Jack had to step out momentarily before, needing to buy a few more bits from the hardware store for Puzzler’s gun. When he arrived home, he heard sobbing from the bedroom. A small part of him groaned but it was overshadowed by the rest, who carried him through the door hurriedly.
“Katelynn? Katelynn, what is it?” he asked shakily as he approached her quickly, reaching out to her. “Are you hurt? Are you in pain?”“J-Jack..” she answered, her hand still clenched up near her eye, her eyes red rimmed from her crying ever since Six had left. “S-Six..S-Six came to s-see me and oh god..I can’t believe he’d put himself in danger because of me!”
She tugged on her hair really hard, willing herself to share in Six’s pain if he was in any. She never should have told him what had happened with Hot Flash but she didn’t want to turn into a liar. One time with Jack had been enough to never want to do it again.
“Katelynn, stop that, stop it…!” Jack reached for her hands and managed to tear them away from her hair without ripping any hairs out with her fingers. “Six came by? What, what do you mean danger? What happened, where did he go…?” he asked, unsure of anything and feeling so lost. Something he was beginning to feel a lot of, lately.
Jack Maple 