I landed at the airport in Boston where Hope and Morgan was there to pick me up.
“How was your trip?” Hope asked
“It was nice; Christmas with my family was great.” I stated.
Morgan gave me a cold look, Hope started to fill up; we got in the car and drove to the house. When we got in my two brothers were there; I loved Chris and Kel they truly were like my brothers. They were there for me not the Tracy’s. It was like they were outcasts of the Tracy’s they were wrestlers so the were not good enough to be with the main family. They were not running the business they were in the business and that disgusted Morgan but in a way he was okay with it in a way because the wanted Alan to own the business and pass it on. That said of the Tracy’s Hope is a very savvy business woman and ultimately her business is where the money was coming from to build the empire. They came over gave me a big hug. They were the only ones who truly made me feel like I was there family. We went in to the family room and there were gifts everywhere, I couldn’t believe it, Allan and that side of the family did there exchange on Christmas day as Savannah was 10 Santa had to visit them on time. Morgan had a tree put in the family room and Santa brought ours in there Santa knew I would be home tomorrow so he had put Hope’s family in the family room.
Savannah had come in saying “Jessie Santa put your gifts in here because he knew you would be home the next day, so you get to open your gifts now.”
I liked Savannah; she was 10 and truly innocent of the Tracy’s bull. She truly was like a little sister and somewhere along the way I loved this little girl and had made it my mission to protect her from the Tracy’s drama. Something just told me I had to take care of her or she would get pulled into the vortex known as the Tracy Family. I could see the excitement in her eyes when she seen the gifts and me so I leaned down and whispered in the ear “ Do you want to help me open them?”
Her little eyes almost popped out of her head and looked at me and said in a whisper voice “Yeah!”
“Come on lets go.” I said in a whisper voice back
She ran over as fast as her little legs could carry her and yelled back at me “ Come on lets go!”
I came over she started passing me gifts and she would open on and I would open one, well she would open two and I would open one, but she was having fun and that’s all that mattered. We had finished opening gifts and then we went for dinner.
We had a huge Christmas dinner the turkey, stuffing, vegetables, gravy, puddings; you name it, it was there. It was actually was the first peaceful moment I had had in that house since I had moved in there. It actually felt like we were family. William carved the Turkey and passed around the plates. Morgan said grace; I thought he was going to burn because I was sure he was the spawn of Satan. But he didn’t. We all ate in peace and had civil conversation. As William took the plates I asked to be excused. I had to call Maine and let them know that I had gotten back okay. Morgan nodded his approval and I went to my room to call home.
I called home talked to my mom and dad let then know I was back in Boston and I would call them tomorrow. Then I made another call to Jager. Told him to meet me out back and I could not wait to see him. I loved being back in Maine with my family but I missed Jager like crazy he was all I thought about.
I ran down the stairs grabbed my coat my mother was there at the door to ask “where I was going?”
“I’m going to the back of the property where the woods are I have a clearing there where I have a little fire pit I go there when I feel home sick.” I said with a little tear in my eye.
“Be careful and take a blanket or something extra incase you get cold. Watch the fire and do not make it too big.” Hope said
“I won’t” I said to Hope see all I had to do was bring up Maine with Hope and I could do what I want.
I ran out the back door that was the servant door as my grandfather would put it so he would never think I would go out back. I ran out back through the rose garden and into the little patch of forest in the back of the property. I had cleared out a little seating area where I had stumps for seats a pile of wood stacked up my fire pit and a couple of stools I had made out of split logs. See my Dad taught me a at a young age how to cut wood and make stuff so I would not have to depend on anyone to do anything for me. I started the fire with some matches and Christmas paper I took from the house. The clearing was next to the six foot brick wall that Morgan had around the property. It was like being in a prison once you were I you were not getting out. But of course he had not see the likes of me I had made a rope ladder and had two little hooks drilled into the brick with William’s help. I pulled the rope ladder in from behind the tree where I had it hid put the looks into the hooks and threw the ladder over the wall. With in seconds Jager was over the wall. I unhooked the ladder put it back in the spot behind the tree.
