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"I told her, Father. I forgave her, told her we loved her and begged her to forgive me."
I've never been a man to cry but I couldn't stop because the hurt was too painful. My entire world had ended, and I was now blaming myself for everything. Father O'Brien sat quietly, listened to me babel and continued to pray.
About twenty minutes later the door to the chapel suddenly burst open. Bryn, Connie, and Mark stood there yelling at me, "Dad, where have you been? She's awake! Mom's awake! She's awake! She's awake! They brought her back to us."
I ran down the hall faster than I had ever run before with everyone trying to keep up. When I entered the room, I saw the miracle I had prayed for. I fell to my knees when I saw Jennifer laying there with her eyes open. When she saw me, she reached out her hand and I saw the tears falling from her eyes. I went to her as the doctors continued to monitor the situation. Later the doctor told us he had never seen anything like it before. Jenn was dead for at least six minutes, when suddenly the heart monitor sprang to life. He said it was a miracle and something for the medical books.
I leaned in close as she spoke in a quiet voice, "Was I dreaming or did I hear you say you forgive me?"
"You heard me?"
"Yes, baby. I'm sorry I screwed everything up so badly."
"Forget it. That's all behind us. We need to get you better and bring you back home."
"I can come home?" she asked with a surprised look still crying.
"Of course, the house isn't a home without you baby."
Epilogue
After her recovery and spending a week in the hospital psychiatric unit, Jenn went back home and nursed herself back to her old self. She took a leave of absence from her job and spent her time at home seeing Claudia, his therapist twice a week alone, and once a week together over the next six months.
Claudia was able to help Jenn get her confidence back, and understand what caused her to fall for Brian's seduction. Jenn was misled into Brian's sphere of influence and forceful commands. With some hypno-therapy, she remembered that was how her father treated her mother before he abandoned them when she was just twelve years old. Somehow those memories made her realize that her dad's behavior made her suggestive to Brian's seduction. Basically stated, Jenn had major daddy issues that are easy prey for predators like Brian. Thanks to Claudia, she gave her help in understanding those feelings and how to handle them in the future.
The couples sessions brought them back together, and they came up with solutions to make sure nothing like that happened again. There would be much closer communication between them, no lying or deceit would be tolerated, and Jenn would have a lot of work to do in order to get back to the level of trust she once enjoyed. She was willing to do whatever it took to save her marriage and worked hard every day to win him back.
Jason and Jenn moved shortly after the incident to avoid the looks and stares from the people in town. Jenn was now a celebrity of sorts, but not in a good way. They decided to move near her sister and start a new life with new friends.
True to his word, Jason did forgive her and never brought the incident up again after their therapy sessions ended. They sold their house and moved near Bryn and started attending Father O'Brien's church. Jason's prayers were answered, and the only woman he ever loved came back to him. He knew it was a miracle and thanked God every day. Jason and Jenn became active in the church and felt they needed to pay back for all their blessings, and they were truly blessed.
Of course, the children forgave their mom and were there for support. All of their unconditional love helped Jenn realize how lucky she was, and how close she came to losing everything, including her life. Jason was happy again and all was good with the world.
Brian's murder remained in the Cold Case file cabinet. SGT. Smith continued working on it until the day he retired, twelve years later. He always believed that Jason was the shooter. The murderer was never found.
Remember:
Just because God seems silent, doesn't mean he isn't listening.
- COMMENTS
RustyReader2 days agoOne of your best. Character and emotion,
High degrer of empathy in your words. Well done. As a side note: Based on your description, Jenn would not have had her name and picture in the paper.
RustyReader2 days agoOne of your best. Character and emotion,
High degrer of empathy in your words. Well done. As a side note: Based on your description, Jenn would not have had her name and picture in the paper.
RustyReader2 days agoOne of your best. Character and emotion,
High degrer of empathy in your words. Well done. As a side note: Based on your description, Jenn would not have had her name and picture in the paper.
Russ43Chandler15 days agoGreat story well developed and professionally executed.
Thanks and five stars.
