Jack Holmes : A Look Inside the Mind of a Psychopath

Chapter 11: Aftermath

"OK Jane, I think you have got everything covered now. Just one last thing, your body language and tone. You have to be able to be charming and switch to being very cold in an instant," Jack explains to Jane.

"Even when making a threat you should be able to say it with a lot of charm but at the same time let your body language suggest otherwise. Here let me show you," he adds.

Jack walks over to Brianna after picking up her clothes. He puts his right hand around Brianna.

"Hey, don't worry. You're going to be OK," he tells her in a comforting voice.

"The problem is Brianna you're not loyal. Who's looking out for you now?" He asks her. "No one," he answers his own question.

"Isaak tried to take out Jane and looked where he ended up. You betrayed Jane and look where you ended," he shows her.

"You tried and failed but now you have a second chance, make the most of it. Prove keeping you alive wasn't a mistake." he adds.

"You seem to be naturally cold at heart, that's not a bad thing. You just need to be on the right team. "You owe your life to Jane remember that and be loyal, always."

It was as if he was making a sales pitch at this time. Complimenting her was like giving her the proverbial carrot.

Jack then got up from beside Brianna, knelt in front of her and held her hands and looked directly in hers eyes with a serious look on his face.

"Now Brianna you got away once with your betrayal, don't let it happen again or else you will be coming back here and for good that time." Jack concludes.

And here was the proverbial stick for the 'carrot and stick' saying.

His face changes to one with a bright smile as he puts his hand under her chin and tells her to cheer up, everything will be OK. Thereby showing Jane how easily it is to go from fierce to gentle and comforting and vice versa, in an instant.

"I'll be back ladies, I have got something to take care of in the woods," Jack tells them.

He walks through the woods among the dead bodies in search of Karen. He sees her lying at the tree still unconscious.

"Karen! Karen!" He calls her in an attempt to wake her.

He proceeds to tapping her on the jaw as he calls out her name once more. This seems to have worked as Sarah opens her eyes.

"Jack, where are we?" she asks Jack while looking around, somewhat bewildered.

"Don't worry, you're safe now," Jack replied.

Unlike Jane, Karen's concussion did not result in any memory loss.

A scary look besets Sarah as if to say she remembered something dreadful.

"Wait a minute, you are not Jack Holmes, you're a fraud," Sarah replies in a scathingly to Jack.

It seems Isaak may have indeed told her what he found out or the lack there of.

"Who am I?" Jack replies.

"That's what I trying to find out," Sarah rebutted.

"I'm the guy that just saved your life," Jack replies.

Jack could easily kill Sarah to avoid any unforeseen problems that may arise. But too many missing persons is not a good idea, that and he cares for her. So it's best if he convinces her that he is a good person.

"Where's the guy that kidnapped me?" Sarah asked.

"He's is dead. He was planning on killing you in front of me, then kill both Jane and I," Jack told her.