Believe in Me [Joseph Seed/The Father - Far Cry 5]

22. That's What You Get

Many countless more months had passed and I believe I was nearly healed. I had started smiling again, laughing, talking more, and doing some of the things I had once loved. Reading had become a hobby for me again, and it was a great way to pass the time. I would always read from Joseph's stash he had. One thing's for sure— he had good taste in books. Some of the books I had read that were his are: The Giver, The Great Gatsby, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Wuthering Heights, Pride and Prejudice, Animal Farm, The Catcher in the Rye, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Of Mice and Men, The Odyssey, The Grapes of Wrath, and surprisingly Dracula, to name a few. Some of them I didn't like, but most I did. My two favorites were The Giver and Pride and Prejudice. My reading hobby had Joseph astonished at first. But quickly his astonishment turned to intrigue, and we both began to bond over our favorite books.

Another hobby I had picked up was from Faith. Faith was a tremendous painter. Most of the time, she painted flowers, and I was so impressed because I would watch her sometimes. Then she offered me to paint with her. Of course, I obliged. And soon, it turned into one of my favorite hobbies. It was a thing Faith and I would do together often. We had really gotten closer. Although I wasn't good at all at first, but I had improved somewhat over time.

And John and I still haven't gotten along that well. I had gotten tired of his nonstop pestering me, nagging at me, and literally degrading me. I had enough. He had made me reach my breaking point when he called me a "fatass" because I was finally gaining some much needed weight. Obviously, I was really hurt over that, and to be honest I knew he didn't mean it. But it hurt me. He called me a "fatass" because I had snatched the last candy bar we had from the pantry and he wanted it. So I ate it in front of him. And there's that. So I replaced all the sugar from the sugar bag with salt. When he would put "sugar" in his coffee, it would be very salty coffee.

Leading up to my the prank, I had taken note of his time schedule. He'd wake up around 11am, then he'd go use the bathroom. While he used the bathroom, that would be when I would replace the sugar with salt so nobody else drunk salty coffee in the morning. When I did just that, I quickly sat on the couch and was "reading" Dracula. When John came out of the bathroom, I couldn't keep the smirk off of my face and he immediately noticed.

"What are you up to, demon?" John questioned suspiciously, his piercing blue eyes gazing at me with a chilling intensity.

"Pfft, what's it look like? I'm just really focused on reading this book. This is one of my favorite parts in Dracula." I stated, pretending like I was entranced by the book, my eyes not leaving the page.

The Baptist murmured under his breath with a roll of his eyes. "Whatever, sinner." He sauntered to the kitchen. "I hope we're not getting low on coffee grounds." John spoke more audibly, speaking more-so to himself than me.

After he made his coffee and put some "sugar" in the mug, he made his way to where I was, sitting down in the recliner in the living room. Joseph and Faith came in the living room at the same time. Faith had just gotten out of the shower and Joseph was writing in his journal. Joseph sat beside me while Faith went in the kitchen. And I kept eyeing John as he took a sip of his coffee. Instantly, his eyes went wide and he spat coffee everywhere. The hot liquid spilled all over his Gucci vest, shirt, pants, belt, shoes, the carpet, and the recliner he was in.

"What the actual FUCK?!" John cursed as he immediately stood up, placing his mug on the coffee table as he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. He made a weird face at the taste of his salty coffee. "That tasted like absolute SHIT! MORGAN, what did you do to my COFFEE?!"

And I couldn't contain my laughter anymore. I continued to laugh until I couldn't breathe and my stomach hurt. A couple tears escaped both eyes as I clutched my abdomen. "Oh my god, that was so goddamn funny. That's what you get, you overdramatic bastard."