A second chance: Sequel of Against all odds (45 page)

“
He
will never love you. Can't you understand that?”

“
Because
he loves you? Oh please..” She said chuckling.

“
No
because he loves his daughter's mum and he will always do...”

“
We'll
see about that, right now you're my only problem. So Cassidy what
shall we do? Huh?”

I remained silent unsure on
what to say or do. Both of them were looking at me intently, waiting
for my reply.

When I got out of there, I
knew I was going to pay bitterly for the decision I had taken. I
walked back to David and I found him asleep on the bench. I sat down
near him and started to caress his hair, and his face. I bent forward
and kissed his forehead and whispered to him how much I loved him. He
opened his eyes a little and looked at me blankly. He looked
confused. The alcohol was doing effect. I helped him to get up and we
walked with difficulty to his car. I helped him to sit down on the
passenger's seat and then I walked to other side and sat behind the
wheel. I prayed God to help me remember how to drive. It took me a
few attempts to relax and start the engine. I took a deep breath and
began slowly to drive. Initially, I really felt tensed. I kept
thinking that I was going to do something wrong but then I relaxed
and it seemed that my actions were done automatically.

I managed to arrive at
David's house safe and sound. I sighed in relief and then I got out
of the car. I searched for David's keys in his jacket and hurried to
open the door. Finally I returned to him and helped him out. We
walked slowly towards the door. It hasn't been easy to keep him
steady, his steps were hesitant and clumsy. It was a good job I had
come with Kylie once in his house, she had showed me around and I
knew where David's bedroom was. We went inside and walk along the
corridor and to his room. I switched on the lights and helped him lay
on the bed. He seemed distraught. I wondered what type of alcohol
Claire had given him. I was undecided on what to do. I looked at the
clock, it was nearly 10.00. I called my mum and told her that I was
going to pass the night at David's house because he wasn't feeling
well. She had giggled. Probably imagining it was an excuse to sleep
with him. She didn't know how I was feeling. How much I needed to cry
and shout. Claire Morrison was destroying my happiness and if I
didn't taken action, she was going to destroy David's life as well.
 I took off his shoes and his jacket tossing it on a chair
nearby. I loosened his belt and slid down his trousers, he wouldn't
have been comfortable wearing them and then finally I took off his
shirt. My hands trembled so much while I was doing this. I touched
his chest, so hard and smooth. How much I wanted to bury my face in
it and hug him tight to me. He had fallen asleep again and didn't
know what was happening. I stripped out of Claire's dress and threw
it on the floor with frustration. Then I put on one of David's shirts
before laying down next to him. I rested my head on his shoulder and
I nuzzled his neck wrapping my arms around him. I wanted to enjoy
this moment as much as possible, I wanted to treasure the feeling of
bliss I always felt when I was with him and to imprint this memory in
my mind. I wouldn't have had another chance to be with him like this.
Tears started filling my eyes. I loved him so much, more than he will
ever know. I hugged him tight to me and closed my eyes to listen to
his breath and to the faint sound of his heart beat. That was the
last thing I remember before falling asleep.

The next day I was awakened
by the smell of coffee. I opened my eyes and looked around forgetting
for a moment where I was, then the memories of the other night
suddenly flashed onto the screen of my mind. A shadow of sadness
veiled my face again. I looked at the empty pillow beside me where a
few hours before David was. He must have woken up already. The day
had arrived, the day that would change my life again. I grabbed his
pillow and hugged it tightly to me. It still had the smell of his
cologne. How I wished that I had made to love to him, at least for
once. I would have had a nice memory at least, something to grab to
when life would become too unbearable. I cried all my tears and
sobbed. At that moment, David came in...

“
Hey,
sweetheart what's wrong?”

I wiped away quickly my
tears, trying to hide the signs of misery off my face.

“
David...
Ahm nothing.. how are you feeling?” I asked hoping he wouldn't
ask me why I was crying.

“
Dreadful,
I have a bad headache, I took some pills and some coffee hoping to
feel better. I can't understand how a few cocktails got me drunk. I
guess I'm not used to alcohol.” He said smiling.

Sure cocktails I thought.
Claire must have mixed them quite well with much more alcohol than
juice. Just the thought of her made my stomach curl. David sat on the
bed next me and then gazed in my eyes.

“
Cassidy,
are you sure you're OK?”

“
Yes,
I'm just tired.” I replied averting his gaze.

“
OK.”

He didn't seem too
convinced, but he didn't ask me anything else. Then he reached for my
hand and I shuddered.

“
Cassidy
I don't remember anything about last night. Very few things. How did
we manage to get here? Did I drive?” He asked concerned.

“
No
David, I did.”

He looked a me surprised but
then a grin appeared on his face.

“
Really?
Oh, that's great, so you didn't forget everything after all. Cas..
Listen I'm a little bit embarrassed to ask you this. Well, this
morning when I woke up I found myself just almost naked. I only had
my boxers on and you are dressed up in nothing but my shirt. So I
assume that we...” He paused for a moment. “Cas did
we?”

He stopped looking deeply at
me in my eyes with his beautiful ocean eyes.. my heart missed a beat.
I took a deep breath, how I wished to tell him yes.

“
I
recall kissing you at Claire's house.. and well doing more than that
actually. Did we continue that here?” He licked his lips as he
waited for an answer.