The next thing I knew Jager grabbed me by the hips pulled me close. “What took you so long?” Jager said with that half crooked sexy smile that would melt your heart and turn you in to a goofy teenager. Then he kissed me.
We went and sat on the stool next to the fire, Jager put his arm around me and we cuddled and we kissed and we talked and we kissed and we put more wood on the fire and we kissed some more.
It was a great we were enjoying being teenagers in love; then something happen I never expected well two things happened I never expected. All of a sudden I heard a voice.
“What’s going on here?” as I look up and I could see Morgan seething with anger.
“Grandfather what are you doing here?” I asked in shock. I didn’t know what else to say.
“I found your little spot while you were gone; this is where you come when you’re homesick. Homesick Really?!” Morgan said furious I wasn’t sure if he was asking a question or making a statement.
“Yes it is where I come when I homesick and Jager helps me through that.” I stated back kind of sure but not to sure of myself.
“Jager! Who’s Jager? Is that what she calls you? Jager. I’m paying you to keep an eye on her and to make sure she is not getting in trouble. I never said keep you eye on her and your hand all over her.” Morgan said outraged at Jager.
I turned and looked a Jager and said “What? Tell me he’s lying?”
“Yes JP tell her I’m lying.” Morgan said with a sneer.
I could feel my heart ripping out of my chest. “ Please tell me he’s lying? I trusted you.” I said in a shaky voice.
“Jess it’s not like that. I promise you.” Jager said “ I can explain everything. But you have to listen to me.”
“It’s not like that really my cheque book would disagree with you and so would Steve.” Morgan sneered.
I turned and looked at Jager my heart was breaking my hurt was starting to turn to anger and then something strange happened.
Jager turned and looked at my grandfather ;it was like a defiant sneer the way. I kind of look at my grandfather and went off on him. “You son of a b***h. You want to know the truth, You asked me to keep an eye on her and protect her report her every move but I figure it out early it wasn’t for her, protecting her; it was for you. To make sure she wasn’t plotting against you; but while your paranoia got in your way of knowing your granddaughter. You know what I fell in love with your granddaughter. Jess is the most kind, loving, genuine and amazing person I know. I will not apologize for loving her. It may have started out to get in your good books but I seen the real person she is and you are . I would rather not have a career as a pro wrestler and be on your hit list, then not to have Jess in my life.”
I was confused I was hurt but touched by what he said but I wanted to slap him and kiss him at the same time.
Jager turned to me “Jessica I should have told you from that first night I kissed you on your birthday. Your grandfather did pay me to keep an eye on you report back to him. But he didn’t tell me the wonderful person you were. Once you let down your guard I started to like you. If it wasn’t for him having me keep an eye on you that bastard would have raped you. I would not have been your friend and I would not have fallen madly, deeply and truly in love with you.”
Then Jager took my hand, looked in to my eyes and wiped my tears away with the other hand. “I’m not proud of what I did, but the result I could not be happier with. I love you and I can’t lose you over this. I know you’re mad right now and you have every right to be but I won’t give up on you; I won’t give up on us. I can’t and won’t lose you over this. I love you to much and if I have to spend the rest of my life making it up to you I will. Please tell me we can fix this?”
“Jessica go to the house we will discuss when I get in.” Morgan said. He turned and looked a Jager. “Get off my property.”
I pulled away for Jager heartbroken and devastated looking at him trying to figure why he would do this to me? How could he betray me like this?” I started to walk away from him crying feeling so used.
“Jess I love you I will always love.” He called to me crying as he said it.
Then I heard something that mad my blood boil I heard my grandfather berate Jager, belittling him.
“ I will make sure you have nothing! I will make sure your mother has nothing. You will never have anything, and you will be nothing. I will ruin you before you ever have anything. You will be nothing; you should be grateful I’m doing this for you consider it a favour. You will think for the rest of your life is the b***h worth it. You will have nothing, you are nothing. I will send you to jail for touching my granddaughter. I’ll claim statutory rape. You’re 17 she’s 15 you’ll be passed around in jail for cigarettes in jail for sleeping with a minor.”
