68 comments/ 107692 views/ 9 favorites Laws of the Heart: Alternate Ending By: DG Hear My name is DG Hear. I have been waiting for some alternate endings to this story. In my opinion, This was truly a great story except for the ending. I have read this story time and time again. Really a good one, but the ending just doesn't fit. So I thought I would start my writing debut and try for an alternate ending. The first Chapter 7 (ending #1) was written by HEADHUNTERTALES. I will start my ending near the end of his chapter 7. You may want to read the first 6 chapters before reading the endings. Chapter 7 does explain a lot of detail from the previous 6. (New ending starts here) I listened to everything Jill had to say. I was in love with this women but was hurt deeply. Then I told her that I couldn't just come home and forget everything that had happened. I told her if she would have came home feeling remorse and asked to talk to me and tell me the truth, we may have had a chance at forgiveness. I tried for days to get her to be honest with me but she didn't do it. Only after she knew that I knew something was wrong did she get worried. Even then, I said, Juan called you and asked you to meet with him when he came to town and you still couldn't say NO! You still wanted to leave your options open to cheat on me again. You even told me that you have never cheated on me before, are not presently cheating but never even mentioned the future. I said to her, I do not trust you Jill, not any more. I don't know if I ever can. You say I'm a good lover, but how do I compete with your dreams and fantasies? How do I compete with multiple partners, multiple orgasms? How do I compete with AMAZING? Whenever we make love or have sex, I'll be wondering who you're thinking of. I'll never know if it's me or your lovers. I can't live like that. All our friends, both yours and mind will know that I've been cuckold and am a wimp. Then I told her, Yes Jill, I love you with all my heart and all my soul but I can't live with you until a lot of problems are resolved. I told her there are two Jake's now. The first one you almost killed with your adultery and now there's the new Jake. I don't think you will love the new Jake. He wants revenge, he doesn't trust you, he doesn't know to believe you. He doesn't want anything to do with your so called friends. He may become violent do to mood swings, maybe over time he will mellow out. But right now even though he loves you and loves his son, he may not be able to think straight or control his temper. No Jill, I don't think you will like the new Jake. He doesn't even like himself. But, you created him Jill. You made the new Jake what he is today. You want an answer to living together as man and wife? Well Jill, right now the answer is NO! I will file for divorce and it will take 6 mos. to become final. If we can see each other during this time maybe, just maybe we can solve some big issues. If not then the divorce will go through in 6 months as final. I will get an apartment close by to help with little Jake. You will be the guardian of little Jake, I know we both truly love him. In my condition now I would not make a good parent. Little Jake really loves you. I will stop by to see him for a couple of hours on Mondays and Wednesday. I'll take him with me every other Saturday and bring him back on sundays. Some of those weekends we can spend some time together if you like. Here's some issues that could change this agreement. If you ever contact or see Juan again the divorce will be final. If you cheat on me with any man the divorce becomes final. If I find out you have lied to me about anything the divorce is final. If I find out that you brought men into our house in front of little Jake not only will the divorce become final but. I will seek to take him away from you. None of this is up for debate. I don't know what the outcome will be? I guess we'll just have to wait and see. This is chapter 8 (The Revenge) Jill and I have been separated about a month now. We have been getting along pretty good. I stop by every Monday and Wednesday to see little Jake. We play games and take walks and I wrestle with him. Jill tries to stay out of the way but every now and then she does come in and join us. It feels so good just to have her around until something strikes a negative cord such as Sally calling her when I'm there. Just about anything sets me off. I always seem to take it out on Jill using negative remarks like, " We could have been a happy family" or "Why Jill why did you do it? The new Jake is not a real nice person. I always say things like. "Just keep your friends away from me." Or, "What do they think of your cuckold husband?" She tries to just avoid me at times like that. I've even said stuff like "Don't you wish I was gone so you could get one of your boyfriend here to fuck you?" Sometimes on Saturday we (Jill, little Jake and I) will go out to eat. Jill always offers to cook for me but I'll always say something like "No thanks, Don't