Jackie The Ripper

Chapter 11

    Weeks started passing by quicker than they should have been. There was still no sign of Thomas anywhere. I started to think Jack had killed him just to get at me for some reason. If Jack had anger he should take it out of me, not my kids. I barely ate anything, and I didn't have the strength to take care of my own kids. Mr. Knight was having to do everything with Emily, and Damion. 

    I didn't care anymore if they understood or not. Their father most likely hurt Thomas. I couldn't blame them. It wasn't their fault, but I couldn't show them love right now. I hated myself right now. If it wasn't for me, Thomas would be safe. At home with his parents. All of this made me regret coming to America. 

    No one tried to talk to me, I wouldn't respond anyways. Every noise I heard made me rush to it to see if it was Thomas coming home. I stayed in bed alone. Not wanting to deal with anyone. Mr. Knight would get me to drink and eat. Just to keep my strength up. Just in case, Thomas came home.

    Months started going by. I was a shell of the person I was before. I had let him down. I had let his family down. They took me in off of the street not knowing me or my past. Gave me a roof over my head and a family. Now all of them were gone, and I was the one to blame. There was no way life could go back to the way it was when I first moved here. 

    I still blamed myself for everything bad that had happened in Thomas's life. Now he was gone with no sign of him anywhere. This was starting to anger me so much, but I was too sad to do anything about it. Just staying in bed most of the time. I had children to take care of. I just couldn't bring myself to do it. Not again. 

    At this point I was trying to get up the strength to go hunt Thomas. I finally ate a full meal today. Mr. Knight fixed me a full meal. He looked so happy to see me up and about. He knew what I was doing. "I'm glad to see you are up and ready to go get him." "I'm getting Thomas back. I don't know where to start. It has been three months, but I have a feeling he is still alive." "Do some research and you will be able to find him. You still think Jack kidn*pped him?" "Of course. Who else would have gone after him?"

    "Why would he do this?" "This is all a game to him. He wants to get back at me for some reason. I don't understand why yet. All he wanted from me was s*x and that's what he got from me. He has been trying to prove that I'm a w***e. He thinks that Emily, and Damion are fathered by different men." "He doesn't think that he is the father?" "Well he knows Emily is his, but he thinks Thomas is my child too."

    After that conservation I headed back to my room to get ready for the night. I found all my stuff I needed for a night of hunting. I read through old newspapers. I found there were killings going on a few towns over. I knew from reading about the crime scenes that it was Jack. If I could get to him I could find out what happened to Thomas. 

    I walked into the living room to see my children. Well our children are playing games on the floor. They both jumped up and hugged my legs. I gave them a smile, Then Damion spotted the suitcase. "Mommy? Are you leaving us?" "No baby. I just have to leave for a few days. I won't leave you two. I love you too much for that." They went back to playing. 

    I headed to the front door as Mr. Knight walked up to me. He gave me a hug. "You come back safe. You hear me?" "Yes sir." I opened the door and turned to give him a smile. "Thank you for being a dad to me and my children." "Thank you for letting any old man be part of your family. Now go bring Thomas home." 

    He closed the door and I headed to the train station to get a ticket. It was time to end this and bring my little boy back home. I got my ticket and waited for the train with a lot of other people. The train came to a slow stop and we all boarded the train. I found a seat by a window. I kept to myself. I kept thinking how I was going to have to kill the father of my children. It wasn't that I loved him or anything. Even so he was still the reason I had my two children. The only thing about it was the children didn't know it.

    He was still killing people for fun. Not to mention he was trying to hurt one of my kids. Or had already hurt one of my kids. The thought that he had hurt Thomas had my blood boiling. Thomas had been through enough, because of me and Jack both. He deserved a happy life. If that meant I had to kill one more time then I was going to do it. 

    I would do everything in my power to make sure Jack the Ripper never killed again. I know I had taken lives in the past but I gave all of that up. I knew there was a chance I would never go back home to my children, but that was a chance I was willing to take. I had to protect the world from the evil that was Jack the Ripper. I was really surprised that I wasn't scared of going up against him, I was more scared that he would hurt Thomas just to get at me.