Learning To Trust Again

‘Jake’ Todd replied, his voice hard as he looked back at her. Searching her eyes he said ‘I thought you weren’t seeing him anymore?’

‘I’m not’ she said, looking away, an edge to her voice.

‘Where’s Jemma?’ Todd asked after a second as more memories of the night before returned.

‘I have no idea Todd’ Rebecca said ‘Jake didn’t mention her.’

‘Can you give me a phone?’

Picking up his phone off the bedside table Rebecca said ‘yours came in with you. But you had no Id.’

Taking his phone Todd dialed Jemma’s number as he said ‘no I don’t take it when I’m going to a club,’ he frowned as he got no answer to his call. Dialing again he said to his sister ‘it’s too easy to lose it in those places I just carry some cash.’

‘Don’t you get asked for proof of age?’ Rebecca asked.

Todd gave her half a smile ‘not since I was sixteen’ he said.

Rebecca smiled.

Todd still couldn’t get an answer from Jemma and he frowned again.

Seeing his concern Rebecca said ‘don’t worry about it for now. You need to concentrate on healing. I’m sure she’ll call.’

Nodding Todd said ‘okay’ but he was already dialing again.

‘Are you okay honey?’ Bridget asked Rebecca as they walked around a local park later that day, getting some fresh air after sitting in Todd’s hospital room for so long. They had left Brian to occupy Todd, who now showed every sign of wanting to jump out of bed and leave the hospital, the pain of moving due to his broken ribs, the only thing preventing that from happening.

‘I’m fine. Why?’ Rebecca asked with some surprise.

‘It was just when Jake was here earlier, you seemed sad.’ But when Rebecca didn’t reply and wouldn’t look at her mother Bridget asked ‘what happened?’

The concern in her mother’s voice was more than Rebecca could cope with and she bowed her head as the tears she’d been fighting all day started to flow.

Wrapping her arms around her daughter Bridget held her. ‘Can you tell me about it? It might help.’