Quick disclaimer: I do not own anything in this story except my Oc`s and the plot.
Walking in the area of the hospital his wife was in Joe sighs as he runs his fingers through his hair.
Looking up from her magazine the nurse says.
"Oh Mr. Anoa`i your daughter just went to see your wife."
"What are you talking about, my daughters are in the E.R." Joe replied.
"No no no, It was your oldest daughter, she just had to see her."
"I just left the room of my oldest daughter, she`s still in bed." Joe says.
"Well a thin young lady with brown hair and the most adorable brown eyes came in and said she was your daughter."
Titling his head Joe asked.
"What was her name?"
Looking up as she if she was thinking the nurse replied.
"Hmm- I think her name was Jennifer
Squinting his eye Joe says.
"Jennifer is my niece, and she`s also in..."
Cutting him off the nurse says.
"Oh, wait no Jennifer wasn't her name..."
"Yeah I know."
"It was Jazmine- what a lovely lady."
Joe eyes instantly grew wide as his heart began to pound, Joe couldn't believe this was happening, the last he saw her she was lying in a pile of her own blood, so she had to be dead, right? But the person she described fit Jazmine to a t thin, brown hair adorable big brown eyes, that was Jazmine.
Racing in the direction of his wife`s room Joe yells.
"Call the police!"
Leaning over the desk the nurse asked.
"Is everything alright?"
Devin laid in her hospital bed, they had finally stopped the bleeding, the medicine they gave her during the surgery hadn't warn off yet so she was still very tired, weak and hallucinating.
"Hello there mommy." Jazmine says walking into Devin`s room with her hands behind her back.
Wiping her eyes and taking a second look Devin says.
"Yyyou`re, yyou're not here, you`re dead."
"Do I look dead?" Jazmine asked coldly as she walked closer.
"Rocky shot you, twice I saw her."
"Don`t you watch scary movies; the villains never die that easy." Jazmine says pausing.
Lifting her eye brow and tilting her head Jazmine continues with.
"Or at least the good one`s don't- lucky for me Rocky is a terrible shooter…."
Pausing again Jazmine looks down and pulls back her jean jacket and reveals the wound as she looks back up Jazmine says.
"If she would have shot a little lower she would have got my heart- but luckily for me she didn't."
"But you were just lying there- dead."
"It`s called play possum b***h."
"How did you get passed security?" Devin asked.
"I told them I was your daughter."
"And they believed you?"
Crying Jazmine says.
"My mom just got shot, I have to see her."
"Well Ma`am you`re not on the list of people who can see her." Jazmine replies in a different voice.
"Please, I was away at school and I got a call from my grandpa saying there was some type of home invasion and my mom was shot please please let me see her."
"What`s your name?"
Jazmine."
Rolling her eyes Jazmine says.
"Fine, but make it quick I can lose my job over this."
"Oh-it will be very quick sir." Jazmine says wiping her tear.
Devin looks over to the button to call a nurse and quickly reaches for it. Watching her every move Jazmine snatches the plug out of the wall, and then used the cord to choke her. Trying to find the strength in her to push Jazmine off her Devin puts her hand against her chest and pushed, but she wasn't strong enough, so she tries to claw at her eyes which only caused Jazmine to pull the cord harder, Devin vison started getting darker and darker, Devin knew she only had no other option to save her life, she might seriously hurt herself in the process but at least she`d be alive. Rolling herself on the ground and landing on her stomach Jazmine falls too and climbs on her back and continued to choke the life out of her as she held her knee in Devin`s once injured spine, Devin began to scream for help with her very hoarse voice, as her vison got darker and darker until ultimately, she couldn't see anything, suddenly she felt the cord drop.
Grabbing her Joe snatches Jazmine from his wife and tossed her sending her small body flying as her head crashed against the wall.
Grabbing his wife in his arms Joe says.
"Devin wake up!"
"Babe you have to wake up!"
"Please wake up, I need you to wake up!"
Coughing and spitting out blood Jazmine says.
"If I can't have who I want, neither can you." as her eyes slowly fell shut
"Somebody help!" Joe yells as he held on to his wife.
Shooting up out of her sleep as her heart raced Devin looked around to find she is still in her room. Running her fingers through hair Devin sighs and kicks her feet over her bed and makes her way to her bathroom.
Devin stood leaning over the sink throwing water over her face as she tried to wake herself up.
"Mom." Joseph called placing his small hand on her leg.
