Chapter 31: Sara
I have never seen Jon look like this. He almost scares me as he tells us to get in the car.
“Jon we will get her back.” I say.
“They took her. Those...” he swears a lot, but I understand. I guess they followed us all the way out here. They must have been pretty mad at Jon. I never was completely clear why we had to leave, but Jo pretty much got the point across to Caitlyn and me. Those men were bad people, and we had to run away from them.
Houses fly past us as our car goes down the road. Caitlyn speaks up, “Jon, what are you going to do?”
“They are going to stop at their outpost house, I am sure of it. They know I'm coming and don't want to take a chance of ruining their damn Sanctuary. This road will take us to the neighborhood right beneath that house. I can probably sneak up the hill and take her back.” Before we left the park, he pulled out one of Carter’s maps and figured out our path. The flash of anger goes across his eyes again. I don't like this Jon.
I answer him. “I wish Carter was here.” He looks at me. He sees my face and his anger seems to fade. I think he saw that he needed to calm down.
“Me too.” he responds. He continues to accelerate. Some hours later Jon brings the car to a halt, few words are shared between us. We’re near the top of a hill, and we pull off. Jon asks Caitlyn for the binoculars and jumps out to the front of the car.
“Do you see anything, Jon?” I ask shouting out the window.
“Yea they are there alright.” The road we are on eventually leads directly to the outpost itself. However there is a set of houses at the bottom of a hill in front of the outpost. I guess he could try to sneak up the hill and then across the road. It doesn't seem very safe.
“Jon I don't think this is...”
“I have to, Sara.” He looks straight at me. “There's no other way.” He takes the car out of park and he backtracks until he comes to the bottom road. He chooses a driveway and pulls in. Reaching down, he pops the trunk and walks to the back, leaving the keys for me. I can hear him rummaging through our supplies in the back.
“Sara, wait fifteen minutes, then I want you to take Caitlyn and head to the UN center. Caitlyn, you remember how to drive and read a map right?” She peers out from above the backseat. She nods. Certainty is in her eyes. Jon pulls out the revolver from the pack, pauses for a moment, and then tucks it behind him in his belt. It is the first time I see him hold a gun from when he first found us. Then, he grabs the ranger’s shotgun. We hid the rifle in the cabin. He goes to shut the trunk but pauses again.
“Although you may not understand how right now, you girls made me feel like I did more right in this world than wrong. You gave me worth. You are my family”
I grab his right side as he shuts the trunk and a moment later Caitlyn has joined us.
“Don't leave us.” I whimper. Caitlyn pulls me off of him.
“He will be back soon.” Caitlyn tells me. Jon rubs the top of my head.
“I will.” He looks sad as he turns and head up the hill. I fall to my knees. I grab my sister and feel the tears pouring from my eyes. He means everything to me. I scream out to him but I don't think he hears me.
He was my Prince Charming.