want to get used to home cooking again" might not last. Anything to throw a dig at Jill. Sometimes we order in Pizza, Chinese food, or even subs. I always go home more depressed then when I came. Damn, why did she do it? I have been working very hard and putting in lots of long hours to help me forget. Lately I've been winning some really big cases. The money is rolling in but that's not that important to me right now. Jill has been handling a few cases out of the house. As you know we are both lawyers. She wants to devote most of her time to Little Jake. She rarely has been leaving the house. I know she is trying to prove to me she can do it. But, she only has to fall once and it's all over between us, she's very aware of this. That's why I can't understand why she still hangs around with Sally? Then last Wednesday Jill asked me if I would like to have Little Jake Friday and Saturday? She said Sally had asked her if she wanted to get out of the house for one day and go into the next town and have dinner and a few drinks. It was about an hour away. They were going to a fancy Holiday Inn. She even gave me the number in case I needed anything. If they drank too much they would get a room. I know Jill needed to get out, but why with Sally? I told her I don't like or trust Sally. I did tell her that I would be happy to take Little Jake for a day, he's a sweet little guy.. She said they would be leaving around 4:00pm and would drop little Jake off at day care until I came to pick him up after work. She also said seeing she wouldn't be here that I could just stay at the house with Little Jake and wouldn't have to pack anything for him. I agreed and called the day care to let them know I would be there around 6:00pm on Friday to pick up little Jake. I was just hoping Jill didn't plan anything stupid. I still had some big distrust issues with her. Then of course she was with Sally who I knew was bad news. On Friday I had just won another big case. I was really feeling pretty good. I offered to drive my client back to the airport so he could catch his plane, and then drive over to pick up little Jake at day care. I drive a 2002 black Mercedes. A really nice looking car. So I drove my client to the airport. As I bid him farewell I looked up and saw Juan Mendoza and another guy getting into a rented sports car. Damn it! What was he doing here? They must have just arrived from Miami. They didn't see me, boy I was really angry. Did Jill or Sally or both of them know he was coming this weekend? Every bad thought crossed my mind as I headed back down the road. Was my marriage now over? Could I do anything to stop something from happening again? Last time I stood by and let it happen. The new Jake would never stand by and watch. He was no wimp. He needed his ounce of revenge. But how was he suppose to get it? I was driving and thinking as I flew down the road. I looked in my rear view mirror and saw the sports car coming up behind me. It was easy to spot, a bright canary yellow color. I saw that Juan was driving and his passenger was just relaxing, probably smoking a joint. We were on a standard two lane highway, traffic was fairly light. I seen Juan getting over in the other lane of traffic to pass me. I looked up ahead and saw a big 18 Wheeler approaching from the opposite direction, it was moving at a fairly fast clip. In my raged state I hit the accelerator at the same time Juan did. When he got up along beside me I rolled down my window and just stared at him. I seen him look in my direction and said Oh Shit!!! He hit his accelerator again and so did I. The truck was fast approaching. Juan didn't have time to get in front of me. He went to slow up to fall behind me but I wouldn't let him in, I slowed up also. As a last ditch effort he sped up again and went to his left to avoid hitting the on coming truck who kept hitting on his horn. The yellow sports car went through the guard rail and over an embankment. I just sped up and never looked back. A few miles up the road I passed some emergency vehicles going in the opposite direction. I arrived at the day car center, and was a little shook up, but the adrenalin was flowing, I actually felt good.. I wondered if Juan was going to turn me in, right now nothing mattered. I got my ounce of revenge which turned out to be a lot more. I picked up little Jake and took him to Jill's place (even though it was our house, right now it was Jill's place) and we ate and spent time together. I did called the Holiday Inn as soon as I got in and asked if Juan Mendoza had checked in yet? The counter person said no he hasn't. Would you like to leave a message? I just replied no thank you and hung up. Now I knew one thing for sure, he booked a reservation at the same motel Jill was at. I then went through Jill's cell phone records. I knew where she kept them and checked them for the last couple of months. I seen a half dozen calls from Juan number in Miami. The majority of calls were of a short duration of a few minutes. One call