite place in the whole world.