Chapter 24: Vicious Words

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Cody sat outside on the porch swing twiddling her thumbs. The hills in the distance slowly swallowed the sun and through the clouds it projected amazing purples and pinks and oranges. The coo of a dove interrupted the silence at random intervals.


Cody sighed. "Oh Alex." Images of him kissing that girl, that perfect girl, and others floated through her head. She tried to push them away but she would have had more success trying to hold the sea back with a broom.

'He's 'changed' before...' Heather's voice echoed in her head. 'He'll break your heart.'

/How can I trust him?/ She wondered.

/'I know it will be hard to trust him but you have to give him a chance.'/ Stephanie's voice came.

"I can't, I can't," she cried into her hands. "Oh Alex why?"


"Why what? What'd I do?"


Cody looked up at Alex who had just walked up the steps of her porch.


Something inside her snapped. "You bastard." She growled.


"What? What'd I do now?"


"Does the name Heather Kidd ring a bell in that little brain of yours?" Cody asked.


"You met Heather?"


"Yes I did, and she told me all about your syndrome."


"Syndrome?" Alex asked.


"How you 'change' a lot. She said you told her the same story you told me. "How could I have been so blind? You are such a liar. Why'd you have to use God for your own selfish gain huh?"


"I don't understand," Alex said. "I never told Heather that story-"


"Oh so it was a story. You jerk!"


"It is not a story. You're just twisting my words."


"How can I trust you? Everything you told me was a lie-"


"Look Cody you don't even know Heather, did she mention that she came on to me?"


"Oh yeah, the next thing you're gonna tell me is that you pushed her away, right?"


Alex looked down at his feet then to the sun sinking behind the hills and rubbed the back of his neck.


"You lied to so many people, I'm sure it has gotten pretty easy to put on that innocent puppy face hasn't it?"


"I have never lied to you Cody, never, and I can honestly say that." Alex said looking her straight in the eyes.


She turned from him and crossed her arms. "Get out of my house."


Alex felt something sharp cut through his heart and his stomach knotted. He opened his mouth but then shut it and descended down the steps. As he turned to walk to the front of the house he stopped. "I'm sorry Cody...I'm sorry."


The lump in Cody's throat grew and she clenched her teeth. "Go away."


She could not look at him.


Alex walked to his car, and went away.