lasted 15 minutes. Looks like things were coming to a end for our marriage, was she playing me? About 9:00pm I put little Jake to bed and was watching TV and just thinking about what I was going to say to Jill. I knew I would have to act surprised about the accident.. About half an hour latter Jill came home. I asked her what she was doing home? I thought she was going to be late at best or even spend the night. She looked a nervous wreak. She had been crying and shaking. I wondered how she was able to drive home in that condition. She ran in and said Jake something terrible has happened. I need you to hold me. Please Jake just hold me. I wrapped my arms around her and just held her for a little while, saying nothing. Just letting her compose herself. She felt and smelled so good. It felt good just holding her. This was no time for me to make smart ass remarks to her. When she stopped crying and shaking she told me she had to tell me something really important. I told her to calm down everything will be alright. She said but Jake. . . . I have to talk to you! I told her to take a shower and calm down, then we could talk. She took a few minutes and took her shower and put her robe on. She came in and sat down next to me. I handed her a glass of wine and asked her what this was all about. She looked at me seeming very nervous and said Juan is dead. I said what are you talking about Jill? She said Juan Mendoza was killed in an auto accident tonight. I looked at her trying to act surprised and asked her where she heard this? Is this why your crying because her lover was killed? She said no Jake! I need for you to listen to me. I know you don't trust me but I need to tell you what happened. Please Jake, you have to listen to what I have to say. I told Jill I'm all ears but I might break into her talk to ask questions. She said anything you want Jake. I've been trying so hard. I don't want to lose you. I said get on with it Jill. I was getting impatient. She looked at me eye to eye and said I think Sally set me up. I believe she is trying to separate us. I looked at Jill and said she's (Sally) doing a pretty good job of it. Then I told here to explain. Jill said that in the last month she had gotten a number of calls from Juan. (Which of course I already knew)but glad she told me. She kept telling him she wasn't interested and only loved me. One time when he called she said he wanted to get with her when he came to Boston. Jill said she told him it was a big mistake to have slept with him in the first place and he made a fool out of her giving her to his brother. She told him she wanted no more to do with him or his brother. Jake, Juan just laughed and said maybe he would just call you and let you know what really happened at the reunion. I just hung up on him Jake, I didn't want to even answer him. She figured he didn't know that I had found out about the affair and thought he could blackmail her into having sex with him again. I looked at Jill to try and find out by looking at her eyes to see if she was telling the whole truth. I just couldn't tell. So I said, go on Jill what happened to him. Well, as she started to continue, he must have called Sally and set up this weekend. Honest Jake, I knew nothing about it. Please believe me. I looked at Jill and said that's the problem of breaking a trust Jill. How do I know if you're telling me the truth? How do I trust you again? She just teared up and continued talking. Sally and I got to the Holiday Inn around 5:30 and she went to get a room. I asked her how did she know that we were staying the night? She just looked at me and said we will be staying, I guarantee it. I felt a little annoyed but kept quiet. Then we went down to the dining room. We ordered drinks and were just talking. I told her I was getting hungry and lets order dinner. She wanted to wait an hour or so but I insisted, so we ordered. As we were eating I was talking about you and little Jake. She kept looking around and acted disinterested. I asked her what she was doing. She said she invited a couple of friends to dinner and wondered if they had arrived yet. I looked at her and said, What did you do Jill? She looked at me and laughed and said you'll see. I started to get nervous. I knew our agreement Jake and wasn't going to go against it. I said Sally! You didn't invite men to our table did you? Jake will divorce me. She said fuck Jake, what he doesn't know won't hurt him. Sally then got up and went to the reservation desk. I was really getting nervous and mad now. She came back trembling and said he's dead. I looked at Sally and said what are you talking about. She said Juan was killed in an auto accident about 2 hours ago on the way here. I looked at her stunned and said : You invited Juan her tonight? How could you? How could you do that to me? I was stunned, I didn't know what to think. Sally who was suppose to be my best friend set me up. She invited Juan without my knowledge. I was furious at her, At the same time I was stunned to hear