Past Tense (editing)

Thirty nine// Moving on

Travis Jenkins ran into the hospital as fast as he could. When he heard the news that his daughter was finally found, safe. He drove to where he was told quickly.

He ran to the lady at the front of the hospital. "I'm looking for Elaine Jenkins, she just came here, can you tell me her room number?"

"Elaine Jenkins you said?" she asked while looking through the computer that was in front of her.

"Yes, yes Elaine Jenkins." he said quickly.

"Oh yeah, the girl that was missing." she said after a while "Are you a relative or something?"

"Yes, I am her father." Travis explained.

"All right, then. Second floor, room 37."

"Thank you." Travis left the information lady behind and ran to the stairs, climbing them fast.

Then he searched for the room Elaine was in, room 37. When he found it he stood there for a while, took a deep breath and walked inside.

There she was, his little girl. "Elaine?" he asked.

"Dad?" Elaine looked at him and he ran and hugged her.

"I missed you so much, my little girl." Travis cried "Why did you do all this?"

"It doesn't matter now dad. I'm here and I'm okay." Elaine smiled.

"Where is the other young man that was with you? Is he okay too?" Travis asked.

"Yes, he is fine, he's on the next room." El explained.

"That's great."

That very moment Jacqueline and Don stormed into the room without hesitation. "Elaine!" Jacqueline yelled and hugged her. "I missed you so much. Are you okay? Is Jack okay? I shouldn't have let you go there."

"Jacque! Jacqueline! Calm down! It's okay, i'm fine." Elaine laughed.

"How are you feeling El?" Don asked politely.

"Oh come here you guys!" Elaine said and opened her arms, ready for an embrace.

Jacqueline and Don hugged their best friend and stayed there for a while. "I missed you."

"We missed you too."

"Alright guys, I'm going to leave you talk about anything and come back in a few minutes okay?" Travis said.

"Thank you, Mr. Jenkins." Don smiled.

When Travis was out of the room he found a doctor and asked for Elaine's condition.

"Well, she seems very happy to be out of there." the doctor started "If there wasn't for that young boy, Jack that was with her to keep her sane, it would have  been very difficult for her to come back here again. But we found some weird marks on her. It seems she was continuously beaten, forced to take drugs and sexually harrashed."

"Well is she? You know pregnant?"

"Oh no! She just had some porblems with her period because she was under a lot of stress lately. It shall come back to normal soon."

"Oh thank god. But she is happy after all?"

"It seems like it. She is a very strong girl, and with the support she had form Jack she made it out sane and it is very rare. Most victims like Elaine are depressed and take pills and therapies."

"So, I guess that's good right?"

"That is amazing." the doctor explained.

Travis left the doctor after a while and went to find Jack. He walked into his room and saw that it was only him inside. "Hello, you're Jack right?"

"Yes, and you are?" Jack asked form his hospital bed.

"I'm Travis Jenkins, Elaine's father." Travis explained.

"Nice to meet you."

"Where are your parents?"Travis asked.

"They're dead." Jack explained.

"Oh, well I'm sorry to hear that." Travis regreted the question he just asked.

"It's okay, it happened a long time ago."

"Well, I wanted to say thank you."

"For what?"

"The doctors said that if it wasn't for you to keep Elaine safe, she would have been depressed now. And my daughter said you're a great guy so I trust you too. If you need anything, and I mean anything you can come to me without hesitation. I owe you big time." Thank you."

Jack smiled "It was nothing really, that was what everyone would do right?"

"No, Jack. Not everyone would have done the same thing."

Jack smiled again "It was nothing really. And thank you, if I need anything, I'll let you know."

"Alright, son."

~

Jack went to Elaine's room to check on her. "Elaine?" he asked.

"Jack, are you alright?" she asked him.

"I'm fine, how are you?"

"I'm alright."

"Where is everyone?" he asked.

"Oh I sent them home to sleep, tomorrow I'm going to rehab for a few weeks anyway."

"They're sending you to rehab? Why?"

"Well, Douglas forced me to take a lot of drugs lately and I just need my organism to clear up a bit, that's all."

"Oh, okay then."

"Did anyone come to see you?" Elaine asked.

"Except from you and then your father, Jacqueline and Don who came becuase of you, nope."

"I'm sorry, Jack."

"It is fine, really. I mean I didn't expected anyone, anyways."

"Thank you for everything Jack." Elaine said "If it wasn't for you I don't know what was going to happen."

Jack sat next to her on the hospital bed. "I would do it a million times over and over again if it was for you." he said.

Then Jack leaned in and kissed her lips. Elaine immidiately kissing back.

After some minutes they parted to catch their breath. "What was that for?" Elaine asked.

"I don't know, because I really wanted it?"

"Well, I guess I really wanted it too."

~

Mark was in his beach house all alone, since the day he learned about Tim's death.

It was all his fault.

He was responsible for his friends death.

He couldn't take it. The guilt was unbearable.

The little voices in his head where screaming at him, it is YOUR fault.

Was it really his fault?

Yes it was, and he couldn't take it no more.

He filled the bath tub with water and then, without even bothering to take his clothes off climbed inside.

It was time to make the little voices shut up, and to end the huge pain in his heart.

It was time to make the guilt go away.

It was time to end the misery.

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