HEARTS DIVIDED: Heartache
by tarskeewee08
4 Days later
Evangeline got KJ out of the car as John unloaded the luggage from the trunk. They had so much fun in Atlantic City and she couldn't wait to have the film developed. KJ won the battle with his aunts and grandma over his pacifier. They'd get away with it for about 30 minutes and then he would raise a holy fit causing everyone in the house to scramble to find it and give it back to him.
Opening the door she put KJ down and he takes off into the family room where his chest of toys were.
"KJ wait for mommy!" she called after him. Following him she sees the mail on the end table near the wall where it's normally left. She grabs it and goes after her baby. Walking into the family room she smiles at him already digging for his toys. He must have missed home.
Inspecting the mail she frowns at the large envelope addressed to John.
Evangeline heart stops recognizing the
cursive writing to be Jessica's.
"Van I'm taking the luggage
upstairs and then having Duke take me to return the car. I already
called him and he's headed here now."
Evangeline hid the envelope behind her back surprised at him appearing behind her.
"Oh..okay sweetie" she said smiling.
"You okay?"
he asked noting the flushed look on her face.
"I sure am. Hurry
back."
He smiled and walked out the room with the bags.
Evangeline went to the sofa and sat down. Tossing the rest of the mail to the side she opened the envelope curious as to what Jessica is up too. Inside is a VHS tape and letter. Opening the letter Evangeline read it shocked.
John
McBain,
Enclosed is a tape explaining how your wife betrayed you
and ultimately created the situation that my sister is in within you
and this insemination fiasco. It is unfortunate that you have to
learn this at this time but I am prepared to take this to media if
you don't immediately withdraw from our lives. Please contact me to
discuss terms we can agree on to cause less pain to all parties
involved.
Jessica Buchanan
555-454-9238
Evangeline covered her mouth holding the letter in her hand shaking. She can't believe that Jessica did this. And my god what is on this tape. She's so angry that she involuntary balls the letter up. KJ comes over hitting her knee and she smiles at her baby. He points at a toy he can't reach and she puts down the letter and tape getting up to help him.
John comes back to the door. "I'm leaving babe. I should be back within the hour"
Evangeline looked up at him and back to the sofa where she left the tape and letter. Her breath catches in her throat. "Okay…I will start dinner for us" she says smiling at him.
John frowns at the nervousness in
her voice "You sure you okay?"
"I'm fine…go ahead."
He blows her a kiss and walks out. She smiles and sighs relieved
that he didn't notice the tape.
Picking up KJ she rubs his
back. "Time for a nap."
Holding him she goes to the couch and
gets the tape, letter and envelope heading for the kitchen. Putting
the contents of the envelope down she goes to the refrigerator fixing
him some juice. Giving him his cup she contemplates calling Jessica.
Thinking it better to confront her in person she heads to KJ's room
to lay him down. After 20 minutes of wrestling him to go asleep she
finally wins the battle and closes the door.
Going back to the kitchen she retrieves the tape and letter and goes back into the family room to watch what's on it.
John walked down to Antonio who had the horses racing around the fence for their evening run. Duke hadn't arrived yet. Antonio jokes with him about their trip and what he won in the casinos. After about a half hour of talking he decides to go back to the house. No need to wait in the sun for Duke. Saying his goodbyes to Antonio he promises to come back Monday night and watch football.
Walking back to the house smiling he can't believe how good things are for them. He finally had the life he wanted, and the woman of his dreams.
Turning the doorknob he enters the cool foyer walks down the corridor. John smile drops as he hears a familiar voice.
Kelly's voice.
His heart starts pounding in his chest as he nears the family room. Turning the corner he sees her on the screen having sex with Dr Truman. He's frozen. He can't breathe or move and his chest explodes from the image of betrayal in front of him.
Evangeline looks at the TV screen shaking her head angry that Jessica would do this. How could she do this?
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU WATCHING!" John yells and Evangeline jumps turning around. She sees John standing behind her trembling with rage his face beet red and tears falling down his cheeks. He's staring at the TV in shock.
Evangeline fumbles with the remote trying to stop the tape and John rushes her snatching the remote form her hand. He turns it up as they near the end of their love session and Kelly says she's pregnant. John watches them scheme to fool him and Evangeline watches John terrified at what this betrayal would do to him.
Now openly sobbing he throws the remote against the wall shattering it. Evangeline turns her face as pieces fly across the room.
He
turns to her enraged "What you watch this shit for fun!" he
growls.
Evangeline shakes her head "No, I didn't….."
"How
long have you had this!" he screams
"I…John I didn't have
this….you don't understand" Evangeline says her voice
cracking.
"Bullshit! I know what I saw. You think I'm a
fucking joke? This was all a game for you? My life everything just
some fucking game for you to play with!"
Evangeline stood up "John please….you don't understand."
"I understand! You want to play dirty Evangeline! You want to destroy people for kicks. Well two can play at that game!" he shouts walking out.
