THE TRUTH COMES OUT
Liz walked over to the counter and refilled Sean's drink. "Any plans today?"
"What? Don't you like me hanging out here?" he said smiling.
"I'm not trying to kick you out," she said. "I was just asking a question."
"Well, to answer your question, I don't have any plans today." He looked at her. "Do you?"
Liz felt her cheeks grow warm. "I'm pretty much stuck here all day."
"Come on, your dad owns the Crashdown," Sean said. "You can leave early, right?"
"Maria's not coming in for awhile and I don't want to leave my dad alone."
"Okay," he said, "so that means I'm stuck here all day too."
*
"Have you seen Max today?" Isabel asked Michael as they walked into his apartment. "It feels like I haven't talked to him in years."
"Same here," Michael said. He went into his kitchen. "Do you want something to drink?"
"No, thanks." Isabel sat down on the couch. "Do you think anything's wrong with Max?"
Michael joined her on the couch. "Do you really me to answer that?"
"Michael, I'm trying to be serious," she said. "Ever since Tess left, I'm been getting this weird vibe from him."
"Really?" Michael took a drink from his glass. "Maria told me that Liz's worried about him too."
"What did she say?"
He shrugged. "You know, Max is distancing himself, shutting down. I can understand him though." He paused. "It's been almost a month since Tess left, we're all still trying to recover from what she did to us."
*
Max had made sure Brody had left for the day when he bought Tess out to the main room. They sat down on a bench and there was where Max had told her everything.
"I killed someone." A teardrop slid down her cheek. "I'm a murderer?" She wiped the tear away. "Are the police looking for me or something? Is that why it's unsafe for me to leave?"
Max thought of Liz and Maria, of Isabel and Michael. "It's not the police you should be worried about."
"I want out," Tess said. "I don't care if there's a warrant out there for me, I need to get out." She stood up. "Are you going to let me go?"
Max stood up with her. "I can't do that."
"Why do you keep doing this to me?" She pushed passed him, but Max grabbed on to her. "Let me go!" She felt a burning sensation flowing through her body and Max suddenly went flying across the room. "What the hell?" The burning was increasing.
Max slowly got up on his feet.
Tess stared at him. "You didn't tell me everything, did you?"
Liz walked over to the counter and refilled Sean's drink. "Any plans today?"
"What? Don't you like me hanging out here?" he said smiling.
"I'm not trying to kick you out," she said. "I was just asking a question."
"Well, to answer your question, I don't have any plans today." He looked at her. "Do you?"
Liz felt her cheeks grow warm. "I'm pretty much stuck here all day."
"Come on, your dad owns the Crashdown," Sean said. "You can leave early, right?"
"Maria's not coming in for awhile and I don't want to leave my dad alone."
"Okay," he said, "so that means I'm stuck here all day too."
*
"Have you seen Max today?" Isabel asked Michael as they walked into his apartment. "It feels like I haven't talked to him in years."
"Same here," Michael said. He went into his kitchen. "Do you want something to drink?"
"No, thanks." Isabel sat down on the couch. "Do you think anything's wrong with Max?"
Michael joined her on the couch. "Do you really me to answer that?"
"Michael, I'm trying to be serious," she said. "Ever since Tess left, I'm been getting this weird vibe from him."
"Really?" Michael took a drink from his glass. "Maria told me that Liz's worried about him too."
"What did she say?"
He shrugged. "You know, Max is distancing himself, shutting down. I can understand him though." He paused. "It's been almost a month since Tess left, we're all still trying to recover from what she did to us."
*
Max had made sure Brody had left for the day when he bought Tess out to the main room. They sat down on a bench and there was where Max had told her everything.
"I killed someone." A teardrop slid down her cheek. "I'm a murderer?" She wiped the tear away. "Are the police looking for me or something? Is that why it's unsafe for me to leave?"
Max thought of Liz and Maria, of Isabel and Michael. "It's not the police you should be worried about."
"I want out," Tess said. "I don't care if there's a warrant out there for me, I need to get out." She stood up. "Are you going to let me go?"
Max stood up with her. "I can't do that."
"Why do you keep doing this to me?" She pushed passed him, but Max grabbed on to her. "Let me go!" She felt a burning sensation flowing through her body and Max suddenly went flying across the room. "What the hell?" The burning was increasing.
Max slowly got up on his feet.
Tess stared at him. "You didn't tell me everything, did you?"