Truth
A couple of days later Bradin walked into Jay's shop. He had been surfing and Jay asked him to watch the store for a little while. As he entered he noticed no one was around.
"Hello." Bradin called into the store, as he put the surfboard on the rack.
"I'll be there in a minute." Came a female voice from the back.
Bradin watched a slim figure come out from the back. She was dressed in a tight light blue tank top and long shorts. She had long brown hair with blue highlights, and blonde highlights. Her arms were very well defined.
"Can I help you?" She asked before she saw him. She looked at him "Bradin?" She asked after she saw his face.
"Yea." Bradin said not recognizing her that entire well.
"You don't remember me do you? Hold on." Said the girl as she put her brown hair on her head.
Bradin took a minute, but then it hit him. "Cat," the girl nodded her head "Oh, my Gosh, I am so sorry I didn't recognize you."
"It's no problem, my hair was always up when I was around you. So you are here working for Jay?" Cat asked
"Yea, how did you know?"
"Well, a boy from Kansas in a surf shop, doesn't quiet mix and also Jay told me that you were going to come by."
"Yea, I work here."
Cat came out from behind the counter.
"You might want to cover up." She said as she handed him a towel and looked at his wetsuit. "I'm used to seeing that but most people feel uncomfortable went they see half naked people.
Bradin went into the back and when he returned he was dressed in a tee shirt with a blue strip on it and some shorts.
Cat was at the desk with a costumer. She was drawing on a piece of paper. He went over to the counter and looked to see what she was drawing. He saw her drawing on a surfboard it had flames and water clashing together. 7'5" was written on the top, he went over to another costumer and helped him.
"Bradin." Cat called over to him.
"Yea." Bradin answered.
"Could you watch over the store for awhile, I have a lesson to go teach. Jay should be back in like 30."
"Yea, sure." Bradin said.
"Thanks." Cat said
Bradin watched as she disappeared in the back, only to have her reappear in a wet suit, with a board under her arm. Bradin watched her leave the shop barefoot expect for something that was on her ankle, not the strap for the surfboard. He watched her run down to the beach 'I forgot how in shape she was.' Bradin thought to himself as she disappeared from his site.
Bradin went back to work. He didn't even notice Jay come in.
"We're going to be closing soon, mate." Jay said in his Austrian accent.
"Oh, hey Jay. Just finishing up."
"Did you meet Cat?" Jay asked
"Yea."
"Where is she now?"
"She said she had a lesson to get to."
"Bradin stay here." Jay said as he did he went out the door and ran toward were Bradin watched Cat disappear in.
"Ok." Bradin said as he watched Jay disappear too.
Five minutes later Jay came back this time with Cat and her board. Jay had her board under his arm.
"Jay give me back my board." Cat said as they entered the shop.
"You shouldn't be surfing yet." Jay said.
"I'm not. I was just sitting on it, watching the kid surf. It's easier on my ankle to not have to try to keep me afloat." Cat said
"The doctor said in a couple of days you could surf again." Jay said
"I'm not surfing yet, just give me the board." Cat said
Jay gave her the board and watched her enter the back room.
"Why cannot she surf yet?" Bradin asked
"She broke her ankle." Jay said.
"How?" Bradin said
"She fell off her board and couldn't get out from under the waves, they just kept coming. Luckily she finally was able to but then another wave came and dragged her under. That time she was pushed into the reef, she hit so hard that she broke her ankle mostly because there was a rock right were she it the reef." Jay said
"You know, Jay, you shouldn't talk about such things unless you know the person you are talking about isn't in the room or in hearing distance." Cat said as she emerged from the back, wearing what she had on earlier.
"You're luck to be alive." Jay said. "I didn't think anybody could hold their breath that long when you were under."
"Well you would be surprised what people do in life or death situation." Cat said. "Right Bradin."
"Yea, strange things." Bradin said as he looked away from Catheren.
"Listen I have to go take care of Ian, so I'll be at your house about six." Cat said now looking at Jay.
"Yea sounds good to me." Jay said
Cat walked out
"What was that about?" Bradin asked
"Ava invited her over for dinner." Jay said as he headed toward the back.
"Ian." Bradin said when realization hit him. The night he was drunk the girl on the beach. Bradin ran out of the shop in the direction Cat was walking.
"Cat." Bradin called after her as he spotted her back.
Cat stopped where she was and turned around she waited for him to catch up.
"What's up?" Cat asked
"I saw you on the beach the other night." Bradin blurted out.
"OK." Cat responded not knowing which night he was talking about.
"Who was the guy?" Bradin asked
"What guy?" Cat asked
"The guy that hit you." Bradin said.
"Oh, you saw that?" Cat said
"Yea, who is he?" Bradin asked
"He's my Uncle." Cat said
"And he beats you?" Bradin asked
"Yea." Cat said
"Does he do what your father did to you... to me." Bradin said
"First off my real father died went I was a month old. Secondly that guy was my stepfather. But no my Uncle doesn't do that stuff to me." Cat said
"Except beat you." Bradin said
"Right." Cat said as he looked away. "Listen I have to go and see Ian. See you tonight." Cat said as he turned and ran away from Bradin. Bradin just watched her leave.
End of Chapter
Tell me what you guys think. Bradin's secret will be told to you guys slowly. What could it be what secret does he have, what did Cat's stepfather do to him and her? You guys have to review to find out.