Juan was killed. Then I thought of you Jake, I thought of you. What would you think? My God Jake, I was all mixed up. I laid down some cash for my dinner and told Sally I had to leave, I had to get back to you. So, I just left her standing there and came home to you. What would I say to you? Would you believe me? I had to get back and tell you the truth Jake, I just had to. What do you know about the accident Jill? The one Juan was in. She said, I don't know anything Jake, just that Juan and a friend of his were driving here and had an accident. Juan was killed and his friend was in serious condition. I didn't stay around to here anything else. I needed to get to you Jake. I needed to get to you. Jake will you hold me some more? Just hold me? I took Jill in my arms and just held her. Was she telling me the whole truth? I just didn't know. While she was in my arms she fell asleep. I just sat with my arms around her and watched the 11:00 o'clock news. According to the truck driver, the yellow sports car was attempting to pass a black Mercedes. Either the sports car didn't have room to pass or the Mercedes sped up, he couldn't tell which. Then the yellow sports car veered off to the truckers right went over an embankment and crashed into a fence. The trucker came to a stop a little ways from the accident and called 911. He said the black Mercedes just kept going. It Didn't even slow down. The police said that the sports car hit a fence after going over the embankment. The rail on the fence almost decapitated the driver. A Juan Mandoza from Miami was killed on impact. A passenger, Tom Allen, from Miami was in critical condition with two broken legs and multiple injures. He is in a coma but expected to pull through. Jake lifted up Jill and carried her to the bedroom and covered her up. He then went back and checked on little Jake then laid on the couch and got some rest. Tomorrow would be another busy day. I woke up on Jill's couch and began to wonder if she was she telling me the truth? Damn Jill! why did you ever have to make me distrust you? I got up wondering what my revenge would cost me if anything. I went ahead and put on coffee and started frying up some bacon. Jill got up came in the room smiled and said, "Gee it sure smells good in here." I looked at her and started to smile and quickly stopped. To early for that I thought. I could tell Jill did see a glimmer of hope. I asked her how she wanted her eggs? She looked at me and asked if I was going to make her breakfast with a slight smile? I told her I was making myself breakfast but could easily make two extra eggs. She smiled again. We sat down and had breakfast then I told her I was going to take little Jake with me today. I told her I had a few things planned with him seeing he was suppose to be with me that day. After breakfast she got up, got little Jake who was already awake, got him ready to leave with me for the day. I took little Jake to a small amusement park that was set up at a mall parking lot. I let him ride the rides while I tried to get my head on straight. Did Jill tell me the truth or did she make up the story figuring it really couldn't be checked out especially since Juan was now dead? After leaving the mall I went to one of the areas Mercedes dealership. I decided it might be a good time to update my vehicle. I told the salesman I would like to update a couple of years maybe to a 2004. I was still a little tight with my money and didn't want to buy a new car. You just lose so much money the first year. He had three 2004 Mercedes on the lot. I chose a silver one pretty much like the black one I had. We did the paperwork and switched license plates. I called the insurance company and got the insurance transferred. I then put little Jake's car seat in the vehicle and drove off in my new (used) car. We arrived back at Jill's house and she was surprised to see us in a new vehicle. She came out and I took her for a ride in my new (used) car. She asked what brought this on? I told her I treated myself since I was doing so well in the law office and decided to update my vehicle. She smiled and said what a nice car it was. I asked her how she felt about Juan's death? She never really answered me. I told her that I was glad he was dead. Just maybe when she thinks about him, just maybe she will see this torn up body with a half a head instead of a lover. She looked at me with tears in her eyes and said "Jake please don't talk like that." I said bull shit Jill, he got what he deserved. To bad it didn't happen 3 months ago then we wouldn't be going through all this shit.. When we arrived back at her house Jill got out of the car took little Jake and went inside. Laws of the Heart: Alternate Ending Later that day when the newspaper came out it said that Tom Allen regained consciousness and spoke to the police. He said, he and Juan Mendoza had some business to take care of in town. They also had a couple of dates at the Holiday Inn where they were suppose to be staying. He said he didn't