His arms are around her in seconds, his face pressing against hers, his eyes shut. He’s never felt this angry at somebody before, not even when Psycho Delic was playing around with Katelynn that one day. He’s still shaking, but not from fear. Not from this woman.
“It’s all right. We’ll get you a new phone. With a new number. I didn’t even leave a forwarding address at your old place. They won’t find you, Katelynn. I, I won’t let them find you I don’t want her to hurt you again…”
She clings to him, drawing in deep gulps of air and trying to stay composed. “B-But what about my dad? My mom is the way she is..but..my dad sort of cares…he’s just..he has to suffer with her..he’s too meek for his own good and does what she says. That time..I ran away from home once and she told him not to look for me so I’d learn my lesson and he didn’t look. I had to go home on my own to my mom yelling at me. I don’t know why she hates me so much. She used to wish I could become something! I used to want to be an actress…I had dreams of being famous. And I didn’t shoot for them..and she blamed me..said I was weak for not going for what I wanted. I told her why I didn’t want to and she said it was all my fault. And it was but that’s why I wore ugly clothes! Why I chose to be ugly so it wouldn’t happen again. And I ran away again, to Metro City, to escape.”
“If he finds you she’ll find you too.” Jack whispers. “Y-you could send him letters? No return address, but… but just to him. Don’t mention your mother. Don’t even think about her… y-you’re not weak, not any more Katelynn. You survived being hit by a car, you’ve recovered so well so quickly a-and you’ve found me and I love you so much for everything you’ve gotten though alone but you’re not going to be alone again. N-not any more.”
Jack Maple 