Chapter 13

Sara

Sara finally made it home after another exhausting hour of finalizing plans for a wedding she had no intention of going through with. She unlocked her front door and stepped into her dark living room. She flicked on the light switch jumped when she noticed someone sitting on the couch.

"Oh my God John you scared me to death." she said when noticed it was him.

"I'm sorry sweetheart." he said not getting up from his position.

"What are you doing sitting here in the dark?"

"Nothing really I was just thinking about stuff."

"Like what?" she asked seeing the serious look on his face.

"Like our wedding on Sunday."

Her heart sank at the mention of their wedding. John was a really great guy and she didn't want to hurt him but she knew it wouldn't be fair to either of them if they were to go through with it.

"Yeah, I kinda wanted to talk to you about that too." she said taking a seat next to him on the couch.

"Okay you first."

"Alright there's really no easy way to say this but um... there's someone else. I'm really sorry but I can't marry you John." she said taking off her engagement ring and holding it out to him.

Sara looked at John's face looking for any kind of reaction and was surprised to see that he wasn't upset. She was further surprised when he started laughing.

"Is something funny." she asked a little taken back by his laughter.

Instead of answering her he got up and moved to his briefcase that was sitting next to the door. He opened it and removed a large envelope and walked back over to Sara.

Sara watched as he removed the photographs from inside and placed them upside down on the coffee table in front of her.

"What are those?" she asked confused.

"You're not calling off the wedding." he told her seriously.

"Excuse me?" she asked a little angry "What makes you think that you can tell me what I can and can not do?"

"Well for starters this..." he said roughly flipping the picture over revealing a candid shot of Lincoln on the beach."...and this..." he flipped over the other one to reveal LJ at school. "...and most of all this." he flipped over another to reveal Michael leaving the back entrance of the bridal shop earlier that afternoon.

"What are these?" she asked staring at the pictures in front of her.

"Insurance." he smirked.

"I...I don't understand."

"Alright maybe I should start at the beginning." he said pulling up a chair and sitting across from her.

"My real name is Mark Jacobs and I'm not an engineer…"