A New Beginning

Chapter 80: Search For Truth

Chapter 80: Search For Truth

"I can't believe he managed to send a note," Emma says, looking at the crinkled piece of paper. Jack grips the bars very tightly, his knuckles badly bruised and bloodied in some places after hitting the walls of his cell all night. Emma and Peter had come to visit him again, seeing if they can get something else to move this case along.

"You have to get me out of here!" Jack insists. "He's going to do something to her and the baby."

"Jack we're doing the best we can I promise," Emma says, knowing how desperate he's become. They're all scared for Rose, but the only way to do this is by the way of the law and to make sure that Cal doesn't do anything to anyone else. Sometimes she wishes that she and Peter could just do this themselves, barge into Cal's home and rescue Rose. It would be a lot faster.

"It's not enough!" he snaps.

Emma takes a step back, this is not the Jack Dawson she knows and loves. She offers her hand out to him, but he turns away in anger. Her heart breaks a little bit; he's no longer the brave and happy man she and Peter knew, he's so hollow and angry form being in jail, it's scary, to say the least. She grabs Peter's hand in fear.

"I know Jack... I know," she whimpers quietly.

"At least now we have proof that Cal did kidnap Rose, that should at least allow them to search his house and that he's the bad guy, not you," Peter says optimistically.

The two then rush off to the captain's office, leaving an enraged Jack behind.

...

Emma puts the piece of paper down on the police captain's desk.

"What is this supposed to be?" he asks, looking up from his paperwork.

"Proof that Caledon Hockley is not the man he says he is," the female lawyer says confidently. "That he's dangerous and that he's the one who should be in jail."

The two lawyers wait anxiously for the man to read it. Once he's done, he looks up at them.

"How do you know that this is Mr. Hockley who wrote this?"

"Because there was only one person on the Titanic who called Jack by his last name, Dawson... and we should know, we were there. Also, Jack told us himself that Caledon Hockley says that he always wins," Peter says firmly.

"And what makes you think that this note is not a fake."

Emma is ready to lose it. She makes sure that Peter still has her hand to hold her back if she goes too far.

"LISTEN!" she practically shouts. "This note is stating very clearly that this man knows that Jack is in jail, that there is a court case coming up and he will have to testify. He says that we won't be able to prove anything. He knew that Jack was supposed to be dead on the Titanic, and he states Rose by name. Worst of all, he's threatening the life of an innocent child. Now if that's not evidence, I'm going to a judge and I'm getting a search warrant. But if you are too blind to see that, then the unborn child's blood will be on your hands!"

She then steps back, satisfied with what she's said. She has tears running down her face, but there is a fire inside of her that has become a raging inferno, she can't stand to see injustice like this. Her mind goes back to her father's speech of the injustice in the world and how angry it made him. This outburst proved that she inherited the desire for justice from him. She was passionate about her work and it showed how much she cared about her family.

Peter gives her a gentle squeeze, while he was surprised by her angry voice, he was pleased that someone was finally saying something to this man. This had to be done, the police officer had to prove that he was actually competent and could protect the public. After the past few days, the couple both thought a lot less about the competence of law enforcement.