Chapter 20: The Call To Cindy, and a broken heart
"Cindy? Is Max over there?"
"Nope. Why? She run off like Lucy did?" Original Cindy glanced at Max and winked at her.
"Wh- What? What do you mean by that?" Logan stammered,
"Oh, nothing. Just that thing you and Lucy had going on...she must have decided to split..."
"Lucy and I were-are friends! Nothing more!"
"Oh come on boo, spill it. Original Cindy knows it all. Spell it out."
"We...she, we, kissed a few times. That's it! She told me she knew she never had a chance with me, and then she went out with Lara..."
"A few times, huh? Sure boo. Whatever. Well, I hope you find Max. Maybe. When you find her she's liable to bite your head off, but, later."
"Cindy wait! Is Max there?!" Logan sat back, tired and stunned. He knew Cindy knew where Max was. But she wasn't telling. And he was pissed.
"What did he say?" Max asked Cindy when she hung up on Logan.
"Nothing he can't tell you himself." she replied sassily. "I suggest you go back there and ask him yourself."
"Why should I listen to him?" Max responded, hand on her hips. At the look Cindy gave her, she concented, "Fine. But I'm not going to like it. And believe me, neither is Lucy."
"Fill me in on everything when you're done. And good luck with Lucy!" Cindy laughed at the look on Max's face at the mention of Lucy's name as she stormed out the door.
((Watch out Lucy, here comes Max))
"...and now she's gone." Logan finished, and sighed, wishing he could read minds. Max's in particular.
Max sat quietly, inside she was boiling. "So, this Lucy, not even divorced yet, makes moves on a married man, and he complies might I add, then when his wife wakes up, she makes off with the kid? Sure, it all makes sense." Max rolled off, glaring at Logan. ((God, how could he?))
((She hates me. I knew it. Shit...I don't know why I did it..))
"Max, I don't know why I did it..."
"Want some suggestions? Hmm..." Max cocked her head to the side, then continued, "Wife's in a coma. No one to get busy with. This beautiful girl comes along, and voila! Instant sex. Did you buy the single serving or the economy size?"
Logan frowned, taken aback at the anger in her voice. "We never had...I..didn't..."
"No, you just lay in the bed while she had the sex, right?" Max cut him off, this time staring daggers at him.
"Max! God, I'm sorry! I wish it had never happened, and it never will again..."
"You're right." she said, this time softly, tears gleaming in her eyes. "It won't."
"Max...?"
"I need some time alone. Good bye Logan. It's been fun." Max stood up gracefully and picked up her jacket.
Logan sat, stunned, as she advanced, until she was standing in front of him. Max leaned down and kissed him on the cheek.
"I loved you..." she whispered in his ear, then straightened, and left, closing the door slowly behind her. Once she was out, she raced down the stairs and onto her motorcycle, speeding away.
Logan watched the lights fade away down the empty street. As Max's love drained from his empty heart.
End chapter 20
"Cindy? Is Max over there?"
"Nope. Why? She run off like Lucy did?" Original Cindy glanced at Max and winked at her.
"Wh- What? What do you mean by that?" Logan stammered,
"Oh, nothing. Just that thing you and Lucy had going on...she must have decided to split..."
"Lucy and I were-are friends! Nothing more!"
"Oh come on boo, spill it. Original Cindy knows it all. Spell it out."
"We...she, we, kissed a few times. That's it! She told me she knew she never had a chance with me, and then she went out with Lara..."
"A few times, huh? Sure boo. Whatever. Well, I hope you find Max. Maybe. When you find her she's liable to bite your head off, but, later."
"Cindy wait! Is Max there?!" Logan sat back, tired and stunned. He knew Cindy knew where Max was. But she wasn't telling. And he was pissed.
"What did he say?" Max asked Cindy when she hung up on Logan.
"Nothing he can't tell you himself." she replied sassily. "I suggest you go back there and ask him yourself."
"Why should I listen to him?" Max responded, hand on her hips. At the look Cindy gave her, she concented, "Fine. But I'm not going to like it. And believe me, neither is Lucy."
"Fill me in on everything when you're done. And good luck with Lucy!" Cindy laughed at the look on Max's face at the mention of Lucy's name as she stormed out the door.
((Watch out Lucy, here comes Max))
"...and now she's gone." Logan finished, and sighed, wishing he could read minds. Max's in particular.
Max sat quietly, inside she was boiling. "So, this Lucy, not even divorced yet, makes moves on a married man, and he complies might I add, then when his wife wakes up, she makes off with the kid? Sure, it all makes sense." Max rolled off, glaring at Logan. ((God, how could he?))
((She hates me. I knew it. Shit...I don't know why I did it..))
"Max, I don't know why I did it..."
"Want some suggestions? Hmm..." Max cocked her head to the side, then continued, "Wife's in a coma. No one to get busy with. This beautiful girl comes along, and voila! Instant sex. Did you buy the single serving or the economy size?"
Logan frowned, taken aback at the anger in her voice. "We never had...I..didn't..."
"No, you just lay in the bed while she had the sex, right?" Max cut him off, this time staring daggers at him.
"Max! God, I'm sorry! I wish it had never happened, and it never will again..."
"You're right." she said, this time softly, tears gleaming in her eyes. "It won't."
"Max...?"
"I need some time alone. Good bye Logan. It's been fun." Max stood up gracefully and picked up her jacket.
Logan sat, stunned, as she advanced, until she was standing in front of him. Max leaned down and kissed him on the cheek.
"I loved you..." she whispered in his ear, then straightened, and left, closing the door slowly behind her. Once she was out, she raced down the stairs and onto her motorcycle, speeding away.
Logan watched the lights fade away down the empty street. As Max's love drained from his empty heart.
End chapter 20
