Chapter 10
Salem was extremely busy on the day of Ej's wedding. It was to be an extravagant wedding fit for a queen and Ej didn't spare any expense. He had the wedding he always thought he would have with Samantha and let Brandy have anything she wanted, the flowers from Virginia, and the dress from Paris, even rings from Los Angeles.
However, everyone in Salem was just wondering if he was really going to go through with it. It was no secret to everyone that he loved Samantha Brady, or that she left him high and dry six years ago. But what they didn't know was if Ej was really ready to move on. Could he really move on with this girl? With a blonde that looked like Samantha, but didn't have near the fight she had.
Ej woke up on the day of his wedding and sat on the side of his bed just thinking about what was going to happen that day. He had spent the entire night dreaming about it and every time, Brandy turned into Samantha and he was left waking up to a different reality. His dreams were full of happiness and bliss as he married Samantha, but every time he woke up he knew it was another dream and that it was impossible. He knew what he had to do, he needed to say goodbye, saying goodbye was the only way he could ever move on. He went over to his dresser and pulled out the ring her bought her, he dusted the off the box and opened it, holding his breath for a moment as he had one last thought of putting it on her finger.
"Samantha, you are the only women I have ever loved and will ever love. You are the past and the women I thought would always be in my present and future, but you never wanted that. I guess its really over this time, just know that I'll always be there when you need me. No marriage could ever make me turn my back on. I guess this is really goodbye darling. I always hoped I would marry you but you were never ready for that, and I just couldn't push you. I'll always love you Samantha, always." He said, closed the box and kissed the top before putting it back in his drawer.
Ej knew he could never get rid of the ring, even though he was about to marry someone else, he would always love Samantha. Part of him needed that ring, he thought if he kept the ring, then he always had a hope that she would come back to him.
After putting the ring away he headed to the bathroom, he needed to get ready for his wedding. Samantha was across town busy herself, she had to drop the twins off with Lucas and pick up the last few things she would need before crashing Ej and Brandy's wedding. She met with Tony to get the ring an hour before the wedding and then ran home to change and get herself together, she wanted to look beautiful before she confronted Ej. After putting all the things she needed in the pocket of her jacket she grabbed the picture of her and Ej off the counter and headed to the church.
"I'm gonna win him back, I have to." She said as she pulled up in front of the church and snuck in the back, wanting to wait for just the right moment before walking in and crashing all the dreams Brandy had about marrying her man.