The Search by Jordan Shore

Author:Jordan Shore [Shore, Jordan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-26T22:00:00+00:00

25 THE OCEAN

Wednesday afternoon

Jack walked toward the sloping tree down by the shore, and then casually brought up his arm as Julie rose to her feet.

“Hey,” Julie called out in a hoarse voice.

Julie squinted, and then her smile suddenly vanished.

“Where’s Kevin?” Julie eventually asked Jack.

“I haven’t seen him.”

“But he left with you, Jack.”

Jack frowned. “He didn’t come back?”

“No,” Julie almost yelled. “What happened between you two?”

“He got upset and left.”

“Why? What happened?”

Jack coughed into his fist. “I saw Kevin board the plane with his wife.”

“But he said he wasn’t married…” Julie’s voice trailed off, and then she looked long and hard at the lake.

“I told him he shouldn’t blame himself for what happened. I tried to get him to open up to me, but he just ignored me. Until he suddenly cracked. His face looked destroyed all of the sudden, and he ran back the way we came.”

“Was he wearing a wedding ring?”

“He must have taken it off. I noticed the imprint on his finger when we…”

Jack looked at the letters spelled out across the shore.

“…created the sign,” Jack continued. “And before that, I noticed he had his hands in his pockets the whole time.”

“I noticed that too, but I just thought he was cold.”

“Guilt was eating him up,” Jack said in a drowsy voice. “I think his wife’s name was Pamela.”

“What makes you say that?” Julie asked hesitantly.

“I heard someone yelling for Pamela when I swam to shore,” Jack said. “Remember how I asked you if your name was Pamela?”

“I don’t remember much from the crash.”

“It must have been Kevin, yelling for his wife,” Jack said. He looked around the nearby surroundings. “So, are Nancy and Andrew off looking for Kevin?”

“No, they’re gone. I don’t know where they went.”

“Why did they leave?”

“I don’t know,” Julie said. “They were both gone when I woke up.”

Jack took a few steps toward the forest. “I’m going to go look for Nancy. She shouldn’t be moving around too much.”

“But she could be anywhere by now,” Julie responded quickly.

“When did you wake up?”

“They’ve been gone since yesterday morning.”

“They’ve been gone for more than a day?”

“Yes, so she could be anywhere by now,” Julie said. “Please, don’t leave, Jack.”

Julie tilted her head, and looked sad as she kept staring at Jack.

“Have you tried calling out for them?”

“I screamed all day yesterday,” Julie said. “Can’t you tell by my voice.”

“That doesn’t make any sense, Julie.” Jack shook his head and coughed. “If Andrew ran after Nancy, then why didn’t he wake you?”

“Well, he slept over there.” Julie pointed at the tree by the hillside.

“Why?” Jack asked in a hushed tone.

“He was angry with me, and he didn’t want to sleep next to me.”

“Why not?”

Julie trained her eyes down. “We had an altercation, and I hurt his feelings.”

“What happened?”

“He called Nancy a whore.”

“What?” Jack frowned.

“Yeah, he called her a whore, Jack. I can’t stand people like that,” Julie said. “You know what I’m talking about. You almost strangled him the other day. What was that about?”

“I didn’t strangle him.

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