Learning To Trust Again

Todd had continued to try to contact Jemma over the next twenty four hours without getting any further than he did the first time. Desperate, when Rebecca came to see him the next evening, he did something he never thought he’d do. After they exchanged greetings he said ‘could you call Jake and ask him to come and see me?’

Rebecca looked at him, her expression was anxious. ‘Todd I can’t’ she said ‘I’m not even speaking to him.’ Despite her mother’s words the day before she just couldn’t bring herself to open that wound again. She felt it was better to just try and move on. But Todd’s request wasn’t going to make that very easy.

‘Please Bec’s’ Todd said ‘I’m stuck in here and I need to find out about Jemma. She can’t or won’t take my calls. Something has happened, I know it. I can’t do anything lying here in bed. I wouldn’t ask if there was some other way.’

‘What about your mates?’ Rebecca asked, trying to think of a way out ‘would one of them know something?’

Todd frowned ‘no, for some reason they don’t seem to like her much. Besides they weren’t there that night, we were out on our own. I doubt they’d know how to contact her either. She isn’t from my usual group of friends.’

Rebecca could understand his mate’s reaction, she felt the same way herself about the girl, but she couldn’t tell Todd that. It was clear she was important to him.

 

Still trying to find a way out of contacting Jake herself, she asked ‘can’t you call him?’

 

Looking away, a sharp note in his voice, Todd said ‘I doubt he’d come if I ask him Bec.’ I haven’t exactly made my feelings about him a secret.’

 

Studying him for a minute she didn’t know what to say. She didn’t feel right asking anything of Jake now. Having made her decision not to revisit her relationship and what went wrong with it, she didn’t want anything to do with him. It still hurt just to think about him. But seeing her brother’s extreme concern Rebecca sighed. She was worried he’d discharge himself and go looking himself if she didn’t agree. His injuries wouldn’t stand that, not that he would take any notice of her telling him that though. Flopping down in the chair next to his bed, resigned to her fate, she said ‘okay. I’ll ask him. But I can’t guarantee he’ll come.’

 

‘Thanks Bec’s’ Todd replied with a smile.

 

Rebecca sighed but noticing he looked better already, she smiled too.