Jumping and then placing her hand on her chest once she realized who touched her.
"I scare you?"
"Just a little."
"Sorry."
Turning and facing her son Devin asked.
"It`s fine, what do you want?"
"Wait- why are you up this late?"
"I can`t sleep- I sleep with you?" Joseph asked.
Nodding her head Devin said.
"Sure- go get your cover."
"Yay!" Joseph cheered as he ran off.
Taking one last look at herself in the mirror Devin takes a deep breath and walks back into her room
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Turning back to the dresser, Devin runs her fingers through her curly hair when suddenly, she feels her phone vibrating in her pocket. Pulling her phone out It was a picture message from an unidentified number opening the message she sees it's a picture of her, Joe, JoJo, Lynn and Joseph at the hospital after she gave birth to Joanna, smiling and then closing the tab she places the phone down.
"Can I bring this?" Joelynn asked.
Turning and facing her daughter Devin asked.
"What?"
"Can I bring this with me when I go with daddy?"
Hearing her phone vibrate once again Devin picks her phone up and looks this time it's a picture of Joe and Devin on their wedding day she smiles again and begins to put it down, as Joelynn went on and on in the background, suddenly the phone vibrates again and it's another picture of her and her family on Halloween, getting slightly irritated she exit out of the message and puts her phone on silent mode and goes back to listening to what Joelynn was saying when she sees her phone light up again with another picture message not being able to resist the temptation of looking at her phone she opens it then came in a text that said.
"I`M BACK!" followed by more old pictures when Devin started to get scared with her heart racing Devin text back.
"Who the hell is this?!"
"Whoever this is this isn't funny!" Leaning back against the dresser waiting for a response Devin began to bite on her nails scared of what the response might be.
"It's Dani- I got a new number- are you okay, I was just trying to show you all the old pictures I found on my laptop?"
"Daniah- Yes, I`m fine I just thought you were someone else-but I`m busy I`ll text you later."
"K." Dani replied.
Throwing her hand on her hip and her head to the side Joelynn asked.
"Mommy- were you even listening?"
"Huh- yeah, bring whatever you want."
Rolling her eyes Joelynn turns around and walked away.
"Come on Devin you have to snap out of this!" Devin said smacking herself in the face, still thinking about her cousin text that almost gave her a heart attack, she thought It was Jazmine, even though it was obvious it couldn't have been her, she was locked in some mental institution on medication that had her so out of it that she couldn't function even if she wanted to.
"No- I`m not doing this, I`m not giving her any power over me." Devin said walking away from the mirror.
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Watching her two oldest jumping on their suitcases Devin laughed to herself and asked.
"What are you doing?
"It won't close!" Joelynn whined.
"Don't worry sweetie, you two just don't weigh enough, let me try." Devin said walking over to the bed.
Walking over to the bed Devin sits on their suitcases and zips it.
"There you go!"
"Thanks Mama." JoJo says.
"No prob." Devin says giving her a closed smile.
"When will daddy be here?" Joelynn asked.
Just as those words left her mouth the bell rung.
"Speaking of the devil." Devin mumbled.
"I`ll get it!" JoJo yelled as both girls jumped up and ran to the door.
"What are you girls doing?" Devin asked.
"Getting the door for daddy." Joelynn says.
Shaking her head Devin says.
"No, you guys don't answer the door, besides your dad has a key."
"Whatever." JoJo says rolling her eyes.
Arching her eye brow and throwing her hand on her hip Devin says.
"JoJo."
"Sorry." JoJo replied.
A few minutes' after the conversation died and silence filled the air, you could hear the front door knob turn followed by the sounds of heavy footsteps walking down the quiet halls.
Walking into his daughter's room Joe asked.
"So, no one was going to let me in?"
"Mama said we don't answer the door." JoJo said.
"Yeah, and that you have a key." Joelynn added on.
Joe looked over at his wife but didn't bother saying anything.
"So you guys ready?" Joe asked.
"Yeah!" Both girls said in unison.
"Is Anna ready?" Joe asked turning to Devin who stood right next to him.
"Uh- yeah Anna is in the room with Joey."
"Jay still doesn't want to come?"
"No, it`s nothing personal he`s just been extra mama`s boy lately." Devin replied.
"Whatever, do you want me to come by before I head out tomorrow or are you good with heading there by yourself?" Joe asked.
"No, I`m fine with going by myself."
