The Presidents Secret

Twenty Nine

[ hey guys ]

"Now, your president and my good friend President Pete Wentz!" Hilary said introducing me.  I walked on in front of everyone.  Hundreds, no thousands of people cheered.  Patrick stayed by the back biting his nails to the beds.  I waved at everyone.  Hilary stayed by my side. 

"Hello" I said into the mic.  Everyone started to get quiet "You all probably came here to hear me freak out or something worse" I heard a few laughs and some people nodded.  I looked over at my ex wife with trump.  "But I'm not gonna do that.  Hilary and I have agreed that instead of freaking out we'll just tell you the truth" I looked over at Patrick who walked on stage with me now.  "From the beginning" I said staring at him.  My support group included three people.  Patrick, Ashlee, and Andy.  Ashlee and Andy walked on stage too.  "These are my witnesses.  My ex wife, my best friend, and the love of my life.  Also known as my assistant, my body guard, and the one reporter who always got the story right.  Now he's here to get the story right" He smiled at me.  "I was gonna do this myself.  But another thing Hilary and I agreed on is that a lot of people don't trust me anymore.  So they're gonna tell the story for me" I moved away from the podium.  Patrick took it with Ash and Andy behind him. 

"H-hi" he said awkwardly.  Everyone was silent "My names Patrick" He took a deep breath "And this is my first time doing this so bare with me" A few people laughed "I fell in love with Pete Wentz" I smiled at him "And he fell in love with me too.  For four years he told me everything was fine.  He told me he was happy he told me his marriage was great.  So that's what I wrote.  Unlike other reporters I didn't lie" I saw his hands shake a little bit "I didn't know he was the one lying" Now I frowned.  This was it.  No going back.  "A lot of people believe that men can't be abused.  But it's not true.  They can.  Pete was.  He was emotionally abused by his wife and sometimes even physically.  He was too much of a man to fight back"  He nodded at Ashlee.  On the screen behind him a video of Kelsey and I popped up.  Ashlee hit play.  Everything in the white house was recorded.  She screamed at me.  Called me worthless then slapped me.  Another video played.  She was screaming at me in this one too.  They stopped.  Patrick sighed.

"If you still don't believe me, Ashlee's a key witness.  And she wants to talk too" He walked over to me so Ash could take the mic.  I hugged him tightly kissing the top of his head.  He hugged back and we watched Ashlee. 

"Hi, unlike Patrick I do this almost on a daily basis" she laughed getting the audience to laugh.  She had that ability "I married Pete when we were very young so we decided to call it quits.  But today, we're still great friends" I smiled at her.  She continued her speech telling people our past and all the awful things Kelsey's done to me.  Hilary leaned over.

"I really think this could work Pete" she said in my ear.  I smiled.