Fall Into Me
Chapter 4
Cody's view
I was walking out of the meeting when someone tapped me on the shoulder. I knew who it was before I even turned around. I knew if I had a sister and a guy like me was talking to her I'd have issues too.
"Look, Cody, I'm telling your right now if you keep looking at Ali the way I saw today our beef right now is nothing," Paul said.
"I can look at Ali however I want; however, right now I don't want Ali. We were talking about Cassie," I told him. I might be interested in Ali at some point, but that wasn't any of Paul's business.
"Look you're a playboy. I used to be just like you the difference is I got where I was by my own talent. You are riding on the coat tails of your famous daddy. You're just another flash in the pan. You're a wanna be," Paul said walking away.
I took a few deep breaths and went back to the locker room. Cassie ran up and gave me a hug. She began jabbering about Randy actually staying with her. I remember how excited she had been earlier that day when she found out.
"Look, Cody, when it's my time you need to keep Cassie away from her," Randy ordered. I felt a massive migraine coming on and decided it was better not to point out that the her in question was Cassie's mother.
I took a few more deep breaths. This was absolutely not my day. I knew it was only a matter of time before Randy blew up about this. He was really getting on my nerves.
"I've to some work to do so keep an eye on the runt and no Ali," Randy said leaving again. Heaven forbid he take care of his own daughter.
"Well pumpkin what are we gonna do?" I asked.
Cassie began on the list of things she wanted to do. I wondered how many of them I would have to nix because of Randy's decree earlier.
"And I want to find Uncle Paul and see if he can bring Rora next time," Cassie concluded.
Ali's View
I knew Paul was going to talk to Cody. I also knew it was not going to be pretty. My brother has a hard head sometimes, most of the time. I also knew it was going to make things worse.
Cody is just like Paul was. Once he sees me as a challenge he was going to be interested enough to attempt to pursue something despite the obvious complications.
It actually kind of made me laugh to think that Paul's temper made the situation worse. He'd done things like this before. He tried to scare Randy away, and part of me wished that he had. The only good thing I got in my over 2 year relationship with Randy was Cassie.
Randy wasn't like this when we met. He was a playboy but he was kind and sweet. He focused on me. Now he only focuses on himself. He as a wife and baby that rarely see him. The only reason Cassie sees him is because Cassie doesn't do well with Sam.
I decided that before the night was over I was going to talk to him. We need to work something out for our daughter. She doesn't deserve to have to deal with our issues.
I wasn't really looking for Randy yet but it didn't take long to find him. He was plotting and doing whatever else it was he did to get things his way. It was hard for me to believe he was so manipulative.
"Randy we need to resolve our issues. Cassidy deserves two parents who put her needs before their own," I said hoping to appeal to the only common ground we had.
"Cassidy is fine. I don't like you that is never going to change," Randy said.
"Why don't you like me? You cheated on me. You broke my heart. You broke your promise. You chose Sam over me," I told him.
"You made me choose. You took my baby away from me. You left me, " Randy said. "You made me break the promises I made."
"Randy, I told you I couldn't share you. I told you even though I loved you I couldn't take only part of you. You could have kept your promises to me if you wanted to."
"Whatever, Cassidy is still fine. She doesn't know how much we fight. She just wants us to get back together," Randy said dismissively.
"Randy I don't want Cassie left with Sam alone. It isn't good for either of them. It makes Sam overly stressed and Cassidy comes back a mess," I said. This wasn't the way I wanted this conversation to go. I wanted it to be a little more friendly so maybe it would be a little more constructive.
"Allison, I'm not afraid to file for full custody if you refuse to accept what I do with Cassidy when she's under my care. I will not let you keep my daughter from me."
"I will not keep your daughter from you if you put her first and keep her safe. You're the only father she has. She needs you more than anyone else," I told him.
"Damn right she does. She's mine and you can't take her. Say the wrong thing again and all it will take is one phone call and you'll never see her again," Randy said.
I had to leave. Not only was he testing the resolve I had not to sink to his level, I wasn't about to let him have the satisfaction of knowing how much he was getting to me. I was not going to hurt him the way he hurt me. I wasn't in love with him, but I wanted him to be happy.
I took some deep breaths to calm myself down some. I went to find someone to talk to. I knew just the people I was looking for. People who won't get back at Randy to much.
I wound Mickie in catering when I was walking by. "Micks, can w e talk. I really need. Someone to vent to," I said.
"Sure let me get some food and we can go to the diva's locker room, no one was there when I left," Mickie said with a smile.
I let her get her food and the new went to the still empty locker room.
"Let me guess this is about Randy," Mickie said. She knows me to well sometimes.
"Cody told Randy and me that Cassie didn't want us to fight so much. Randy didn't seem concerned, but it hurt me. I've been trying my damnest to be civil, but he's still a complete ass," I explained briefly.
"Maybe he doesn't want to loose. To him giving in and being civil is losing," Mickie said. "Whatever the reason you are the only person you can control, and if you keep being civil one day Cassie will be old enough to know it's all on him."
"I keep telling myself that, but in the moment it's so hard. He threatened to take Cassidy away from me when I told him I didn't want her to be alone with Sam," I said.
"Al, it would take an act of God for a judge to give Randy full custody. You're a good mom," Mickie reassure.
I talked with Mickie for a while longer before going to Paul's locker room to re-center and work out while everyone else was doing tapings and meetings.
"Ali, I want you to be careful about Cody. I don't' want you to get hurt like with Randy," Paul said.
"Paul the more you make a big deal the more of a big deal it will be," I told him. Right now I'm not that interested in Cody."
Okay so I really wasn't sure how interested in Cody I really was. I wasn't going to tell Paul that though or he would flip out. He was all ready on the verge of a flip out when I told him I wasn't that interested.
"I don't want you to feel like you did after Randy," Paul said.
"Cody and I aren't dating. We probably won't ever be dating. Everything will be perfectly fine," I reassured. "If he's interested it's only because you made such a big deal about it." I sighed and left.
