Aftermath chapter 2

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Joe faced off against Sewell,the man who took everything away from him. Thinking about it sent anger and suppressed rage coursing through his body. "Stop hurting my family, Sewell. Tell me what you want from me?" Family been the relative word here. family does not only denote blood relations,it denotes a sense of loyalty and compassion and thats how Joe has always viewed family since the death of his actual ones.

"Joe,you and I are the same.

we're nothing alike. im not a deranged man who gets pleasure out of making my fucking life difficult. In response, Sewell smacked Joe's face with the back of his hand. Joe collapsed to the ground,grimacing in pain. It didn't hurt one bit as he was probably used to it by now;however,after his ordeal,his legs couldn't withstand too much pressure.

"I'm not terrified of you" Joe said,his resolve was not broken. In afew days,he was goimg to get married to a person whose been incredible since the whole thing started and there's no way in hell Joe would ever let Vanessa down. But even so,he knew that wouldn't be the case.The mental stress of seeing Sewell would reel him back several steps backwards.

Sewell gave a derisive laugh and kicked him hard in the ribs,eliciting a weak groan from Joe. He continued to kick his ribs until Joe muttered a reply," Please stop. Sewell." After the rib kicking ceased,Joe stood up as slowly as he could balancing himself on his clutches. He took a few moments to collect his breath.

"You think you're so innocent. But Frank will abandon you because you're so weak.Maybe i should start toying with me. Even though Sewell's tone was condescending, Joe didn't rise to the bait,instead he spoke in a deathly calm tone. "You and I are done here. You may have escaped the law but I'll always be lurking in the shadows watching your every step. Now you listen to me, you can hate me all you want. I don't give a fuck. But mess with my friends and family, that's where I draw the line." When Joe was done, his eyes were blazing. For the first time ever, Sewell looked genuinely petrified as if he met Medusa. Joe has never shown signs of a backbone atleast when it came to Sewell's methods.

Joe turned away and hobbled as fast as he could away from Sewell.Joe's legs were much stronger than before thanks to his physiotherapy.

Sewell watched his retreating back. He decided that Joe was going to pay for everything no matter what it cost him. He became unhinged. He was unwilling to admit that Joe has struck a nerve.

"Joe I'll make you pay for everything. I'll make sure that the lesson is beaten into the very marrow of your bones. One way or another."

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"Frank I'm so worried about my friend. What if Joe can't save her." Nancy told frank in aworried tone.

"Nancy, let me tell you something about Sewell. Sewell ruined Joe's life over and over again until Joe started to believe that he was not worth saving."

"When did that happen?" Nancy asked.

" Two months ago."

A familiar voice called out. "Frank. Nancy"

"That's Bess". Nancy jumped up and ran to Bess as she entered the room.

"Bess, you're safe."

"Frank,I'm sorry." Bess apologized.

Before Frank could say anything, Nancy spoke up. "Bess, don't apologize. Its not your fault." Nancy assured her friend."

"Did he tell anything to you? Do anything to you?"Seeing her friend visibly tensed up, she snapped, "Frank, leave her alone."

"Sorry Bess. Sewell is awful."

The lights suddenly went off making the three friends jump out of their skin. Frank knew that it was no power cut.

The door jarred open bringing the two teens away. The whole place was in darkness and Frank went crazy as he saw a figure loomed inside blinded by rage and suppressed PTSD.

Nancy fumbled for the light and switched it on. She opened the door and what she saw made her heart stop

"Stay away from us" Frank snapped as he frantically tried to shut the door on the figure's hand blinded by suppressed rage and PTSD.

As the figure loomed inside, Frank blinded by rage and PTSD tackled the figure and put his hands on the figure's neck and squeezed as hard as he could.

Nancy was shocked but didn't say anything about Frank's behaviour as she tried to diffuse the situation.

"Frank stop it. You're killing your brother"

In a strained voice, he said, "Frank stop. Please. Can't you tell its me?"

"Frank, snap out of it. You're going to kill your brother."

Frank stopped in his tracks as he looked at the petrified expression on Joe's face. Tears streamed down his face as he apologised. "I'm sorry Joe. I thought you were an intruder."

