Chapter 10
"Well, I think the best way to explain it would be for Sportacus to answer himself." Stephanie replied. Her friends looked at her as if she was crazy. Sportacus was dead.
"But…" Ziggy started. That's when the above-average hero emerged from the hallway. Everyone stared as though what was before their eyes couldn't be real.
"You're alive? But how can that be?" Trixie asked.
"Simple. I was never dead." Sportacus replied. Seeing that they didn't get it, he expounded on what had happened.
"You few will be the only ones that get the full story. The town meeting this morning was a hoax to get Robbie's cousin, Helga to believe that I was dead. This was all set in motion so that he could collect his inheritance."
"So you had to 'die' so that Robbie could get his money?" Stingy asked, starting to like the idea about getting money.
"Yes. He had to kill his enemy so he could get the money. Being that he didn't have any enemies and that he needed the money, we came up with the plan to fake my death." Sportacus explained.
"Everyone at the meeting knew except for us?" Pixel asked.
"We had to play it that way. Lucky for us, Robbie's cousin lives far away and won't hear about Sportacus' amazing resurrection." Stephanie smiled. Their friends seemed to accept the fact that they had been kept out of the loop and that it had been done for a very important reason.
"So when can you 'come back to life'?" Asked Ziggy.
"Robbie called about twenty minutes ago to say his cousin was gone but we're going to play it safe. I won't 'rise from the dead' until tomorrow." Sportacus said. Everyone seemed to be in better moods and Stephanie promised to keep them in the loop from now on. Their friends said they understood and began to leave. Pulling Amanda aside, Stephanie asked her to stay a little longer.
Robbie sat in silence inside his ex-lair. He had been looking at the check Helga had handed him. The money wasn't worth it. All he wanted for was Amanda to be there and for her to forgive him. How could he apologize for something that horrible? She would probably never take him back. Robbie knew that he wouldn't blame her.
Stephanie sat down and Amanda sat down next to her friend on the sofa. Sportacus started a pot of water to make everyone a cup of tea.
"I want to thank you for holding Joshua earlier today." Stephanie said.
"Oh, no problem. He is so cute." Amanda smiled.
"Now I want to talk about you and Robbie." Stephanie cautiously remarked.
"There is nothing to talk about. He wanted his money and he got it. Whether I decide to see him again is totally up to me." Amanda said as the smiled faded from her face.
"I know what he did was wrong and there is no excuse for it but I think that you need to talk it over with him before throwing everything you have with him away. I've never seen someone as happy as you guys together and I just don't want you to lose it." Stephanie tried to explain.
"What am I supposed to do? Just take it and pray to God that it doesn't happen again? I can't trust him!" Amanda got upset. Sportacus walked into the room.
"Amanda, we're not asking for everything to go back the way it was that quickly. Robbie has talked to me about how wonderful you are and how much he loves being around you. Whether you want to believe it or not, you changed him." The above-average hero told her.
"I promise that if he ever lays a hand on you again, Sportacus and I will do everything in our power to help you. We just want you to be happy and that seems to be when you're with Robbie." Stephanie said. Amanda didn't answer. What was she going to do?
To Be Continued…