Chapter 8

Emery

As I sat in the hallway eavesdropping on the two of them I began to feel sicker and sicker. Oh how I wish I would’ve known all the things I do now … back then. I would’ve made so many different choices.

I had believed everything he’d told me. All the medication he’d given me.. I’d trusted him with it. And instead of it helping me to get pregnant .. it had ruined my chances.

“Besides .. I could never forget about you. And you’ll always be taken care of. If something happens to me - it will all go to you.” Jasper told Vivian.

I was going to throw up. He’d decided this even before we were married? He never even cared about me at all… not even if the beginning. Did I ever even know this man at all? Did he ever love me … even a little?

I wanted to take this collectors item out of the case I was carrying and shoot his ass with it. I didn’t, of course, but I wanted to.

In that moment .. any sort of attachment I’d been holding on to for Jasper … completely disappeared.

I snuck back downstairs.. still holding on to the case tightly .. and accepted a glass of wine from one of the trays the women and men were carrying around. I drank it, quickly, and got another.

A few moments and two glasses of wine later another man showed up beside me.. he handed me another glass. I took it and gave him the empty one. He clearly saw that I needed it, I suppose. He’d brought it to me personally instead of on the trays like the rest of the caterers.

I downed the glass just like I had the first two..Ew. That one must’ve been something different. Maybe another kind of wine. It certainly didn’t taste like the others. I decided to go to the bathroom and then I was getting out of here. But after I had finished and was washing my hands I quickly began feeling bad. I felt .. icky…. and I was getting very hot.

Did I have too much to drink? No, surely not I only had like three or four glasses. That last one was pretty full though.

Still my head felt foggy and I was getting nauseated. I needed to get out of here, but I couldn’t possibly drive this way.

I splashed some water on my face, trying to not only cool down but to snap out of it. I needed to lay down for a moment - then I’d feel better, hopefully and I could get out of here.

Jasper had a spare bedroom at the back of the house. That’s where I’d go… I didn’t think I would make it back up the stairs right now so I tried my hardest to walk normal once I came out of the bathroom. I turned behind the staircase and headed down the hall.

You could get lost in this house if you weren’t careful. Luckily .. I’d had plenty of practice.

That hallway led into another one and I turned again going to the last door. I went inside and shut it behind me and quickly laid down on the bed. It was nice and dark and quiet in there. I just needed a moment …

I don’t know if I fell asleep or not .. or how much time had passed since I’d gotten in here but someone had opened the door. They turned on a lamp and just that small bit of light made my eyes hurt and my head pound.

“Hello Emery ..” it was Jasper.

“What are you doing?” He asked me.

“I just need to lay here for a minute …” I could barely get the words out. I wasn’t feeling any better.

He walked over to the bed.. he grabbed my hand and pulled me into a sitting position.

Oh good - he’s going to help me.. I thought.

But that isn’t what happened.

“Hmm ..” he said frowning. “Looks like I could’ve given you a little bit less than I did. I didn’t know you were going to down the whole drink.” He told me.

I frowned and tilted my head at him. What was he talking about?

He shrugged his shoulders.

“You did it to me … so .. why shouldn’t I do it to you?” He asked me.

“What are you talking about??” I breathed out. I needed to lay back down.

“I slipped something in your drink.. can you not even tell when you’ve been drugged?” He said .. proudly.

What?? Why would he do that??

So I asked him that very question.

“I just told you - you drugged me - tricked me into getting into bed with you and my father seeing us. You also blamed Vivian for what happened with the necklace and then tried to hurt her… you did hurt her. And that’s messed up Emery. And you know how important Vivian is to me. You’ve hurt her and her feelings..”

A laugh bubbled out of me. This asshole has a lot of nerve. And he’s fucking crazy.

But I was swaying .. I couldn’t even sit up straight. Whatever he had given me had done a good job .. I was incapacitated.

He turned his back on me then. He stood up and walked toward the door .. which gave me time for what I needed to do… I had to protect myself. And I don’t know how far Jasper will take this. I used to think he’d never hurt me .. but now, everything I thought I knew about him- turned out to be a lie.

“I think it’s time you paid the price for everything you’ve done. But I’m going to give you a chance to make it right. You can apologize to Vivian and beg her for forgiveness. After that, I’ll think about helping you out of here.” He told me.

“I will never do that..” I growled at him. If anyone needs apologizing to - it’s me.

I held up the gun. I’d gotten it out of its case while his back was turned. I cocked it .. and aimed it at him.

He turned around frowning and then laughed when he saw me. He started walking towards me - a horrible rage filled look on his eyes.

I didn’t want to kill him - but I did want to hurt him. And I wanted him to leave me alone. I couldn’t protect myself like this. The only reason I can right now is because I happened to bring this gun with me.

“You will never shoot me Emery.” He continued walking slowly toward me confidently.

This man .. he still believed I was fucking in love with him.

“Put the gun down, I’ll give you another ch…”

I moved the barrel and aimed at his shoulder.

I fired.

He really shouldn’t have underestimated me. Did he forget I was the daughter of a mafia boss? I had been around guns my entire life, and I knew how to use one - drugged or not.

The bullet clipped him- I was aiming for his shoulder. But I’m barely able to hold my arm up right now. Plus my vision is blurry. It didn’t matter though because .. I got him. I could see the blood forming on his shirt.

He growled at me. As if I were the one who had betrayed him.

But I smiled. I was satisfied with my first step in revenge.

Now I needed to get the hell out of here.