Jackie The Ripper

Chapter 7

    After a few months since I had seen Jack, I saw the paper. A lot of students were disappearing in Chicago. I just knew that Jack the Ripper was striking again. I started feeling sick. I fought through so much. Emily said her first word. "Tom." She said it to Thomas. I had never been so proud. He was so proud. He was just a child, but yet he looked like a proud parent. I looked down at my stomach, it was starting to get bigger. 

    Jack left me with another gift. This will be our second child and I don't know anything about him. Only that his name is Jack and he has been killing people. He needs to be stopped but I can't. I have children to take care of. I can't leave my babies and I can't let him hurt them. They mean everything to me. Deep down in my soul, I know Jack killed Thomas's family. I just can't prove it. 

    I watched as Thomas played with Emily. It made me smile so much. I felt so much peace in my heart, but I was still concerned. I was worried Jack would come back, I needed to keep my kids safe. As much as I felt sick I put the kids to bed and headed to work. I walked slowly to work. I have been working here a little over a year. 

    I walked through the door as my boss asked if I was okay. "I'm okay Mr. Knight. Why do you ask?" "You look very pale Jackie. You sure you can tonight?" "Yes sir." Don't get me wrong. My boss was very sweet and worried about me. He knew about how I ended up with Thomas. He doesn't know about Emily. Well who Emily's father is. 

    I only told him it was a one night stand. He never judged me about my life. He just always asked me if I was okay. I got to work, after a few hours I was out of energy. So I walked into the boss's office. "Mr. Knight, may I take a break?" "Sure. Come sit down." I sat down across from him. 

    "Thank you so much for letting me have a break." "It's no problem. You work so hard to take care of these two kids." I looked up at him almost in tears. "I'm fixing to have three." "You're with child again." "Yes sir." "Same guy?" "I let him right back in my life for one night then he was gone." "That's sad that he does that to you." "I shouldn't have let him. He doesn't even know Emily is his daughter." 

    "Jackie, I have an idea. Why don't you sell your house and move in with me?" "Mr. Knight, that's very sweet of you, but I don't want to take advantage of you." "You won't be. You and them kids will be like the family I never had. I never had children and my wife died at a young age. That way you will be able to take care of the kids and I will take care of the finances." "That's very sweet of you Mr. Knight. If you don't mind I will take to Thomas and see how he feels." "Good. Now go home and be with your babies." "Thank you Mr. Knight." 

I rushed out the door to get home to my babies. I opened the door and hurried to the room that Thomas slept in. He was just laying in bed. "Thomas, I need to talk to you about something." "Okay Aunt Jackie." He sat up in bed. "Mr. Knight, my boss, wants us to move in with him so I can stay at home with you and Emily. What do you think?" "You won't have to go to work at night?" "Not at all baby. Mr. Knight wants me to focus on you and Emily." He jumped into my arms. "That's great Aunt Jackie. You won't be so stressed out anymore." 

He stayed in my arms for a few minutes. It gave me a flashback to the night I had him in my arms. Him crying in my arms. Instead right now he was just hugging me so happy. "Alright Thomas it's time to get some rest baby. We will move tomorrow. I love you Thomas." "I love you too Aunt Jackie." I left the room to go get some rest myself. Tomorrow is going to be a long day. 

I fell asleep forgetting all about Jack and our new, wait, my new baby who was going to be here before I knew it. Praying that I will never see Jack again. Mr. Knight is going to give me and my babies a fresh start. So I fell asleep with nothing but good thoughts. I woke up to hearing Emily crying. So I rushed into the room bumping into little Thomas headed in there too. The window was open. Something that shouldn't have been opened. 

I was panicking. I checked the crib and picked her up. She seemed fine, no visible marks on her. I handed her to Thomas as I looked around the room. Someone had been in here and I didn't know who or how they had gotten in here. I knew right then and there it was time to move. I stayed up the rest of the night, letting Thomas sleep. 

Poor kid. He has had so much that has happened to him. I don't know how he is able to be happy anymore. I looked over at him, he looked so peaceful sleeping. I meant more to me than anything. I love my daughter. She has been a blessing. Her father on the other hand, worries me more than anything. Has he figured it out that Emily is his daughter or is it the fact he thinks I sleep around. I don't care what he thinks. I just have a feeling that he wants to hurt them. I will never let that happen. Not as long as I live. I swear on my life.