Sleeping with the Assistant

Chapter Twenty Six: Revenge

There's no possible way for her to be here. She shouldn't be here. I look over at Joseph, who is completely frozen in place. He probably thinks he's the only that can see her right now judging by the face he's making.
"How are you even here? You were dead," I say to her.
"I was never dead. I was plotting my revenge," she grins. "For those of you who don't know me, I was Joseph's fiancée before he decided to cheat on me with her. I'm also the mother of his son."
"J-Julia?" Joseph stammers. "Why.. why would you put me through this? I would have hallucinations of you telling me to get rid of Jasmine!"
"Those weren't hallucinations, I was really there at the cabin, toying with your fragile grieving mind," Julia snickers. "I had a little helper of course, but he's dead to me now." She glares over at Cody, who drops his head down to avoid making eye contact.

"Cody are you serious? After I forgave you?!" Joseph roars.
"I-I was planning to tell you guys, but she.. she changed the date to confess," he explains. "I honestly thought she wouldn't go through with it."
"Aren't you curious about how I did it all?" Julia asks. "I'm going to explain anyway." She sits down on a bench and crosses her legs before looking up at me and Joseph. She's wearing her wedding dress... Unbelievable.
"I was never on drugs. I only lied to get Joseph to feel bad for me and possibly get back together with me, but that plan backfired because he took custody of my sweet little JJ. So I had Cody tell Chad that I overdosed then I planned a fake funeral and invited you and my bitch sister Destiny. Then I caught wind of your little vacation to our spot which I still had the key for. Whenever you were alone Joseph was when I appeared, but then Jasmine stuck around so I went back home to further plan my revenge. I was going to do it on your daughter's birthday, but then I heard through the grapevine you two were getting married, so I just had to show up and ruin it," she explains. Everyone starts murmuring and looking around.

"Why would you do this?" I ask. "Do you realize how insane you are?"
"You took everything from me! My man, my son, my house, my wedding! So what if Joseph went a little crazy? It doesn't even compare to the heartache I went through," Julia yells. "I did this because I want my life and my family back."
"Julia if you think I'm getting back together with you after this, then you need to lock yourself in a crazy house because it's never happening. I don't love you anymore and I will marry this woman right here," Joseph protests.
  "Hm, this wasn't how I saw the plan going. A few things before I leave; if I were you, I'd keep a close eye on that beautiful daughter of yours Jasmine," she threatens. Julia gets up and walks up to the altar with a sinister smile on her face.
  "Watch your back bitch. I always get what I want," Julia whispers to me before tearing my vail and leaving. All of the emotions I held in finally released when she did that. Feeling so overwhelmed, I ran away from it all. I can't take it anymore. The lies and the threats were all swirling around my head. Did she really do this to get Joseph back? It doesn't matter to me anymore, at this point she can have him. I run all the way to a pretty empty beach and sit in the sand crying all my frustrations out.

   "You didn't get cold feet did you?" a recognizable voice asks. I look up and see Chad in his tuxedo looking very dapper.
  "You came?" I ask.
  "I know you'd come to mine if everything was the other way around," Chad answers with a smile. "Why are you crying Jassy?" He sits next to me, placing his arm around my shoulder. I explained everything to him from the three girls at the restaurant up until How Julia ruined everything. I even told him about the dream I had of us being a couple.
  "Wow that's.. I understand why you ran off now. You always keep everything to yourself though and you shouldn't," he says. "So what's gonna happen now?"
  "I don't know. I really thought Joseph would find me by now," I sniffle. "I'm glad you're here."
  "Do you want me to call him?"
  "No, I just want to stay and spend some time with you if that's okay," I say shyly. Chad's brown eyes light up upon hearing what I just said. He gets up and dusts the sand off of his pants then helps me up.
  "I have somewhere I need to take you actually," he says. "You'll love it."
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   Chad took me on a long drive up a very steep road. When we got to the top of the hill I see Joseph with our closest family and friends sitting around waiting for me. Chad sacrificed one on one time to make sure Joseph and I got married.
  "Why would you do this?" I ask.
  "Because I love seeing you happy and Joseph makes you very happy," he answers with teary eyes. "Come on." Chad helps me out of his car and walks me to Joseph.
  "I told you I had multiple plans," he whispers. "Let's continue where we left off."
  "Do you Joseph take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife? To have and to hold till death do you part?" the priest asks.
  "I do," Joseph says with a smile.
  "And do you Jasmine take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband? To have and to hold till death do you part?"
  "I do."
  "By the power vested in me, you may now kiss the bride." Joseph pulls me close and kisses me passionately as if his life depended on it. This man is full of many surprises, which I intend to discover all of them.