Aftermath

Part 2

Chapter 11

Walking a short way down the hall, a door appeared in the wall, Eric opened the door and stood aside to allow everyone to walk in the room. Eric shut the door and turned to the group, everyone was sitting down in chairs and on couches. Thad and Jasmine sat together opposite the group. Eric walked over and sat in the only chair left. "Weber, my guess is you want to go first."

Tony nodded and looked at the couple across from him. "I honestly can say this is one thing I thought I would never see but here it is. So Thad I will say I was surprised about what you said back there and I thank you for standing up for Jasmine. I am not won over on the idea of you marrying her yet but she is sure of this so I will trust her. I know you and I have not gotten along, I hope we can be friends."

Rachel cut in, "I just don't want you to hurt her, I will admit that I was shocked by your attitude today. I will be watching you and if you hurt her, I will kill you."

"Rachel!" Jasmine gasped as Thad laughed.

"No Jasmine. It is okay, I expect them to be protective toward you. If they weren't, I wouldn't envy them." Thad said without embarrassment, he looked over at Jasmine then back at the group, "I know I have no right to ask for forgiveness and all I can do is show you that I won't hurt her, that I want to be with her. I know that I have a lot to make up for and I am ready for that. I understand that I will be watched in everything I do, I just want a chance."

Tony and Rachel looked stunned, Jasmine smiled and relaxed against him. tony laughed. "Wow, I didn't think it was possible. I will give you a chance Drake. I can't say I forgive you for what you did to her but as for me I don't hold it against you. I won't comment on you being envious."

Wanda smiled softly. "I won't hate you forever but I am not forgiving you just yet. All I ask is make her happy."

Thad nodded, "Thank you Rachel, Wanda and Tony. Does anyone else have an input?" he looked around at thee rest of the group. Jacob and Victor looked at each other and nodded.

"It is actually for both of you, Jasmine your parent, the ones whose memory you erased, did you know the truth?" Victor asked, looking at her. Everyone looked confused as they saw Jasmine tense up.

"I didn't at first but when I got older, Goldgrimm asked me to do a report on my family tree. I didn't understand why but I did it anyways, for the first two weeks I couldn't find anything, then I found the papers. I couldn't believe, it broke my heart but I still loved them. How do you know?"

Victor sighed and rubbed his hands together, "Because I have always known. I know the truth and it is time that you did too."

"What? What is going on? What are you talking about?" Tony demanded suddenly unable to stand the uncomfortable silence. Jasmine looked at him and knew she had to say it.

"I was adopted. My parents aren't my real parents." She whispered and everyone stared at her.

"It wasn't her fault, it is mine." Jacob yelled at them, she looked confused. "Your mother was murdered by Chloe because of your father, he couldn't protect you of her. He failed you both, when he refused to give up his best friend. He wanted to hurt the person that betrayed both him and his best friend but could not find them. He went into hiding until he was found out, scared out of his mind he went back to Tomnus, to be a spy for the Department. When the war ended he went to Daraton and is still there today. He knew he still could not tell you the truth because Goldgrimm had told him it was not safe. To wait until all the followers were captured. He didn't want to ruin you life by telling you the truth, he was sure you would hate him because he failed you." he turned to look at her, "because he unknowingly betrayed Casey Weber and couldn't fix it."