know who the women were but that Juan said they were "HOT." He said, they rented a yellow sports car to travel from the airport. They were both smoking weed which the police already knew due to blood tests. He said as they were driving he noticed a black Mercedes in front of them but didn't pay any attention to it. As they were about to pass the vehicle it sped up. Tom said, Juan didn't like it so he sped up faster. He said the last thing he remembers was looking at Juan and him saying "Oh Shit! Then going off the road. The police asked if he seen the driver or the license plates on the Mercedes? He said, "no." He was watching Juan and the big truck coming toward him. The police were interested in who the men were going to see so off they went to the Holiday Inn. There they met a woman named Sally. Back at Jill's house where she was reading the paper when a cold chill came across her. Could it be? She knew Jake was coming back from the airport about the same time. No, her Jake would never do that would he? Maybe not the old Jake, but she wasn't sure about the new Jake. She was getting nervous again. Why did he buy a new car today of all days? She needed answers but didn't know if she wanted to hear them. She called Jake and asked him if he could stop buy that evening? He picked up a pizza and went into the house. Jill thought he sure looked happy which worried her. When he came in Jill asked him if he seen the days paper. He said he read it. Why Jill? Is something bothering you? She said she read about a black Mercedes leaving the scene and was wondering if I had seen the accident. I said come out with it Jill, you want to know if I ran Juan Mandoza off the road. The man who fucked my wife, her lover, the man who cuckold me. Say it Jill, isn't that what you want to know? Say it Jill! Say it! She had tears in her eyes and said OK Jake, OK, Did you run Juan car off the road?. Was It your black Mercedes that left the scene? Is that why you got a new car? After thinking for a moment I said: "I'm not going to answer that Jill. That's something you will have to live with." She looked at me and said Jake, if you were involved then that makes me partly responsible for Juan's death. I looked at Jill and said: "You're not responsible for Juan's death. Juan is responsible for his own death. He wanted to live in the fast lane. He wanted other mens wives, he wanted to party all the time, he wanted to drive fast cars. No Jill, Juan is responsible for his own death. We were just a couple of his victims." A couple of hours later as Jill and I were talking, there was a knock at the door. Jill got up and answered it. It was the police, I could tell Jill was nervous. Jill asked them what they wanted. They said they had a few question for her, could they step in. She asked them to step in and they looked at me. They asked Jill if she was Jill Martin? She said yes she was. Then they looked over at me and asked her who I was? She said that I was her husband Jake Martin. They told me that they had a few questions for me also. I just nodded and said I would be glad to answer any questions they have. They told Jill that a woman named Sally said she was with her at the Holiday Inn the night before. Jill said Yes, Sally is a friend of mine. They said that Sally had said that they had dates coming to visit them at the motel, a man named Juan Mendoza and another man named Tom Allen. The two men were involved in a car accident and one of them was killed. Did you know that Mrs. Martin? She told them she heard about the accident, but that part of the story was not true. She said, yes, she and Sally did go out for dinner the night before. She had no idea that Sally had invited the men for dinner. She told them that she and her husband were having some marital difficulties and were separated at the present time. They were doing their best to get back together. Sally set this date thing up without her knowledge. The officers said I have to be blunt with you Mrs. Martin. This Sally woman said that Juan Mendoza was your boyfriend, your lover, is this true? Jill started crying, the officers looked at me and could see some hatred in my eyes. I stood up and put my arms around a crying Jill. I looked at the officers and stated that Jill had a one time fling with Juan Mendoza. He is the reason for our marital problems. We are trying to work it out when Sally set this date up, and Jill was totally unaware of it. Jill looked up at me with tears in her eyes and gently kissed me on the cheek. She knew that I now believed her. I then mentioned to the officers that Jill came home and told me the whole story. The officer looked at me and asked where I was the night before. I told them that I picked up our son at the day care center around 6:00pm and brought him home. I was here the rest of the evening. I told them the time could be verified by the day care center. Then they asked me if by any chance I drove a Mercedes? Jill looked at me with a worried look on her face. I told them, yes I did. They