Chapter 7 Jeff and Tommy sat anxiously in their first class seats waiting for the airplane to take off.   Tommy looked at his watch then at Jeff, "Doesn’t look like your brother is going to make it."   Jeff shrugged his shoulders.  He wasn’t sure how he was going to handle the long flight not knowing what news awaited him in Spain.  How he hoped with all that was in him that Kari was still alive.   "Bro?", Matt’s voiced called him out of his trance.  "You made it.", Jeff said attempting to force a smile at his brother who sat in the seat beside him trying to catch his breath. "Barely.", Matt said between heaves.  Jeff started to slip back into his trance.  "We’ll find her.", Matt said trying to comfort his little brother. "I hope so.", Jeff mumbled. The plane took off almost causing Jeff’s already queasy stomach to empty itself.  The trio remained quiet for a couple of hours. "You know what I don’t understand?", Matt threw out to break the silence.  "What’s that?", Tommy returned. "If this psycho is in Spain, then how did he put those pictures on your doorstep?", Matt asked. "And I thought it was a girl.  I mean, all the notes said that this person wanted to prove how much they loved me.", Jeff interjected. Matt and Tommy both raised an eyebrow.   "Okay.  Yeah.  That makes me feel better.", Jeff said sarcastically as he rolled his eyes. "Well look at you dude.  You are kind of flamboyant.", Tommy pointed out.  Jeff shot him a dirty look.  "I didn’t mean that like it sounded.", Tommy apologized.  "Whatever.", Jeff said coldly. He could feel the contents of his stomach rising in his throat.  Just the thought of someone hurting HIS Kari made him ill.  With one sudden motion, Jeff rose from his seat and bolted towards the bathroom.  When there was nothing left in his stomach, he splashed cold water on his face.  He tried to convince himself that he had to be strong - for Kari and was not about to  fall apart.  She needed him to bad.  He slowly made his way back to his seat and slid down into it.  Again they were silent. "You really love her, don’t you?", Tommy asked out of the blue. Matt just looked at him like, "No, shit.  Duh." But Jeff still looked straight ahead, "With every ounce of breath that’s in me." Tommy and Matt looked at him with pity.   "She’s pregnant.", Jeff told Tommy. "Really?", Tommy returned. "Yeah.", Jeff said cracking a slight grin that quickly faded to a frown, "That is if she’s still alive." "She is.  And we’re going to find her.", Tommy insisted. "I promise.", Matt stated. "Matt, don’t make promises that you can’t keep.", Jeff said as a tear rolled down his cheek. "Have I ever broken a promise to you?", Matt asked. "Not one that mattered.", Jeff said. "Then we’ll find her, or I’ll die tryin’.", Matt insisted. Jeff nodded half hearted and each of the three spent the rest of the flight lost in their own thoughts.            Last Chapter ..*.. Next Chapter ..*.. Chapter Index ..*.. Home