Chapter 9
Mandy returned to the lounge room after a few hours on the internet, when all of a sudden the phone started to ring.
"Hello?" She said as she answered it.
"Hey is that you Mandy?" Brittany replied.
"Yeah, what's up?" Mandy said.
"I'm ok, I just found out something and I had to ring you." Brittany said.
"Ok what about?" Mandy said.
"Well it's about Trent." Brittany said quietly.
"What about Trent?" Mandy asked in a suspicious voice.
"Mandy I don't know how to break this to you but Trent's been unfaithful to you." Brittany explained quietly.
"What do you mean?" Mandy gasped.
"He's been seeing Tamara behind your back." Brittany explained.
"Oh my god!" Mandy shrieked.
"Sorry Mandy but I had to tell you." Brittany said.
"I know it's not your fault." Mandy replied.
"Mandy are ya gonna be alright?" Brittany asked.
Mandy didn't reply, she closed her eyes and started taking deep breaths.
"Mandy…" Brittany said.
"I gotta go." Mandy said quietly and hang up.
She dropped the phone on the ground and opened the big wooden doors, leading outside to the large areas on land Mark owned.
She started crying and ran outside. It was cold and the snow had started to kick in. But she was in too much shock to notice it.
Mandy didn't see a hole approaching her and she tripped.
She gasped out in pain as she felt her ankle starting to swell up. She layed there and continued to cry.
Mark arrived home about an hour later.
"Mandy…" He called out as he closed the front door as he entered his house.
"Jesus, it's cold." He mumbled to himself and turned on his gas heated fireplace.
He turned around and noticed that the back doors were open. He also noticed that the phone was dropped on the ground and the batteries had fallen out. Mark walked over and picked up his phone and put the batteries back in. He hung the phone back up against the wall and walked over to the doors. He gasped as he saw footprints leading out to the large area of land.
"Mandy…" He called out once more in the house, but there was no reply.
"Shit." He mumbled and ran outside past the back porch and out through the snow.
"Fuck its cold." He groaned.
"Mandy!" He called out, but he still couldn't hear any replies.
"Oh where are ya girl?" He yelled out.
He noticed something lying in the snow a few feet away from him; he quickly walked over to it.
He kneeled down and noticed that it was Mandy.
"Oh god Mandy!" He gasped as he shook her shoulder.
She murmured quietly and opened her eyes.
She saw Mark looking at her, and she burst into tears.
"Girl what are ya doing out here huh?" He replied, gently picking her up and carrying her back to his house.
"Jesus ya blue! How long were ya out there for?" He asked as he sat her down on the couch, and shut the door.
"I dunno." She replied while shivering.
Mark took one look at her and ran straight upstairs to his bathroom. He turned on the tapes and began to run a bath.
He came back down and walked over to her.
"Come on Amanda, ya need a bath sweetheart." He said.
"I can't walk, I hurt my ankle." She explained.
Mark sighed and picked her up and carried her up the stairs into his bathroom.
He shut the door and gently placed her into the bath.
Mandy moaned as the hot water clashed with her cold body.
Mark leaned over and turned the tapes off.
Mandy watched him as he pulled his t-shirt off and his boots too and hopped into the bath.
"What are ya doing?" She managed to ask.
"Lean back." He said pulling her into a hug.
"Oh my god, that feels so good." She said as his warm arms snuggled her up.
"I'll keep ya warm, ya need body temperature." He explained.
Mandy nodded.
"So ya gonna tell me why ya upset?" He asked.