A/N: Thanks a bunch to singdance and pink-jinx67 for the great reviews. I appreciate each and every one of them.
Maybe Tomorrow
Chapter Fourteen
When the final day had come both sides gave their closing arguments that were extremely similar to their opening statements, but this time they had the testimonies to try and back up their claims. The prosecution showed all the evidence and how Jeff was a dangerous man that should be locked up for a very long time unable to hurt another woman and the defense of course labeled Julie as a lying slut who tore Jeff's life apart. The jury was then released to deliberate. Nearly five days had passed and Julie was eager to know the decision as they sat in the courtroom ready to ear it.
"Has the jury reached a decision?" Judge Gilbert asked.
"Yes." Said a female member of the jury. "Jeffery Stephen Bryler for the count of Domestic Violence the jury had unanimously voted the defendant guilty. For the count of Aggravated Assault the jury has voted the defendant guilty." The room was still quiet as they continued to read the verdict. "For the count of Attempted Murder the jury had voted the defendant guilty, and for the count of 2nd degree murder the jury had voted the defendant guilty." At once Julie let out a squeal of happiness and smiled. She hugged her mother and Chuck grabbed her and held her close.
Glancing across the room Julie's eyes met Jeff's. He starred at her with a sinister grin that Julie remembered he always had on his face when he would hit her. She then quickly turned away from him and allowed Chuck hold her tightly. She then looked up towards the judge.
"Sentencing is scheduled for August first at 10am." Judge Gilbert said. He smiled across at Julie who was extremely happy.
Julie sat starring up at the stars in Chuck's arms while they sat on the balcony. After court it seemed like everything had gone so fast to Julie. She was wisped out of the courtroom and suddenly they were in a press conference and reporters from everywhere were asking a million questions. The prosecution answered all of the questions and Julie just stood in the back as happy as she could be that it was almost over and there was only one more step. The prosecution team then took Julie, Chuck, and Heather out to lunch where they celebrated.
"This is perfect." Julie then said as she looked up at the sky and turned to Chuck with a smile.
"It is exactly perfect." He said kissing her neck.
"I love you." She said happily as she turned to him and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"I will always and forever love you." He said before pulling her into a passionate kiss.
Julie kissed him back feeling his hands wrap around her waist before he picked her up and took her inside. Closing the balcony door he laid Julie onto the bed. Julie quickly grabbed at his shirt and pulled it off of him before she started working on his jeans, but the belt seemed to be stuck. She let out a grunt of frustration before he grabbed at it. He then slipped out of his jeans and rode up Julie's sundress that he then pulled over her head letting her hair fall over her shoulders. Laying on the bed Julie allowed him to plant kisses down her neck and chest before he returned to her lips.
"I love you." She whispered as he sat her up. Reaching around her he unhooked her bra and pulled it from her shoulders before laying her back down and kissing at her thighs. Julie giggled at the feeling of his lips that left a tickling sensation. He took a hand and removed her panties before kissing back up to her lips and positioning himself above her. She grabbed his shoulder tightly, her nails scratching at his skin. He looked down at her and their eyes made contact.
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The day was dark and the thick gray clouds covered the sky as Julie looked out of the window and up at the sky that was sad as she was. Suddenly she felt an arm grab her on her side. She jumped and screamed out in pain as she felt fingernails grab into her side. Shoved she fell back onto a glass coffee table and the glass shattered. Julie let out a scream of pain as glass pierced into her soft skin. Looking up the shadow of a man was above her and laughing. Bending down the man then came into view. Jeff smiled before grabbing a chunk of her hair.
"Don't piss me off again!" he growled into her ear.
"Please stop!" she screamed as his grip on her hair had tightened.
"That hurts doesn't it?" he asked sinisterly.
"Yes please stop." She whimpered.
"Shut the fuck up!" he growled as he shoved her back down into the pile of glass.
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Julie let out a scream and jumped. Opening her eyes she was starring at a dark room. She felt arms around her and she screamed again. She struggled to pull away from the arms as she screamed and cried.
"Julie, baby." Came a voice.
It took her a moment before she noticed the voice belonged to Chuck. She was gasping for air as she sat up in the bed with tears falling from her eyes. Suddenly a light had come on and she squinted. She turned to see Chuck in the bed next to her. He sat up as well and pulled her into his arms.
"Its alright." He whispered into her ear as he held her close.
"I had a dream and Jeff…" she paused as she continued to cry.
"It's going to be alright." He then whispered as he began to rock her back and forth. "I'm here, I'm right here with you."
Julie nodded as she tried to control her breathing. She leaned into his arms and closed her eyes. After a few moments of sitting in silence Chuck turned the light back off and lied down holding Julie tightly to him.
Opening her eyes Julie groaned as the sunlight hit her eyes. Closing her eyes she opened them again and turned to face the body that was holding her. Chuck smiled at her and ran his hand through Julie's hair and down her cheek. Julie bit her lip as she ran a finger down his bare chest.
"Sorry for freaking out last night." She said as she looked back up and looked into his eyes.
"You don't need to apologize." He spoke softly before kissing her quickly.
Julie nodded in response before kissing him back and putting her head on his chest. "Mmm." She moaned out of pure joy before lifted her head to look at his face. "I want to have a dinner party."
"A dinner party?" he asked looking down at her.
"Yeah." She said as she moved from his chest and propped herself up by her elbows on a pillow looking at him. "With Jeff I had lost so much socializing with friends. The only time I ever socialized was when Jeff made me go with him to parties and events, but I've never had anything real in over a year and I want to just go all out and start living my life again."
"Well if you want a dinner party then you've got yourself one." He said.
"Really?" questioned Julie in excitement.
"Of course." He said as he grabbed her into his arms making her laugh.
"How about next Friday?" Julie asked.
"Alright." He said.
"I want it here. I want to go all out with everything. It's like a Welcome Home thing for me." She said happily as he pulled her on top of him. Julie was straddleing his waist and she smiled down at him.
"Sounds perfect." He said.
"Thanks for everything!" she said happily before bending down to kiss him and then jumping out of his arms and taking the bed sheet with her.
"Where are you going?" he asked.
"I want to start planning right away." She said at once with the satin ivory sheet wrapped around her bare body. She then blew him a kiss before making her way into the bathroom to shower.