Jack In The Box

Chapter 17

“Do you know how to use a gun?” Jackson asked me as he pushed the curtains away to look outside the window.

“No.”

“Obviously you can use a knife to save your life, right?”

What the hell was with his rhymes?

“Yeah. I guess.”

He opened the kitchen cabinets, the ones that were stocked with too many jars. He reached out for one and pulled out a gun from it. A gun out of a large empty cookie jar.

I stared at him appalled.

“What? I keep my guns where no one can find them.”

He handed me a butcher knife. “Take this, and go to my room. Stay hidden until I tell you otherwise.”

“But...”

“If I don’t come for you within ten minutes, stay hidden.” He instructed. His expressions told me this was a serious matter.

Whoever was outside the door could be dangerous.

On second thought, Jackson had always been the king of threatening, killing and harassing people. How bad could be the person standing outside compared to Jack?

I quickly scrambled into the bedroom, shut the door behind me and crawled beneath the bed, clenching knife in my fist in a death grip. My hands were literally shaking.

There was no sound coming from outside and that stressed me to no end. Why wasn’t Jack speaking to someone? Did that intruder silently bludgeon Jack in the head and dragged him out of the cabin?

What if Jackson’s lying there out cold and the intruder’s coming for me next? What do I do then? Use the butcher knife on a person? In my career as a Nurse, I’d helped doctors during surgeries and it had never bothered me to see blood as much as it would any normal person. But to literally go for the kill?

I shuddered at the thought and hoped Jackson hadn’t gotten into trouble.

The bedroom door opened a while later. I held my breath for a few minutes and suddenly a hand wrapped around my ankle.

I screamed so loud, the birds abandoned their nest.

“Relax, Riley. It’s just me.” Jack said as he peeked at me from behind me.

“Are you trying to give me a heart attack?!” I asked as I crawled out form under the bed.

His face was unreadable, it was like he had mastered the art of pulling an impassive face. “You won’t like it. I’d suggest you should steer clear from seeing this.”

“I have to see it.”

“You won’t be able to handle it.” He warned.

“Who was it at the door?”

person left a package.” He

explaining everything in detail instead of me asking him all

the package?” I was dreading the answer

Riley! Will you just

won’t!” I said storming out

calling out to me

been unwrapped and was open. The glitter gift wrapper lay in tatters along with a pink ribbon. The box was red, not

going to give me nightmares.

A human heart.

closed the box and

Whose heart was it?

thoughts plague my mind. What if the heart belonged

brother? Maddy?

those thoughts

it belongs to. I’m guessing it’s the previous kill. Nurse

you so sure?” I

any more bodies getting discovered

think they sent us this package? What do

a memo to let me know they have found my location. Whoever it is that is playing this sick game

on it. I picked it up and read

there lived a handsome prince

started living

to the Million Dollar dynasty.

starts the killing.

Bodies are piling.

Jackson is lying.

found you, and that’s a shame.

if

stared at the note long and tried to remember Jackson’s handwriting. It was a bit different, although I knew criminals could fake a different handwriting

setting it up to look like someone left the package when he’s the one

suspicious look. “What’s going on

my head.

the one doing it and pretending it is

does he mind read just by looking

cross my mind for a fleeting moment.” I said. “What do you

reaction. A slight

for a long

a brow. “And what’s

he trailed off to create more suspense. “He is

I almost threw a knife at him. “It says you’re lying. What are you lying about,

eyes staring at a distance. “It says that I’m lying about not having committed those

“Are you?”

the police get me, there will be a trial against me and if I’m

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