Something inside of me snapped when he said that. All I could think of is how he planted drugs on my dad’s boat, and know he was going to do the same thing to JP.
I could not allow that and I turned back. Looked my grandfather and lost it on him. “You bastard that’s how you get everything in life lies, threats, and intimidation. It’s not going to work this time. You report JP for anything untrue and I will be the one to ruin you .”
All I was thinking right know was I did not want to play my trump card with my father’s will but my heart was telling me I had to save Jager no matter how hurt or upset or mad I was. I could not have what happened in Maine happen here. Before I knew it, it was like word vomit coming out of my mouth.
“I know about my father’s will and if one hair on JP’s head is hurt by you I take all of the reports I have and bring them to JR. You lose everything the nice house, the money, the business you love so much, your blood, sweat and tears gone to your worst enemy. I would push your luck if I were you.”
I looked over at Jager “I have lost everything.” Looked back at my grandfather. “I have nothing left to lose, so you will go back to the house, and keep your mouth or you will be living in Boston in a box.” I snapped.
I could see Morgan’s face he was irate but the left and wouldn’t say a word then he turned back. “You have five minutes to get to the house.” And he left.
“ Baby I can’t believe” Jager said
I cut him off screaming at him and crying “ Can’t believe what? That doesn’t mean anything. I wouldn’t see done to anyone what he did to my Dad. I would never do to you what you did to me. I would never hurt you like this, I trusted you, and you say you love me.”
“ Jess I do love you, I love you more than anything.” Jager cut in.
“You don’t know the meaning of the word!” I exclaimed. “Just go, I never want to see you again”. I said hurt and heart broken.
“I will go but babe I will never give up on us whether you believe it right now or not I love you Jessica Michaela Davis and I always will.” Jager said walked away and climbed the fence.
As soon as I couldn’t hear his foot steps I fell to the ground crying I had never felt pain like that in my life. I loved him I never said the words to him but I did. How could he do this to me. It was like I couldn’t breathe. It was as someone had taken the world away from me and truly they had. I walked to the house went in threw the back door crept up to my room and cried wondering how I would get through this pain? How I could hurt so bad? How could have trusted him so much? And the biggest question was how could I love him so much? Was I truly that blind? I sobbed all night and finally cried myself asleep.
I woke up at eight then called Georgia. JR was going to his lake house for the holidays.I needed to get out of here for a couple days. I wanted to go Maine, but I knew Morgan wouldn’t allow it since I just got back, and I needed someone other then me to fight Morgan.
“Good morning Grandfather?” I said in a somber voice.
“Mikey how are you? What’s wrong? You do not sound like yourself.” JR stated with concern in his voice.
“ I want you to send the jet I want to come spend some time with you?” I told him. “I want to spend some time with my grandpa.” I poured on the sugar on.
“I’ll have it get there by this afternoon. Pack your bags I’ll fly up and meet you in Boston and will come to Georgia till school starts.” Grandfather said so sweetly “ I can’t deny my baby girl anything. Does Morgan know about this?” he asked kind of puzzled.
“I’m going to tell him now. I need to clear my head.” I said to my grandfather.
“What’s wrong? What has Morgan done now? I will come pick you up at the house when I get in to Boston. That will give the pilot time to gas up .We will go to the cottage and spend some quality time together. Put Morgan on the phone I will handle him. I’ll be there in about four hours, I have to call the pilot in the jet is already fueled. I’m one my way.” Grandfather said you could hear the perplexity in his voice.
“Thank you Grandpa. I will put Morgan on the phone.” I said in the most cheerful voice that I could muster up.
Morgan came out of the study and answered the phone. He never talked much to JR all I heard him say to JR was “Okay but make sure she is back in time for school.” Morgan hung up the phone.
“We need to talk Jessica.” Morgan said. “Before you go anywhere.”
Morgan and I went in to the study I was in no mood to talk to Morgan or anyone for that matter. After last night I just wanted to curl up in to a ball and cry. I have never felt so hurt and betrayed in my life. I felt dead inside; I didn’t feel like doing anything, not even fighting with Morgan.
