Chapter 9

Again, I don't own any of these characters

Cody and Bailey continued to just look at each other. Both were thinking the exact same thing but were praying that they were wrong. Because if they were right, everything had just changed. Max was just watching the two in front of her swearing they were having a conversation without actually speaking. Finally, Bailey spoke.

"Cody..."

"I know..."

"Please tell me its not what we're both thinking."

"I hope to God we're wrong..."

Max interrupted. "Would you two care to fill me in on whatever it is you hope you're wrong about?"

Cody turned to her. "We think we know this so called beauty pageant diva..."

"And?"

"And if its who we think it is, Theo or Teddy is a whole lot more dangerous than we initially thought..."

"In what way?"

"Well, if we're right, Teddy as he likes to be called was physically abusive to this girl and even tried to rape her..."

Max stood there stunned. "Oh my God..."

Bailey nodded. "Yeah..."

Max paused. "Is there anyway to find out for sure?"

Cody paused. "Well, I could call her I suppose. But, I hate that it would bring back bad memories to her..."

Bailey turned to him. "You still have her number?"

Cody nodded. "Yeah..."

"Why?"

Cody shrugged. "I never got around to erasing it. It's not like I've talked to her since. Besides, isn't it a good thing I still have it right now?"

Bailey paused. "I suppose..."

"Look, I promise to erase it later or you can even erase it if you want, but right now we need her to verify this for us."

Bailey sighed. "Fine..."

Cody paused. "Wait. How am I supposed to get her to verify its him without showing her what Theo looks like?"

The three look at each other before Bailey speaks up. "Wouldn't there be a picture of him online somewhere?"

Cody grins. "That's brilliant, Bails!"

Cody immediately grabs his laptop and begins searching. Fortunately, he finds a recent photo taken at Theo's graduation. Cody pulls out his phone and searches for Rebecca's number. Once he found it, he dialed. As a second thought, he pushed his speakerphone button.

"Hello?"

"Rebecca? Its me, Cody Martin..."

"Cody? I never expected to hear from you again. I thought when I left the ship it would be the last time I ever talked to you..."

Cody looks up at Bailey to make sure she heard that part. "So did I, but I need your help with something."

"After what I did, I will do anything I can to help..."

"Do you have access to the internet handy?"

"Yeah, I'm at my computer...Why?"

"I need you to go to a website for me..." Cody proceeds to give her the website he found. "Are you there yet?"

"Its loading..." Then there is nothing but silence.

"Rebecca?"

Still more silence.

"Rebecca? Are you there?"

"Cody...Why are you doing this to me?"

"Do you recognize the person in that picture?"

"Of course I do! That's Teddy!"

Cody looks at Bailey and Max. "We were afraid of that..."

"What are you talking about?"

"Its a long story, but the short of it is I know Teddy or rather it was Theo when I knew him. He's a student here at Yale, and he seems to have a grudge against Bailey and I. Certain things came to our attention that made us think Theo and Teddy were the same person. I'm sorry for bringing up bad memories for you, but we needed to confirm that..."

"That's him...What are you going to do?"

Cody paused. "I don't know yet..."

"Well, if there is anything I can do to help, just let me know. I would love to get some revenge on that SOB..."

"We'll keep that in mind. Thanks, Rebecca."

Cody pressed end and turned back to Bailey and Max. "I'm afraid this changes everything..."

Max paused. "In what way?"

"Instead of rich kid who has a grudge, we have a potential psychopath..."

Bailey sighed. "Which means we have no idea of how far he'll go..."

Cody nods. "Exactly..." He turns to Max. "If I were you, I wouldn't show up tomorrow afternoon."

"But wouldn't standing hip up piss him off even more?"

"Cody, she's right..."

Cody paused to think. "But, we know how dangerous he is. I'd feel like Max was walking right into the lion's den. I'd be more comfortable if there was someone there to keep an eye on things."

Max turned to him. "Like who? It can't be you two. The sight of you two would just agitate him and make him want to leave..."

Cody sighed. "You're right...And I don't know of anyone other students here I trust..."

Bailey paused. "What about if Zack could come down?"

Cody shook his head. "Theo and Zack didn't exactly part on good terms either..."

"Woody?"

Cody paused. "That could work...if Woody is available..."

"I think its our only chance..."

Cody nods. "Alright, I'll make the call..." Before he does, he turns to Max. "You better get out of here too. If Theo finds out you are hanging out here, he won't be happy..."

Max nods. "Good point. Alright, I'll head out the back and cut back around to get back to my dorm..."

"Call one of us when you get back to your dorm so we know you got back safely..."

Max nods, and slips out the back door.

Cody is about to dial a number when Bailey stops him.

"Cody, I'm sorry."

"For what?"

"For getting upset when I found out you still had her number..."

Cody smiled. "Its okay. I should have erased it, but then the hurricane hit and I forgot to."

Bailey smiled. "I know. I'm sorry I acted a little jealous for a minute."

"You have no reason to be jealous of anything. When I put that ring on your finger, its because you are the only one I will ever want..."

"And I accepted that ring because you're the only one I will ever want..."

"Good...but right now, we have a phone call to make..."

Cody pulls out his cell phone and dials.

"Zack, is Woody there with you? Good, we need your help..."

To be Continued...