"Alright then I`ll just see you at work."
"Sounds good to me."
With her arms folded as she watched her parents Joelynn whispered to her sister.
"This is awkward."
"Yeah I know- race you to the car!" JoJo says.
Watching her two oldest run off Devin Yelled.
"Yeah just leave your bag`s here, will just poof them to the car."
Joe laughs to himself and says.
"I got them."
"Can you just get Anna to the car?"
"Sure."
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"You`re going to come next time, right?" Joe asked.
Joseph nods his head knowing he had no intentions of going with his dad.
Slapping his hand Devin says.
"Alright, drive safe."
"Will do, see you tomorrow?" Joe asked.
"Yup."
"Alright, be good."
Devin laughs to herself and then turns to walk away when Joe calls her name again.
"Yes." Devin says turning on the heels of her feet.
"Don`t forget my mom wants you to stop by her office."
"Okay, I`ll head over there in a minute."
"Great."
As he watched his wife walk away with his son at hand Joe calls her name.
Turning around Devin says.
"Yes?"
"No kiss?"
After briefly staring at him Devin turns and walks away.
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"No, Raven she`s not dead, unfortunately." Devin said with her phone up against her ear as she held onto her son's hand.
"Are you sure, the b***h got shot and I`m pretty sure her head cracked when her head hit the wall." Raven replied.
"What can I say the b***h is a cat she's got seven lives!"
Raven laughs and asked.
"So, what`s going on now?"
"Iii don't know, I`m about to go into Joe`s mom`s office now, I`ll let you know what happens when I leave."
"Alright, don't forget!"
"I wish I could."
Hanging up the phone Devin twist the door knob of her mother in law`s office and makes her way in.
Stepping inside of her mother in law`s well-kept cold office Devin takes a seat in the chair in front of her desk, bringing her son to her lap.
"Yes mom."
Looking up from her work and removing her glasses that rested on the bridge of her nose Patricia said.
"I don't know if Joe told you this or not but the preliminary is coming up soon."
"No, he didn't, it probably slipped his mind." Devin says.
"Yeah well it's in two days."
"Did you still want your sister to co-defend you guys?"
Nodding her head Devin says.
"I do."
"Okay, so I`ll call her as soon as we`re done here."
"Great."
"Devin, are you okay?" Patricia asked with concern.
Flashing her a nervous smile Devin says.
"Yeah, why would you ask that?"
Patricia shrugs and says.
"Just wondering."
"Oh okay, well I have to go."
Calmly pushing forth papers Patricia says.
"Well here are some papers I need for you and Joe to look over."
Collecting her stuff in a hurry Devin replied.
"Okay, thanks I have to go now."
Noticing her daughter in law`s whole energy changing as if she hit a soft spot Patricia asked.
"Are you and Joe fine?"
Looking up and staring at her for a minute as she tucked her hair behind her ear Devin asked.
"Why wouldn't we be?"
"Why are you answering all my questions with questions?"
Rolling her eyes Devin says.
"Yes, mom everything is going great with Joe and I."
"Now I`m feeling like you`re being sarcastic."
Giving her a genuine smile Devin says.
"Mom, we`re fine."
"That`s what Joe said, but I don't know."
Getting up and kissing her on the cheek Devin said.
"I have to go now, see you in two days."
Grabbing her arm and stopping her Patricia says.
"Oh, before I forget, how do you feel about the possible baby."
Arching her eye brow Devin asked.
"What possible baby?"
"He didn't tell you?"
"Tell me what?"
"Ooh, well maybe you should talk to him."
"I have, that`s how I knew you wanted to talk to me." Devin replied.
"Devin I don't know if I should be the one to tell you."
"Well you started to tell me, you have to finish."
"Jazmine might have had a baby- Joe`s baby."
A/n: If you haven't already read the first four stories you totally should go back and read those for this story to make any sense, if you`ve already read the first four stories then welcome to the fifth story! Don't forget to let me know what you thought about this chapter and story so far in the reviews I`m really interested in hearing what you all think, because I`m sure you all thought Jazmine getting shot at the end of last story meant she was dead. Things you should know, like the third story this story will have some flash back, not as much as the third story but there will be some here and there that will be written in italic,also I wrote a short Halloween story for Devin and her family around Halloween of last year, if you haven`t read that you definitely should while you`re waiting for the next chapter of this one. Anyways have a nice day. Don`t forget to fav or follow this!