“I’m going to Georgia for a couple of days, I don’t want to fight about it, I just have to clear my head. You keep your end of the bargain from last night, I’ll keep mine. I just want to forget it happened.” I said not feeling much of anything.
“That’s all I wanted to hear. I am sorry you are hurting though, I will teach him a lesson for hurting my granddaughter though. How dare he think he is good enough for a Tracy?” Morgan said with distain in his voice.
Just hearing him speak on how the Tracy’s were so superior to everyone I snapped I was so angry. “You will do nothing to JP. You need to stop thinking that no one is good enough for a Tracy. I fell in love with him and you ruined it. You paid him to do it. It’s your fault. You are the reason I am hurting, you did all of this. Why didn’t you leave me in Maine in peace? All you have done is ruin my life, how many times do you have to hurt me? Why are you determined to ruin my life? I’m your granddaughter. Why do you take so much joy out of my misery? You know what I don’t want an answer I just need to get out of here.”
I stormed out of the room went upstairs to pack my bag; I didn’t want to see anyone. I was staying in my room and didn’t want to hear from anyone. Then all of a sudden I could hear voices outside for my room, it was Steve and Hope arguing about a letter and I wasn’t to get it, I couldn’t handle it. I was too fragile. Me fragile I opened the door.
“What are you two arguing about? Hope I am a lot of things but I am not and far fragile.” I snapped at both of them.
“I have this for you.” Steve said as he handed me a letter. “Your mother did not want you to have it. It is from JP; Jessica you should read it. Jess he loves you and I think you still feel the same. Give him a chance.” Steve added.
“You should be on your cousin side not JP’s side. Can’t you see your cousin is hurting?” Hope was irate at Steve. “Baby girl tare it up; you do not need to deal with it right now.” Hope said softly grabbing my hand.
“ I will do what I want, not what you tell me.” I reiterated to Hope. “Thank you Steve, I know you are trying to be a friend to both of us. Tell him I took the letter but I’m not going to promise you I will read it.” I told Steve
He nodded his head and walked away but not before saying “I’m on your and JP’s side. I will say one thing I have only know you since September and I have known JP since we were kids but I have never seen either one of you as happy as I have since your birthday. Just some words of advice don’t throw something good away for a stupid mistake .A deal that was made before the two of you really knew each other.”
“I understand that Steve. My problem is he didn’t trust me enough to tell me once we did.” I said to Steve with tears rolling down my cheeks. I went back in to the room shut the door, slide down the door and broke down crying sobbing heartbroken.
William came to the door he couldn’t open it because I was still behind it crying from an hour ago. “Miss Jessica your Grandfather JR is here to get you.”
I blew my nose wiped my eyes I told William. “ I will be down in a minute.” I still had the letter in my hand; I was not sure what I was going to do tear it up or read it. At that moment I did neither, I put it in my bag, zipped it up, dried my eyes, grabbed my bag, went down stairs, hugged my grandfather looked at him and said “let’s go.”
I grabbed my bag we walked to the car, his driver put my bag in the trunk, he came around and opens the car door for me. My grandfather and I got into the car, the driver closed the door, got in himself and we drove away. As the gate open and we turned right I looked out the window . Jager was standing with that half smile waves to me with tears rolling down his face. I broke down crying again, my grandfather put his arm around me, as I put his head on his shoulder and cried to break my heart.
My Grandfather started stroking my hair and said gently “Your mother told me about what happened with your boyfriend. It will be okay Mikey. I promise you the pain will go away.”
As I looked at my grandfather he had a tear on his cheek and smiled at me; I just hugged in to him and cried the entire to Atlanta airport. My grandfather holding me the entire way. I started thinking is this what my father would have done. Then started crying because I never would know the answer to that question. At that moment I know my grandfather Harper love me unconditionally. At that point I knew he was my true family, and that day I loved and trusted my grandfather. JR Harper was the kindest man I knew and I was proud to call him my grandfather. That was the day I truly knew I was a Harper. We never spoke the whole way to Atlanta he just held me. It was at that point even though the words were not spoken we understood each other and loved each other as much or more then a grandfather and granddaughter ever did or ever.