A couple of days later Bradin walked into Jay's shop. He had been surfing and Jay asked him to watch the store for a little while. As he entered he noticed no one was around.
"Hello." Bradin called into the store, as he put the surfboard on the rack.
"I'll be there in a minute." Came a female voice from the back.
Bradin watched a slim figure come out from the back. She was dressed in a tight light blue tank top and long shorts. She had long brown hair with blue highlights, and blonde highlights. Her arms were very well defined.
"Can I help you?" She asked before she saw him. She looked at him "Bradin?" She asked after she saw his face.
"Yea." Bradin said not recognizing her that entire well.
"You don't remember me do you? Hold on." Said the girl as she put her brown hair on her head.
Bradin took a minute, but then it hit him. "Cat," the girl nodded her head "Oh, my Gosh, I am so sorry I didn't recognize you."
"It's no problem, my hair was always up when I was around you. So you are here working for Jay?" Cat asked
"Yea, how did you know?"
"Well, a boy from Kansas in a surf shop, doesn't quiet mix and also Jay told me that you were going to come by."
"Yea, I work here."
Cat came out from behind the counter.
"You might want to cover up." She said as she handed him a towel and looked at his wetsuit. "I'm used to seeing that but most people feel uncomfortable went they see half naked people.
Bradin went into the back and when he returned he was dressed in a tee shirt with a blue strip on it and some shorts.
Cat was at the desk with a costumer. She was drawing on a piece of paper. He went over to the counter and looked to see what she was drawing. He saw her drawing on a surfboard it had flames and water clashing together. 7'5" was written on the top, he went over to another costumer and helped him.
"Bradin." Cat called over to him.
"Yea." Bradin answered.
"Could you watch over the store for awhile, I have a lesson to go teach. Jay should be back in like 30."
"Yea, sure." Bradin said.
"Thanks." Cat said
Bradin watched as she disappeared in the back, only to have her reappear in a wet suit, with a board under her arm. Bradin watched her leave the shop barefoot expect for something that was on her ankle, not the strap for the surfboard. He watched her run down to the beach 'I forgot how in shape she was.' Bradin thought to himself as she disappeared from his site.
Bradin went back to work. He didn't even notice Jay come in.
"We're going to be closing soon, mate." Jay said in his Austrian accent.
"Oh, hey Jay. Just finishing up."
"Did you meet Cat?" Jay asked
"Yea."
"Where is she now?"
"She said she had a lesson to get to."
"Bradin stay here." Jay said as he did he went out the door and ran toward were Bradin watched Cat disappear in.
"Ok." Bradin said as he watched Jay disappear too.
Five minutes later Jay came back this time with Cat and her board. Jay had her board under his arm.
"Jay give me back my board." Cat said as they entered the shop.
"You shouldn't be surfing yet." Jay said.
"I'm not. I was just sitting on it, watching the kid surf. It's easier on my ankle to not have to try to keep me afloat." Cat said
"The doctor said in a couple of days you could surf again." Jay said
"I'm not surfing yet, just give me the board." Cat said
Jay gave her the board and watched her enter the back room.
"Why cannot she surf yet?" Bradin asked
"She broke her ankle." Jay said.
"How?" Bradin said
"She fell off her board and couldn't get out from under the waves, they just kept coming. Luckily she finally was able to but then another wave came and dragged her under. That time she was pushed into the reef, she hit so hard that she broke her ankle mostly because there was a rock right were she it the reef." Jay said
"You know, Jay, you shouldn't talk about such things unless you know the person you are talking about isn't in the room or in hearing distance." Cat said as she emerged from the back, wearing what she had on earlier.
"You're luck to be alive." Jay said. "I didn't think anybody could hold their breath that long when you were under."
"Well you would be surprised what people do in life or death situation." Cat said. "Right Bradin."
"Yea, strange things." Bradin said as he looked away from Catheren.
"Listen I have to go take care of Ian, so I'll be at your house about six." Cat said now looking at Jay.
"Yea sounds good to me." Jay said
Cat walked out
"What was that about?" Bradin asked
"Ava invited her over for dinner." Jay said as he headed toward the back.
"Ian." Bradin said when realization hit him. The night he was drunk the girl on the beach. Bradin ran out of the shop in the direction Cat was walking.
"Cat." Bradin called after her as he spotted her back.
Cat stopped where she was and turned around she waited for him to catch up.
"What's up?" Cat asked
"I saw you on the beach the other night." Bradin blurted out.
"OK." Cat responded not knowing which night he was talking about.
"Who was the guy?" Bradin asked
"What guy?" Cat asked
"The guy that hit you." Bradin said.
"Oh, you saw that?" Cat said
"Yea, who is he?" Bradin asked
"He's my Uncle." Cat said
"And he beats you?" Bradin asked
"Yea." Cat said
"Does he do what your father did to you... to me." Bradin said
"First off my real father died went I was a month old. Secondly that guy was my stepfather. But no my Uncle doesn't do that stuff to me." Cat said
"Except beat you." Bradin said
"Right." Cat said as he looked away. "Listen I have to go and see Ian. See you tonight." Cat said as he turned and ran away from Bradin. Bradin just watched her leave.
End of Chapter
Tell me what you guys think. Bradin's secret will be told to you guys slowly. What could it be what secret does he have, what did Cat's stepfather do to him and her? You guys have to review to find out.