Jackie The Ripper

Chapter 10

    After that conversation I really started thinking about that. Am I really ready to take the chance that this child I'm carrying could die? On the other hand I have to stop him. He will never stop killing. It's like he has no control. He was trying to scare me. Maybe he has figured out that I don't scare easily. Just don't mess with my kids. It makes me angry. Part of me pitied him, where most of me hated him with a burning passion. 

    He thinks he knows me so well. He has another thing coming. I just have to stop him somehow. I know it's not going to be easy. If it kills me in the end that's fine. If I have to sacrifice myself and my unborn child then that's just the way it has to be. 

    Night after night. I walk the street dressed in my killing outfit. Hunting him. No sign of him anywhere. Months started going by so fast. Before I knew it, it was time to give birth to my second child. Mr. Knight delivered him. I named him Damion. Thomas, of course, was the first person to hold him. 

    That little boy knew he loved babies. After a few more months Jack was a thing of the past. He didn't even cross my mind anymore. It had been about four years since that fateful night of fighting. Thomas's tenth birthday was coming up. Emily was almost five and Damion was almost four. We were one big happy family. 

    Mr. Knight was still around. He was part of the family. All the kids called him grandfather now. It was so cute to me. He would sit around and tell them stories. Jack was a thing of the past. I didn't worry about him coming back after Damion was born. I just had a gut feeling that he was gone for good. 

    We decided that Thomas needed a birthday party. The kid had been through so much in his life. Yet he was still happy through everything. He had saved Emily's life that night too. I never forgot about that. This little boy stood toe to toe with Jack the Ripper. He had no fear through it all. 

    I was so proud of him. He can finally be happy and not fear that anyone will ever hurt him. I was a proud mother, thinking about how he had been so brave all these years. I know he wasn't my child by blood. I still raised him with the help of Mr. Knight when we moved in with him. 

    Mr. Knight had become a big part of the family. He became the father I never had as a child. I walked into my room seeing all my dresses. I needed new ones, but I focus so much on the children I don't have time for any of that. Which I am very okay with. My children were my everything. 

    When I got ready for the secret party I walked into the living room. Mr. Knight was playing with Damion. My little four year old looks up at me and smiles. "You look pretty mommy." "Thank you Damion. Are you ready for Thomas, and Emily to come home?" "Yeah!!" It warmed my heart to see him so happy. He looked just like Jack. It was scary to a degree, but he is my baby.

    The front door opened and Emily walked in. She looked so sad. "Emily? What's wrong?" I looked behind her. "Where's Thomas?" "That's just it mama. He didn't show up for us to walk home together." My heart started racing and everything that had happened in the past was coming back to haunt me. I looked back at Mr. Knight. "I got to go find him. Watch the kids? Please?" "Go find him." 

    I rushed out of the door. Hurrying even though I did not have a clue where I was headed. I was scared. Where was my baby? What had happened? All I could do was pray that Jack had not come back. I searched everywhere. When it started getting dark I went to the police station and reported him missing. I felt so defeated. 

    I walked inside with my head down. I sat down in the living room and Mr. Knight walked in. "Jackie, we will find him. He might have just gotten lost or something like that." "I reported him missing to the police. I hope so much that maybe they can find him. I don't want anything to happen to him, he is my baby." "I know he is. It will be okay. He is tough. Wherever he is, he will be safe and okay." "I really hope so. I'm going to stay awake just in case, he comes home or the police let me know something." 

    He nodded and headed to his room. I put my head in my hands. I had never been so scared and I fought Jack the Ripper. Nothing should scare me, but this is serious. Thomas was the main reason I turned my life around. He gave me a reason to live and now something might have happened to him. It could all be my fault, just like with his parents. It is his tenth birthday and I don't know where he is. 

    I began to cry. This little boy had so much heartache in his life, now he could be in harm's way and there is nothing I can do at this point but sit and wait. It was starting to bother me. I started pacing the room. Every little noise I heard I thought it might be him coming home. The night went by so slowly. I felt like I was going crazy. 

    By the time morning came I was a wreck. My eyes were red and puffy. My hair was everywhere from me running my hands through it. Mr. Knight walked in the room and shook his head. "Jackie, you aren't doing that baby any good by not sleeping. Go get some sleep. I got Damion, and Emily. They need their mother, just as Thomas needs his aunt to have a clear head." I didn't have the energy to argue with him. So I went to my room and fell on the bed. Passing out from exhaustion from the night before.