“
No
David, you fell asleep.”

“
Oh...”
I heard disappointment in his voice. “I'm sorry Cassidy. I
hoped it had happened although I'm glad it didn't. I want to be wide
awake when I will love you. Cassidy I'm sorry for yesterday's
reaction. I didn't mean the words I said. I love you and we'll be
happy together I'm sure.” He said pulling me in his arms. I
rested my head against his shoulder. I felt so sad. I had to make a
big effort not to break in front of him again. I bit my lip tasting
my own blood. It was deception day..

CHAPTER
34

I had prepared breakfast for
David before leaving to go back home. I didn't have much time to get
ready and I needed to take a shower. I had to arrive to college as
soon as possible before David did. There was something I needed to
do. At 08.00 sharp, I was in front of the lockers waiting for her. My
stomach ached, I felt sick, and I just wanted to cry my heart out. A
few minutes later I heard footsteps, I knew it was her,  the
sound of her high heels was as irritating as she was.

“
Good
morning Cassidy, glad you came. Hope you thought well about what I
told you yesterday.”

I clutched my fists and
looked her in the eye...

“
I'll
do it OK.. hope you're happy.”

A grin appeared on her
bitchy face. She seemed so satisfied. I hated her like I never hated
anyone in my life.

“
Great.
So I don't need to go to Ms Jacobs right?” She asked happily.

“
No.
I'll leave him, but you have to give me some time, I can't do it
today or else he won't believe me. He knows that I love him.”

“
OK,
but I won't give you more than one week to do it. Hope you already
have a plan. If you need help just tell me, I would more than glad to
give you a hand.” She said smiling evilly.

“
No
thank you I can do it perfectly on my own.” 

She moved her hand in her
hair pulling a rebellious curl away from her face before resting her
hand on her hips.

“
OK
then we have a deal. Oh Cassidy,remember also that I have to win the
contest.”

“
Yes
I know.”

“
I'm
glad we're understanding each other finally,” she said exposing
her perfect white teeth. 

“
If
that's all I'll go.” I said wanting just to go and hide
somewhere and cry.

“
Sure.
Oh, Blake has a message for you...”

“
Tell
Blake to go to hell and to find another Juliet I'm not available
anymore.” I snapped and ran away. I couldn't stand neither her
nor Blake anymore. I ran to the toilet and closed myself inside than
I burst into tears. I loved David with all my heart. I would give my
life for him if needed but giving up on him was too much to bear.

“
Cassidy?
Is that you?”

I wiped my tears and stopped
sobbing hearing that voice...

“
Lexie?”

“
Yes
it's me, I saw you running in here? What's wrong?”

“
I'm
fine.” I lied.

“
No,
you're not. I saw you with Claire. What is she doing to you? It's
something to do with Mr Bayne right?!” She asked concern.

I opened the door and walked
slowly outside. I stopped in-front of the basin and opened the tab
and washed my face. Lexie remained silent waiting for me to say
something. I didn't know if to tell her or not..

“
Cassidy?”

I looked at her and tears
began to stream down my face again. When she saw me in that state,
she moved closer to me and hugged me.

“
So..
aren't you going to tell me? Maybe I can help.”

“
No
one can help. She's blackmailing me; she discovered that David and I
have a relationship and she threatened to report him if I don't leave
him.” I cried. 

Lexie's eyes darkened with
anger.

“
Oh
my God, she's so cruel. What a bitch. Sooner or later she will have
what she deserves. Cassidy don't tell me you accepted to leave him?

“
Well,
do I have another choice?”

She pressed her lips
together and sighed.

“
I
don't know but don't rush, we have to think, maybe we find a
solution.” She said patting my arm trying to comfort me.

“
And
how?”

“
Well,
we have to find out something about her so that we can blackmail her
back.”

“
oh..
yes but what.. and how?”

“
I
don't know yet but we'll find a way. So now stop crying and compose
yourself, we soon have English and you don't want your boyfriend to
see you like this don't you?” she said smiling at me.

I shook my head and rubbed
away my tears.I felt a little better. I was grateful to have Lexie as
a friend she always tried to help.

When the bell rang and I
went in, David was already there writing things down on the board. He
glanced at me and smiled. I smiled back, just seeing him made me
forget all my sorrows. It took me a great effort not to go and throw
myself in his arms. I really needed his comfort right now. But I
didn't do anything of what I wanted instead I kept walking towards my
desk. I sat down and tried to focus on the lesson. I also tried not
to stare at him too much since Claire was all the time looking at me.
At the end of the lesson, David called me and asked me to stay
because he wanted to talk to me about something. I refused and told
him that I had to go for the other lesson. I felt bad doing this, but
I had no choice Claire was looking at us. He seemed a little
disappointed but said that he'll speak to me later. Later never
arrived, I avoided him all day, both him and Claire. I felt awful and
on the verge of crying many times, but this was the best way not to
show him what I was passing through and not to hurt him. I still
didn't know how was I going to leave him. What could I invent? I
wasn't a good liar. Later that day after school I had to go to work.
I phoned Tyler telling him not to come for me and that I was going to
come on my own. I had taken mum's car and drove till there. When I
entered the office Tyler was very surprised.