Anonymous28 days agoThe real tragedy is that every day in America a man commits self deletion because of his wife leaving him, cheating on him, or denying him access to his children! THAT'S A MAN EVERY FKN DAY! Not knocking this story, but I bet lots of readers got teary while reading this story, but when was the last time anyone dropped a tear for the men driven to end themselves because of these cheating sluts.
Anonymousabout 1 month agoIt's a good story but you made your MC a contradiction.He is man enough to take the chance by killing his wife's lover,which is way beyond what a husband should do,yet he's a wuss for not wiping his hands of her by putting her out of his life without another word with her..Also if My kids every told me to grow up and get over my wife cheating,THEY would be out of my life also without another word spoken..Again you punish the wrong person.Brian gets killed,why? for attempted seduction.He Could Do NOTHING to start with if Jenn did not make herself available for him to do so..Only a brain dead Male does not realise there is NO sex or affair if a woman says NO. You and females know this is true,that women control sex,if there is,when and who with.So if you chose to do serious revenge,keep in mind who it should be against.. The ONLY time I or any husband should go after the Male is if it was RAPE,you know, sex without CONSENT.Sorry the wife is the one that earned violent punishment.
Sure Brain should not get off scott free for taking what a married women offered freely,but only because it was with a married women...JzK...
blind_pyroabout 1 month agoGiven Brian‘s rape of Jenn, her name should never been released by the newspapers. I would’ve preferred it ending in a successful multi million dollar lawsuit against the press.
Anonymousabout 2 months agoCindy you did 5 Stars good on this one . GW . Please keep up the great work
sbrooks103x3 months agoEvery punishment doesn't have to be BTB. A fair divorce isn't BTB, but it IS punishment.
RanDog0253 months agoDamn Cindy, you're very quickly becoming my 3rd favorite Author! Thanks. Even if I could write anything other than Poetry I don't think I'd have it in me to write stories, especially as well as you do. quite a head you have on your shoulders! 5 BIG ASS FUCKING HUGE FLAMING NOVA STARS!
LadiesFirst013 months agoWhat I do not understand in these revenge on the cheating wife stories is why it appears to be OK to harm the male severely and only seek minimal retribution on the wife. There is no duty owed between the male and the husband. There is no duty broken and therefore, there isn’t a breach of duty between the male and the husband. I don’t really see any significant reason for him to be held accountable. In a court of law, he would not be held accountable. Having said that, there is a breach in the duty between husband and wife. A fiduciary duty. The strongest one. Because that duty has been breached by the wife it would seem like the consequences that she should suffer should be extreme. And yet the worst case, scenarios are a divorce, humiliation and moving out of town. All the while the mail is murdered, main or whatever havoc can be reeked upon him. It all seems wildly disproportionate.
But as always well written and thank you.
Xluckylee3 months agoSecond read of this wonderful story and still 5 stars from Xluckylee. This story seems more real than many of the other stories I have read on this site.
Elias13 months agoI get this and the killing but as a male, I have to always blame the wife the most for violating hers vows and morals so staying with a wife like this is never in my cards or liking. Still love your writing....write more.
Anonymous3 months agoI don't have any problem with Jason sending that son of a bitch to Hell.
It's also good that he and Jenn got past it and fixed what was wrong in her soul.
Anonymous3 months agoWow..a new one to justify a sluts cheating… now she dies and is brought back to life..all slut sins forgiven..how sweet!…
She desired Brian…she went to him..she got the thrill of fucking and lusting …putting one up over her loving husband. Just bcos she did not enjoy what Brian later became is not an excuse. If Brian had not been dominating..would she have wanted to stop? Maybe… !
So all this crap about her ending the affair..her sister siding for her…all seem to be on the same side! U don’t get a makeover once u betray your spouse! Should have died and freed Jason to start a new life!
Anonymous3 months agoGood story, good read
There are problems with this, but it is quite an involved story. There was a naming problem or two, and some aspects of the crime were not great. I am not referring to the murderous revenge, which is a moral quagmire all of its own, but is in the genre.
I enjoy your work
Morbidromantic3 months agoI have liked other stories by this author but unfortunately I can't say the same about this one.