asked me where it was now. I mentioned to them that I had parked it in the garage. They asked if they could see it. I told them of course they could and opened the garage door for them. They walked into the garage seen my 2004 silver Mercedes sitting in the garage with little Jake's car seat in the back. They looked at Jill and I and said "Thank You" for your time and then left. Jill didn't say a word but just hugged me. The Conclusion Laws of the Heart (alt ending) After the police left Jill and I just talked. We discussed all the events of the past month. The reunion, the mistakes that were made, life as a family. We both agreed that it would take time to heal all our wounds. But we realized we really wanted to spend that time together. Whenever we are not together neither of us is happy. She got up and put little Jake to bed, so we could talk some more. Then it happened, the phone rang. It was Sally, one of the sorest spots between us. Jill answered the phone and looked at me, all the talk we had for the last couple of hours stopped.. Again, Sally has interrupted our lives. She called to apologize to Jill for setting up the date. She said she didn't mean to come between us. She kept telling Jill that she was her best friend and would do anything for her. Then she wanted to know if Jill would fly with her to Miami for Juan's funeral. Then it happened, never in all the years that I have known Jill has she ever reacted like this. Her face started to contort and a look of madness came over her as I heard her say. You God damn bitch, who the fuck do you think you are? You have interfered with my life for the last time. First, you set me up in Miami. Yes, I went along with you. Biggest fucking mistake I ever made in my entire God damn life. You have done everything possible to split up Jake and me. I figured it out you bitch, pretending to be my best friend. Friends don't try to break up marriages, they try to save them. Friends don't try to set up dates and meeting with others, they try and stop those liaisons. All these years you have done nothing but lie to me about being my friend. Now, even now, you try to come between Jake and me. You even send the police to my house and tell them I had a date with Juan you lying fucking bitch. Then you tell them that Jake owns a Mercedes hoping to get him arrested for leaving the scene of an accident. Well it didn't work bitch! Now you want me to defile my husband again by me going to a funeral of a cock sucker who isn't good enough to lick my husbands feet. Anything to cuckold him. I'm glad Juan is out of my life. To bad your fat ass wasn't in the car with him. One more thing you sorry ass of a friend, very few people knew what went on at the reunion, unfortunately I told you. If I find out you tell anyone, anything about my personal life, I will come to Miami and hunt your sorry ass down and kick your lazy fat ass. This is the last time I expect to speak to you. Do you understand bitch? A voice on the other side of the line said "I understand." Then Jill hung up the phone. and then looked at me as though she was done speaking with her mother about going to church and said Jake, "I love you with all my heart." I promise you that I will never ever cheat on you again. I will be the best wife I can be if you will just love me. I just stood up, walked past Jill and into the garage where my car was parked. I opened the door and reached in and grabbed my briefcase. Coming back into the house, I looked at a stunned Jill with tears in her eyes, she thought I was leaving. I opened my briefcase, took out the divorce papers and ripped them up. I then looked up at Jill with tearing in my eyes and asked her to be my wife. I then took her by the hand and we went in to share our bed. We didn't have sex. We made love, real love, the feeling you get only from loving and giving love to that special person. The only thoughts that entered my mind was to make passionate love to Jill. To let her feel the true love I have for her. In return I felt the same kind of love being returned by Jill. We both gave all we had and both received the same. It just doesn't get any better. The following day I took off work and moved back in with my family. You would have thought it was a homecoming for someone coming home from a war. It just felt good. We are now going on with our lives. My friends are Jill's friends. We have the same friends now, the way it should be. We don't lie or keep secrets from each other. We do things as a family or with good friends. Jill and I love to spend time together, we couldn't be happier. We both under stand that it's still going to take time, but we want to be together during that healing period. Time does heal all wounds. * Hope you liked it. Comments welcome but take it easy on me, this was my first submission, just got rejected a couple of times I would like to thank "thewritemike" for giving me some grammar and editing guidelines. So to all you readers, get past the errors and enjoy the story. Thank you DG Hear