Heart or Blood 7

Rusty's request hurt Raydor but that didn't matter to the courts.

So a few days after Rusty made his request the court allowed Sharon Beck to take Rusty for the weekend followed by a trip to the beach (though Raydor had to come for that one).

When Rusty finally got to Sharon's hotel room for his weekend visit he was relieved to be away from Raydor. After his outburst things became strained between them so it would be nice to get away from that.

Sharon showed Rusty his hotel room and let him put his stuff down before dragging him out of the hotel. They spent the entire day shopping and Rusty knew that he should be having a good time with his mother even if she only wanted to talk about herself.

But every time he looked at his mother all Rusty could think about was what Raydor had said about Mrs. Beck's offer.

Raydor had promised to never lie to him and Rusty couldn't shake the feeling that she was still on his side, even if what she said hurt.

To close out their day the pair headed to a nice restaurant near the hotel where they sat talking (about her of Couse) and eating anything that Sharon thought looked good.

When they got back to the hotel Rusty was so tired that he fell asleep as soon as he hit the bed.

Rusty opened his eyes looked around the room.

He was standing in a long white hall that Rusty was sure he had never been in before but that was not what caught his attention.

Standing at one was his mother, blond hair flying out as she laughed at something. Nothing was around her that Rusty could see but she seemed to be talking to someone.

But she hadn't even noticed that Rusty was there.

Uncomfortable, Rusty turned around and was surprised to see Raydor standing at the other end of the hall. Unlike his mother Raydor had noticed that he was there.

She sat in one of the chairs that they used at work just looking at Rusty with a companionate look on her face.

There was nothing else in her end of the hall.

Looking between the two women Rusty was struck by how different they were and how they acted around him.

The woman that had given birth to him, the one he loved so much, the one that should be taking care of him wasn't even paying any attention to him.

The woman that had done so much for him and had been treated badly in return was paying attention.

He could see the love in her eyes.

Rusty kept looking back and forth between them, unsure of what he should do.

Then everything disappeared in a flash of white….

Rusty woke up with a start, unsure of what woke him up.

Then he heard his mother banging on the door telling him to get ready for another fun day of shopping.

Needless to say that Rusty didn't really enjoy himself too much and he was glad when they got back to the hotel.

Ms. Beck let Rusty into her room while she went to talk to a guy down the hall so Rusty had a chance to catch his breath.

While sitting on the bed Rusty looked around the room thinking about all the hotel rooms that he had been in with his mother.

But then he noticed a folder peeking out from his mother's suitcase.

Rusty got up to get it, glancing at the door for his mother.

Opening it to the first page Rusty was surprised to see Raydor's picture looking out at him. Rifling through the papers he realized that this folder was filled with articles and paperwork about Raydor.

Though the paperwork seemed to focus mostly on how wealthy her family was.

Looking through the paperwork Rusty realized that this was proof of what Raydor tried to tell him.

His mother just wanted to sell him to Raydor.

She didn't care about him at all.

Just then Rusty heard the door open and he looked up to see his mother walk through the door with the man from down the hall.

Sharon stopped, seeing Rusty with the folder. As he stared at her Sharon's face became angry.

"How dare you go through my things?"

"You don't want me, do you mom? All I am is a way to get at Raydor's money."

Rusty stared at his mother. He wanted her to explain the folder and tell him that she wanted him but he knew that it would just be lies.

"Don't be ridiculous. Now go back to your room and get really for the beach tomorrow."

Rusty pushed past his mother and the man behind her and went to his room.

Lying down on the bed Rusty thought about how mean he had been to Raydor and how he was going to ask for forgiveness the next day.

He just hoped that she would forgive him.