A second chance: Sequel of Against all odds (54 page)

“
Tyler
please-”

“
You
left me to go after that bastard. When will you realize he's not the
one for you?!” I shouted. She shot me a sharp look. I could see
almost hate in those beautiful blue eyes of her.

“
Stop
it. David is not a bastard and I'm sorry for you but I love him OK!”

My heart missed a beat. My
stomach muscles clenched and got tighter. I could hardly breathe.

“
Love
him? No,you're just confused. You just forgot. Hell how could you
forget us how?”

“
Tyler,
please..I thought you were over this. I thought you had accepted my
relationship with David,” she said exasperatedly.

“
Accepted?
How can I accept? Jesus, Cassidy. You're mine...until a few months
ago you were mine.”

“
Tyler
why are you doing this to me? It's not my fault. What can I do if I'm
in love with David? I can't force myself to love you,” she said
her voice breaking.

I felt my heart sinking.
Force herself to love me? Was this she always did in the past? Than
she continued....

“
You
have to forget me Tyler. Please let me live, let me be happy. Can't
you see that I can never make you happy.”

I slammed my hands on the
table; she shut up shocked...

“
I
have tried to forget you. I have tried it all. Hell Cassidy. I have
slept with different girls during my holiday. I used those damned
women hoping this will make me forget you. Alcohol didn't work; work
didn't work and not even sex did.” I cried as I tried in vain
to swallow the lump that had formed in my throat. She looked at me
shocked and in disbelief.

“
You
had sex with different women?”

“
Yes
I did.”

“
Oh
my God.”

“
Does
this matter to you? How can it when you were doing the same?” I
spat.

“
I
didn't sleep with different men... only with David.”

The last words had an effect
of a bomb blowing in my face.

“
So
you did sleep with him?” I rested against the wall. I couldn't
bear the pain I was feeling.

“
What
do you expect Tyler? It's only natural when you're in love with
someone. I know I'm hurting you and I'm sorry but....”

“
Shut
up. I've had enough... get out!!” I yelled like a wounded
animal.

“
What???
Tyler. I'm working.”

“
I
said get out of here!!! I can't keep seeing you. I'm getting mad. You
have destroyed my life Cassidy. Get out now. You're fired.”

She opened her mouth to say
something, but she had second thoughts. She put everything in her
bag, shut down the computer, grabbed her handbag and started to walk
out of the office. I felt my heart squeezing. Panic took possession
of me as I realised that I was sending away my life, my everything. I
rushed after her, reached her and grabbed her from the waist before
she could get out of my office. I imprisoned her in my arms.

“
Tyler
let me go!”

“
No...Cassidy....”
I said tears coming up in my eyes. “ I love you.. can't you see
this. You're breaking my heart into pieces. If you leave me I kill
myself, I can't keep living like this Cassidy. Please return home
with me, please.” I begged hugging her tight to me. She stood
still, breathing heavily, tears streaming down her eyes in silence..
I looked in her eyes, and I felt sad, there was compassion, concern
but no love at all for me,nothing. They were empty.

“
Tyler
you can't keep me here. Please, if you really love me let me go. You
have to grow up and start to accept that you can't have everything.”

“
No,
Cassidy. No please get into you. Try to remember. We were a family.”
I said pleading.

“
Stop
it. The past will never come back. Accept it once and for all..
please. This is not love you feel for me, this is obsession and
possession. You want me to be yours so that David can't have me.”

I looked astonished at her.
She couldn't possibly think what she was saying. I kept shaking my
head.

“
I'm
sorry but I won't accept any more blackmails. I'm in love with David,
and I can't change that ever!”

I felt my hands trembling
while I let go of her. I stepped backwards and looked at her. I
leaned against the wall and cried like a baby while she just walked
out, running away from me, another time.

I  knelt down, hid my
face in my hands and sobbed. I had lost my wife forever. My wife?
Yes, she was and she had to know. I got on my feet and ran out like a
freak. Mary looked  at me startled and worried.

“
Where
is she?” I cried.

“
In
the lift I think,” she replied quietly. 

I ran near the lift and
shouted. 

“
Cassidy
you're my wife...You're my wife. Cassidy!!” I slammed my hands
on the door of the lift...

Mary came running towards me
and put an arm on my shoulder.

“
Mr
Spencer,she's gone... she won't hear you.”

“
I
know,” I said falling on my knees.

“
What's
going on in here?”

His angry voice made me
jump. I looked up and saw my father....

“
Oh
my God, Tyler what the hell is happening? Look at yourself.”

“
She's
gone Dad. She's gone forever. I lost her.” I said sobbingly.

