TRUSTING "Do you think you could ever forgive her?" Isabel looked up at Alex, shocked that he would even ask her that question. She placed her hand on his headstone. "She killed you. How can I forgive her?" "I'm not asking you if you would ever forgive her," he said, "but if you could forgive her?" "There's a difference?" Isabel watched as he knelt down beside her. She felt comforted knowing that he was by her side. "There is, Isabel," he said. "Have you forgiven her?" she asked. "You know I can't answer that," Alex said. "It's not up to me to forgive anyone." She looked over at him, finally realizing what he was trying to tell her. "It's up to us." "Isabel?" Kyle was walking towards her. She turned to him. "Oh, hey." She looked back to Alex, but he was gone. "What's going on?" she asked Kyle. "Max told me you might be here," he said. "He wants you to come over to our place." "Is everything all right?" He shrugged. "Depends." * Michael was already there when Isabel and Kyle walked in. Isabel's eyes went directly to the couch where Tess sat. "What is she doing here?" "Calm down, Isabel," Max said. "She doesn't know what's going on." "What?" Isabel said. "I don't know who I am," Tess said. "She's lying, Max," Isabel said. "That's what I said," Michael said, "but it seems like Maxwell here won't stop defending her." "Tell me that's not true," Isabel said to Max. "You actually believe her?" "I believe her too," Kyle said. "So does my dad." Isabel crossed her arms in front of her chest. "I can't believe this is happening." She looked at Max. "What happened?" "I found her in the UFO Center a couple of days ago," Max said. "I was hiding her there until she broke out and then Jim found her." "You've known she was back and you didn't tell us?" Isabel said angrily. "I knew you would be upset," Max said. "Upset?" Isabel said. "More like mad as hell! God, Max, we can't trust her!" "But, she trusts us!" Max said. "Max," Kyle said suddenly. "She's gone." They all turned to the empty couch. * Tess didn't want to hear them yelling anymore. She had left though the back door and she didn't care where she was going or who saw her. She just had to get away. She wrapped her arms around herself. She didn't want to face the fact that she was an alien, that she had killed someone, that wasn't wanted. "Tess." Max ran up behind her. "Tess, stop." She turned to face him. "It hurts, trying to remember. You didn't tell me it was going to hurt." "You didn't tell me either," he said.