"Its alright." There was ligature marks on Joe's neck and he noticed Frank's crestfallen expression.

"Does Vanessa have children yet? She told me that she can't get children. But she didn't tell me why."

Taking a deep breath, he said "The reason why... is because the girl I mentioned did a vasectomy on me."

This information shocked the two girls. Thinking about Emily, Joe's heart started to palpitate.

"Joe calm down. She can't hurt you." Frank said trying to calm his brother.

"Nancy, stop."

"No, Frank. He needs to know how selfish he is."

"Nance?"

Nancy continued, "Vanessa really wants to become a mother but she won't because of you. You didn't want children because you like to be the centre of attention and having children would hinder you from that selfishness."

"Nancy, you don't know anything about Emily Sewell. You have no idea how much I've told Vanessa to divorce me so someone could give her a better life. But she loves me."

"divorce?" Nancy repeated with a scornful look in her eyes. "Only you would throw your fiancée away."

"Nancy that's enough" Frank had enough of that.

"Here comes Frank who thinks its okay to burst out criminals and give his brother a free pass."

"Nancy, what do you mean? What's going on with.

There was a knock on the door and Bess and Nancy opened the door and let the person in. It was Sewell. Frank stood protectively in front of Joe.

"Joe,you're going to pay for everything you've done. I'll make sure that Vanessa -"

Joe snapped, cutting him off. "Leave Vanessa out of this. This is between you and me. You told me during the trial that you would stop harassing me or whatever the fuck you're doing to me if i did one thing for you. You told me that if i abandoned my brother you would stop. But even then i refused. I told you then and im telling you now. You can harass me all you want, hate me all you want. But I'm not abandoning the only living relative I have left. So fuck off."

Frank stared. He felt equally touched and desponded that he was the reason that Sewell was harassing his brother.

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After Sewell resurfaced,Joe's world crashed down again. He moved several steps back because of one person. The day of his wedding came but Joe wasn't in a celebratory mood which upsetted Vanessa . His responses were considered rude and despondent. This was supposed to be the happy day for both of them, a new beginning for both of them but because of Sewell's untimely appearance, Joe started to be unresponsive like he was during the whole time Sewell had him in his iron-grip clutches. "Joe, I love you. I'm here for you. Sewell wanted you to be despondent and unresponsive. Don't give him the satisfaction". Tears pricked her grey-blue eyes.

"Vanessa 's right. Joe". Frank said, dressing in his tuxedo.

"I'm sorry. Guys. Its just that Sewell unnerved me and I'm wondering if he only resurfaced to make my life miserable."

Tears pricked Joe's eyes. "Van,I love you but I can't be with you. Sewell is going to keep coming after me and..."

"Joseph Irving hardy." Vanessa said. "We haven't said our vows but it does say for better or for worse. That means that you and I are in this together. No matter what. Even if we can't have children biologically, I want us to adopt. I know you'll be an amazing father and Frank would be an amazing uncle. And I know that if anything happens to you, Frank will take care of me."

"You're right. Vanessa . Lets get married. To hell with Sewell. This is our day and I'll be damned if I let Sewell ruin it."

Vanessa hugged Frank. "Frank, even after we are married, we'll still be living in your house."

The wedding went underway and Hoe was dressed in blue tuxedo and Vanessa was dressed in a lace dress and her bridesmaid was her cousin. She and her cousin weren't particularly close. But ever since her best friend died, Vanessa vowed to always give people a second chance but in no way in hell was she ever going to give Sewell a chance. When she gives that bastard a chance is the day that pigs fly. Joe was ecstatic after everything that happened, Joe finally got what he wanted. Joe

After the ceremony had finished, the officiator said, "Please welcome Mr. And Mrs. Joseph Hardy."

The hall erupted in ear-splitting cheers and nearly brought the roof down.

"Van, I won't say welcome to the family because as far as I'm concerned, you already were." Frank kissed Vanessa 's surprised cheek. Tears glistened in her eyes and she choked out a reply, "Thank you, Frank. You dont know how much it means to me"

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