Jane

Chapter Sixteen

  "Jane why are you staying here?" father demands to know as I stay behind while the others get ready to leave for Tarzan's parents' home. My heart aches with sadness as I spot him walk past me with his father.

"Because I am going to need time to plan my wedding to Clayton. Aunt Bea will be going to come over" I tell him.

"What? Why are you marrying Clayton?" father gasps.

"I see the errors of my ways. Clayton is the man for me" I force myself to say in front of the others. Father looks stunned by the news. I did not blame him. Tarzan heads outside. I longed to call out to him. Don't go! Please! But I say nothing.

"It is true. Jane and I are getting married! Isn't grand?" brags Clayton as he places an arm around me.

I wince at his awful touch.

"Jane I am happy for you if that is want you want" father sighs.

"It is what I want" I force myself to say. It sounded awful to say it out loud.

"Alright. We will be back in a day. Call me if you need a thing, Coming Clayton?" father asks.

"Yes sir. Let me say goodbye to my fiancé here" chuckles Clayton.

"What do you want?" I demand to know once the others were out of ear shot.

"Behave, while we are gone. I want the wedding to happen next weekend. Then I will free the gorilla" he vows to me. He touches my chin with his right hand. Then forces a kiss on my lips making me feel utterly ill inside. He smiles looking pleased as he walks away.

How can I stop Clayton? There had to be away to get him out of my life for good. No way was I going to marry that man. Never. I would rather die.

"Miss Jane where is your father at?" asks our piolet Jefferson as he allows himself into the home.

"He just left why?" I ask.

"I fuled up the plane for when your guest Tarzan is ready to go home. I thought I would let you know" he informs me.

"Thank you Jefferson" I reply as an idea comes to me.

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Those men who were holding Kayla captive worked for my father. Not for Clayton. What if I were to go to the jungle on my own and rescue Kayla while Clayton was gone? He would never know! I grin at the thought. I hoped father and Tarzan would not be too worried about me being gone. I could not tell them where I was going. Clayton could not know about me leaving.

"Jefferson!" I call out making him stop.

"Yes miss?" he asks me.

"I was planning on taking a trip out of the jungle. So can you take me there now?" I ask hoping he would not call and ask my father first.

"You sure? Now?" he worries.

"It is alright with father. They plan on meeting me there. I need to get there as soon as I can for a project I am working on. You see I have little time to get this done before classes start. And I will have to go back to work" I lie.

"Oh sure, I can fly you there. It is your family's plane after all" he agrees. I grin. This was working out so well!

"Wonderful!" I exclaim. I hug him.

"I will go get the plane ready. Then I will tell you when it is ready to go" he tells me.

I gathered up a few items to bring along with me on the flight. I write a little letter for father leaving it on his night stand. So he would not worry over me. Then I head out to the plane that was in the middle of the field. Jefferson helps me into the plane. I was on my way back to the jungle.

"Help is on the way Kayla" I tell myself out loud. We fly up into the sky.

It took us a few hours before we made it there. The sun was coming down for the day. I arrived in time to rescue Kayla.

"Want me to stick around Miss Jane?" asks Jefferson.

"Please, do" I say.

I wander around looking for the spot where Kayla was being held captive. I finally spot her. She was grunting in her cage with anger. I did not blame her one little bit. I wander up to her cage to try to calm her down. I hoped she remembered me. I was not going to allow them to kill her.

"Kayla hello there dear" I whisper softly. She grunts quietly. She looks right at me. She had to know who I am.

"Am I here to help you! Tarzan does not know about this. He would be here if he did" I promise her. "Tarzan" I repeat his name to bring her comfort. She reaches out her hand to my own that was resting on a bar of the cage. I tremble at the great contact with the wild. It was amazing.

"May I help you?" someone asks as they come up behind me.

"My name is Jane Porter. You work for my father Quincy" I remind the man.

"Oh pleasure to meet you Miss Porter. How may I help you?" asks the guard.

"I want you to set this poor gorilla free. I order it" I demand. "If my father knew she was caged here he would not be pleased" I warn the man.

"I am sorry miss. I would be happy to free her. But I take orders from Clayton only" he warns me.

"Set her free!" I demand to the man.

"No" he warns me. "Does Clayton know you are here?" he warns me. "The jungle is a might dangerous place for a lady"

His eyes glare into my own. Causing fear to control my body.

"You sure?" I ask. Not showing him the fear I felt.

"Sure am sure. Go check in for the night. I suggest that you leave as soon as you can" he snaps. I spot a set of keys on his waist line. I act like I trip. I land in his arms.

"Silly me! I am so sorry I tripped" I chuckle as I manage to snatch his keys.

"I told you the jungle is no place for a lady" he grumbles as he walks away.

"I showed him huh Kayla! I have to get you free from here before he gets back" I worry. I walk over to the cage. I fumble nervously to open the cage up. I had to figure out what key was the one that opened the cage door!

After the seventh try the steel cage opens for me. Letting a little squeak out.

"YES! I did it! Come on Kayla! You are free baby" I coo at her. She stays in the cage. I wander in the cage with her. I notice she was chained to the cage. Those asses! I groan. I hoped the same key that opened the cage would be on here to open this cuff on Kayla's arm. I fumble as I work to get her free. I soon manage to free her. Totally free her!

"Come on baby...you are free to go now" I coax her as I stand outside the cage motioning for her to come out. She stands there for a moment not sure what to do I guess. She was scared.

"Come on" I beg her.

Suddenly she listens to me. She wanders out of her cage. Sniffing the air. She makes her way to me. She looks me right in the eye.

"Go Kayla. Please before they come back. I will be fine. You go" I beg her. I point to the jungle. Then to her. I hoped she would understand me. She had to! I came to help her.

She finally takes off to the jungle. I sigh. She was safe! I did it! I actually did it! I giggle.

"I warned you little lady. The jungle is no place for a lady. Mr. Clayton is on his way here" warns the guard as he comes up behind me. Before I could scream his hand clamps over my mouth as he drags me off some place. I pass out in his arms not knowing what was going to come next.

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