Dark and His Queen

Unraveling Jack

Jack was sitting at the computer clicking through article after article after article. With every headline he read he got more and more agitated. He ran his hand through his hair and sat back letting out a ragged breath. This is crazy. I can't believe it. To much for me to handle. I need to talk to Mark. Jack picked up his phone and dialed Mark's number for the fifth time today. The phone rang and rang and rang and rang. Voicemail again. Why is he not answering? "Mark, call me It's urgent!" Jack threw his phone on the desk. He got up and walked into the kitchen to grab a drink. He paced back and forth in the kitchen. Jack heard his phone ring from his recording room and sprinted across the house. He grabbed the phone. "Ugh! Not Mark!" He threw the phone back down. Jack sat back down and turned on steam. He tried to find a fun game to take his mind off all of things. He played for a little while but it was not helping and he found himself getting annoyed with the game. He took his phone and went to the living room. He laid on the couch and turned on youtube. Mark had posted a video so Jack clicked on it. He realized that he was wearing the same shirt that he had on in his last four videos meaning he pre recorded them all at once. Why does he have all these pre recorded videos? Why has not up loaded anything new? Where is he? Jack had dozed off on the couch and was startled when the phone rang. He cleared the fog out of his head and answered the phone. "Sean? It's Mark." "Mark! Where the fuck have you been! I have been calling." "I see that. What's the matter?" "Are you not going to tell me where you have been?" "I have been in the hospital with Laura." "Laura? The girl that was with Anti? What happened? Did he hurt her?" "No Sean, calm down. Anti didn't hurt her. She got the flu and it took a turn for the worse. She suffered a heart attack while in the hospital." "Oh my god! Is she alright?" "Yes, she is fine. She is back home now. Are you going to tell me why you have been blowing up my phone?" "I have been pouring through news articles. There have been fifteen murders unsolved in CA. alone in the past two months. I think Anti has been on a killing spree. I thought that Laura might have been with him but I guess not." "Sean, Anti is not responsible for every death in the country. I can tell you that he has not been out killing. He has been home worried about Laura." "Anti isn't worried about anyone." "Sean I am not going to argue with you. I can tell you that he has not been out killing for the past few nights. Listen I just got home. I am exhausted. Can I call you later?" "Yeah, don't disappear on me." "I won't." Jack hung up the phone and places it on the table. He let out a massive sigh and sat in his chair. Can Mark be right? Am I just over reacting? I am going to trust in Mark and let this go...for now.