14.

"Come on in." Max said to Joe.

"Hey. Look I have some news."

"Okay."

"You might want to sit down for this."

Max sat down and looked over to Ian.

"Do you want me to leave?" Ian asked.

"No, I don't. I have a feeling that you need to be here."
"Okay, so we already knew about Chloe's cheating, but what we don't know is that Chloe is not really Chloe. Her real name is Cynthia Kowalski."

"Why would she change her name?" Max asked.

"Well that's the hard part of what I have to tell you."

"I'm ready for it."

"Okay, well I found out that Cynthia Kowalski owned a blue BMW. She sold it however because there was some damage to her car."

Max could feel his heart beating faster.

"It seems that the night of the movie premier that had Chloe, Tyler Rourke and Eddie she was involved in a hit and run."

"Please don't tell me what I think you are." Max said softly.

"Yes Max. She was the one that ran you and Katy off the road that night. She is the one that was responsible for Katy's death."

"Oh my God. This is going to devastate Eddie." Ian said.

"Yeah, he was going to ask her to marry him and all this time she not only played him for a fool while she was cheating with Tyler but she also played him knowing she killed his mother." Max said. Then he stormed up and put his fist into the wall.

"Hey calm down. We need to figure out how we are going to let him know." Ian said.

"Is there anything else you need from me?" Joe asked.

"No, thank you. You did a great job." Max said.

"Well I'm here if you need anything else."

"I know. Thanks."

"This makes my plan more imperative now."

"What's your plan?"

"I know that Eddie is falling for Loren. I need to make sure that he is safely in the cocoon of love with her before he finds all this other stuff out. It might make sure he can handle it all."

"Okay, well how do we do that?"

"I am going to try to get her to the bungelow. I know that she will probably ask Mel if she should once I suggest it since they are best friends. You need to make sure that Mel encourages her."

"How is that going to help?"

"Once they are alone up there I think that it will be a change in their relationship."

"I think you may be right. He was already so intrigued by her."

"Yeah, and he was scared after being hurt by Chloe so badly or should I say Cynthia." Max said angrily.

"Okay, let's get busy." Ian said as he left to call his Sprite.

"Hey babe." she said as she answered the phone with a smile.

"Hey darling. Um.. can I come see you?"
"Of course." she said giggling.

Max pulled his phone out.

"Hi, um.. is there any way you can meet me somewhere?" he asked.

"Sure, where at?" Loren said.

"How about at that little cafe you work at?"

"Okay, I'll be there in a half hour."

"See you there." Max said smiling finally.

After Ian explained everything to Melissa she readily agreed to help. She too knew how Loren felt and she also felt like Eddie was falling for Loren.

Loren walked into the cafe and saw Max sitting at a table. She chuckled when she saw he too wore disguises out and about. Walking over she sat down at the table.

"You wanted to see me?" she asked.

"Yeah, Look I know this may sound like a meddlesome dad but I need you to do me a favor."

"Okay." she said hesitantly.

"I need you to go up to the bungelow and check on Eddie. He really doesn't need to be alone right now."
"He's at a bungelow?"

"Yeah, he is having a writers block on his songs and he sometimes goes up there."
"Well first off, I have no idea where it is and second off he may just want to be alone."
"He thinks he wants to be alone but right now he needs you Loren."

Loren thought about what he was asking her. "I'll have to think about it."
"That's reasonable. Here is the address if you decide to go and remember what I said Loren. He really needs you right now."

Mel's phone rang and she turned to smile at Ian to let him know who it was.

"Hey besty." she said into the phone.

"I really need your opinion on something."
"Okay, what is it?"

"Can I see you?"

"Sure come on over. Is it okay that Ian is here?"
"Yeah, he might can help me."
"Good." Mel said and hung up the phone. "She's on her way here."

"I hope like hell this works. My mate really needs her but remember you can't tell her about the Cynthia and accident."
"I promise." she said kissing Ian.