Ice and Fire novel Chapter 173

Cherry then took out her cell phone and dialled Jackson's number.

The call was quickly connected.

"Baby, " said Jackson gently.

Cherry asked immediately, "Where are you?"

"I'm at the military residential compound, " said Jackson in a calm and gentle manner.

Cherry thought for a moment, and said, "I can't go there; could you please come to me? I have something to talk with you."

"Okay, " said Jackson. He heard that Cherry's voice was husky, and guessed that she must have cried. He continued, "Go to the hotel where we met last time. I'll wait for you there, in the same room."

"Got it, " said Cherry, and after that she hung up.

She then drove straight to the hotel.

After she arrived, she went straight to the room and found that its door was open; she knew that Jackson had already arrived.

After Cherry took a deep breath she entered.

Jackson was sitting on the sofa when he saw Cherry come in. He then stood up cheerfully and walked up to her, and while he was dotingly stroking her hair, asked, "Honey, how are you doing?"

Cherry didn't give feedback to his tenderness, but instead seriously stared at him and asked, "Where's my sister?"

The atmosphere in the room suddenly changed. Jackson's face gradually went cold and dark, and he stared back at Cherry.

"Why are you asking me this question?" asked Jackson gloomily.

"I just want to know where she is." Cherry started to become a little distressed. She stared at Jackson, and slowly and clearly asked him, "My sister is still alive, isn't she?"

Jackson didn't answer her at first because he didn't know how to tell her about it. He hadn't killed Jean, but his punishment was almost as cruel as killing her. He had spared Jean's life because he loved the woman that was standing in front of him too much.

"Tell me! Where's my sister?" asked Cherry as she frantically started to grab Jackson's clothes.

Jackson didn't know what to do anymore when he saw Cherry's hysterical reaction.

After some time, Jackson asked, "What have you found out?"

Jackson wanted to tell Cherry only half of the story of what happened to Jean, because he thought that if she knew everything then she might not be unable to bear it. Jackson knew her very well, and even though she hadn't been on the best of terms with Jean in the past, she still regarded her as being her relative.

"I don't know what happened, I don't know anything!" said Cherry as she shook her head. She continued, "What the hell have you done to her? Where is she now? Tell me!"

When Jackson heard that Cherry didn't know anything, he decided that he wouldn't tell her anything about it.

"Honey, don't worry. She's still alive, " said Jackson. He tried to comfort her with ambiguous words.

He hadn't expected Cherry to be so furious. "Is she really okay? Have you really done nothing to her? It doesn't seem to fit your method of handling things!" said Cherry in a clearly suspicious tone.

Jackson also started to be annoyed when he saw that Cherry was so aggressive. "What do you think I've done to her? She wanted to kill you, and if it weren't for Emily you would have been dead now! Do you really think that I would let her off the hook so easily?" said Jackson furiously.

Cherry yelled at Jackson, "It doesn't matter, she's still my sister!"