Evangeline runs behind him. "John stop! I didn't do this Jessica did this. I didn't know what was on the tape." She said pulling his arm. He pushed her away and went to the room that he stayed in going to his briefcase. Opening he pulls out a folder and throws it on the bed.
Glaring at her he smirks "Want to know about monsters. Well my wife may have fucked other men but your husband fucked you!"
Evangeline winced at his harsh words and looked at the folder that spilled papers across the bed. John couldn't stop himself. Her betrayal, Kelly's betrayal it was too much for him. He wanted to die. All he could do was make her hurt as badly as seeing Kelly screwing and deceiving him hurt.
Evangeline picked up the folder tears on her face "What is this?" she asked shakily.
"Kevin Buchanan…part owner of Telico. Set up sweatshops around the Mexican boarder employing kids as young as 3 years old to work twelve hour days to make you rich! So you can ride horses and sip champagne. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. If he hadn't gotten sick you would've been visiting he preverse ass in jail!"
Evangeline body shook as she turned the pages in the folder. She looked at John devastated. "You were going to use this to take KJ?"
"Just like you were going to use that tape to keep KJ!" he spat.
She shook her head crying. "I can't believe you….my god….I don't know you at all" she said breathing had.
John walked closer to her. "How does it feel? How does it feel to know that you've been living a lie! Hurts doesn't it! Maybe you will think twice before using your money to destroy and control people!"
Bursting into tears Evangeline dropped the folder and fell back against the door "Get out!"
"No! I won't go anywhere! I'm your husband!" he said grabbing her arms and shaking her. "Remember the little deal you bartered to set me up! What were you going to do get it annulled and say I used you? Use that tape in court to say I was like Kelly setting you up? Is that why you couldn't wait to watch the tape as soon as we got back to town!" he screamed in her face.
Evangeline kept crying shaking her head her hair falling in her face. "Stop just leave!" she whimpered to weak from her own pain over Kevin and his betrayal. How could he know something like this about Kevin and not tell her.
Was he waiting to use it as his trump card if she didn't succumb to his needs? She slept with him and let him into her heart. "You promised you wouldn't hurt me!" she cried.
"Well I lied!" he snapped pushing her away and walking out.
Evangeline fell to her knees crying. She heard her baby crying and immediately jumped up racing into the hall to see John walking out of his room with him. "NO!" she screamed running after him. He pushed her away as she tried to stop him from taking her son. "John, please give him back to me!" she screamed her panic over having him snatched away from her they way she was taken from her mom rushing back to her.
KJ scared by her tears started crying more and reaching for her. Evangeline hit John's back as he headed for the door. She tried to stop screaming she knew it was scaring her child but her worst nightmare had come true. "John please I will do anything you want. You're scaring him!"
John so angry headed to the door but felt KJ kicking and crying then stopped. He couldn't do that to his son.
Evangeline was hysterical and she wouldn't stop clawing at him to get her baby back. Relenting he gave him back to her. He didn't know how his uncontrollable anger had reappeared. He hadn't been this irrational and sick with rage since he found her. How could he hurt her and scare his son. Looking at her pleadingly she shook her head crying holding KJ who kept screaming.
"Van…"
She turned and ran with her son away from him and he couldn't breathe. Following her he heard the master door slam. Going to it and trying it he saw it was locked and could still hear his son's screams.
The more he screamed the more he wanted to die. Pacing in front of the door he tried to reason with her. "Van please. I'm sorry! I should have never hurt you and KJ. I don't know what came over me! Please baby open the door."
"Get out John! I'm
calling the police."
"Van no god no….please talk to me"
"Get out now!" she screamed making KJ scream with
her.
Holding in his tears he ran his hands through his hair. "I will leave baby, I will come back tomorrow when we are both calm. We can talk this out then."
"Go!" she shouted.
John turned and walked down the hall. He thought about the tape and went to retrieve it. Stepping on a balled up piece of paper he bent down and grabbed it. Reading the note his heart swelled. Evangeline was telling the truth, Jessica sent this tape.
Oh god what had he done. Shaking his head he stuck the note in his pocket and walked out the door. He needed to think and figure out a way to fix this.
Evangeline sat on the bed rocking her son who had stopped crying but his body shook from his sobs earlier. She can't believe what happened. She can't believe how everything fell apart. Hearing the door slam she jumped and the noise caused KJ to cry again. He was so traumatized by the fight and she was so guilty over what she exposed him too she burst into tears with him. "God what should I do."
She thought about Kevin. How could she have been so blind? She watched him for years hurt people and convinced herself that what she saw wasn't true. It wasn't him. She was living a lie.
Reaching for the phone she called her driver. He told her that she he was stuck in traffic and would be there in 10 minutes. She told him it was a change of plans he wouldn't be picking up John. He would be taking them back to Llanfair. It was the only place she could keep John away from them until she figured out what to do next.
Hanging up she laid down holding her baby and cried. She loved John and his attack on her destroyed what was left of her heart. The pain was too much and if it wasn't for KJ she would want to die.