My father looked painfully
at me. I knew I was a complete mess; I had broken down completely.

“
Get
on you feet now!” my father ordered harshly.

“
I
can't Dad. I can't.. nothing makes sense anymore.”

“
I
said get up. Be a man for God's sake Tyler. You're not a baby. Get up
now!”

 “
No
just leave me alone.”

“
To
do what? Cry? No. Be a man, it hasn't finished yet.”

I looked stunned at him....

“
What
do you mean?”

“
You
still have a card to play before declaring failure.”

“
And
what's that?” I asked dashing my tears away.

“
Tell
her the truth... show her your wedding video, tell her you're her
husband.”

“
That
won't change anything.”

“
It
will I'm sure. Get up and compose yourself. Go and take a strong
coffee.”

“
No.
I'll go after her. I..”

“
After
her? Where at David's house? No. She won't see you now. Tomorrow...
go tomorrow after school. Wait for her in front of the college. Get
her on your car and take her home with you. And show her everything.
Photos, videos, your things, the house anything. You have to make her
memory come back. If she ever loved you, she will return to you.”

“
Will
she? I was having my doubts about that. “Dad I'm not sure if
she ever really loved me.”

“
You
have to try son.. One last try then if that doesn't work you have to
find a way to forget her.”

I looked into my father's
eyes. He seemed terribly worried about me; he has been harsh but he
was right. I had to do one last try. I got up on my feet, and
returned to my office. I started to count the hours that separated me
from her and the truth.

CHAPTER
41

Cassidy's
POV

I ran home trying to stop
crying. I didn't want David to see me like this. Why had he reacted
that way? I knew I must have hurt him and a lot, but I couldn't do
otherwise. I couldn't sacrifice my own happiness to make him happy.
When I arrived home, David was stunned to see me home so early. I
told him what had happened, and he just listened in silence.

“
I
don't know why he reacted like that.” I said sitting down.

“
You
don't know?Cassidy he loves you, how could he react?”he said
weakly.

I looked stunned at David..

“
Don't
look at me like that. I'm not saying it's right, but I understand
him. This is exactly how I felt when you had chosen him over me.”

I grabbed his hand.

“
Really?”

“
It
was the end of the world. But it will pass with time..”

“
Will
it? Did it pass for you?”I asked knowing already the answer.

“
No,
it never did. I kept loving you all these years.”

“
And
I'm glad you did David. I'm sorry for Tyler, but he has to forget me.
I'm in love with you. I want to spend the rest of my life loving you.
I want to have a baby with you.”

“
Oh
Cassidy..” He said grabbing my hand.

“
I'm
just worried now because I don't have a work anymore. I have to begin
searching and...”

“
No.
there is no need. Just focus on your studies. I work, and it's
enough.” he said caressing my face.

“
No
David.”

“
Cassidy
you're my family so stop it. What belongs to me belongs to you OK?”

I nodded and hugged him. I
felt so protected in his arms. All my worries and all my fears
dissolved when I was with him.

The next day at school there
was the play of Romeo and Juliet, the one I had to take part in. At
one, we were asked to be in the hall to see the premier before the
big night. The students were going to perform just for us, it would
be a rehearsal for them. I wasn't very eager to see this performance
because this meant seeing Claire and Blake again. I looked around to
see if David was there; he wasn't. Then I saw Lexie coming in.

“
Hey
Lexie...what are you doing here? Weren't you suppose to take part in
the show?” I asked looking startled at her. 

“
Yes
but I preferred not to. I didn't get along well with the other
students and last week I told Mr Clarke to find someone else. My
character had only a few lines to say, so Diane took my place. Can I
sit near you?” she asked.

“
Sure...”
I said standing up. I looked at the entrance door hoping to see him
coming in.

“
Searching
for your lover?” Lexie giggled.

I smiled at her... 

“
Yes...He's
not here.”

“
Have
you forgot?” 

“
Forgot
what?”I asked quizzically.

“
Today
the teachers have a meeting out of school. Mr Bayne must be with
them.”

“
Oh
yes, you're right, he had even told me. How could I forget?”

Lexie smiled. “Well,
you had better things to think about I imagine.”

I smiled at her and just
then the lights were switched off. The show was going to begin. The
curtain opened, and Malcolm, the guy that had gone for the literature
contest appeared on stage. He was dressed like Romeo.

“
Hey,
what's happening, where's Blake?” I whispered in Lexie's ear.

“
I
don't know, he never came for the rehearsals, so his part was given
to someone else.”

“
Oh...
and Claire?”

“
Claire
never came back to school after what happened you know that..”