Learning To Trust Again

Shifting his eyes back to Todd, Jake said ‘Todd I don’t know what game she was playing but she was the one who told her ex that you two were going to be there the other night. I think she gets off on his jealously and the pain he inflicts because of it, but what ever the reason she set it up so you’d get hurt. I had to take her in.’

‘That is crap’ Todd said, anger reverberating from every word, ‘I don’t believe a word of it. She wouldn’t do that to me. You just didn’t like her’

Frowning Jake said ‘whether I liked her or not has nothing to do with it, she didn’t care that you got hurt, it was all a game to her.’

‘Bull, she’s not like that. She wouldn’t do that to me’ Todd repeated, adamant in his belief in her.

‘Sorry I know it’s difficult to hear but she admitted it’ Jake said.

‘You’re just mad because my sister isn’t fooled by you anymore’ Todd ranted, completely lost in his rage now and not caring who he hurt, ‘you wanted to get some revenge on her and you’re using me to do it. But it’s not going to work. I don’t buy it for a second.’

‘Todd’ Rebecca said, shocked at her brother’s anger. Even though Jake had lied to her, she knew he was not capable of what Todd was accusing him of.

But Todd ignored her.

‘Just get the hell out of here’ he yelled at Jake ‘and don’t bother coming back, nobody wants anything to do with you, not anymore.’

‘Todd’ Rebecca said again trying to get her brother to see reason and stop the flow of hate emanating from him. Surprising herself as much as anyone her brother’s attack pushed her to coming to Jake’s defense. ‘Jake wouldn’t lie about something like that’ she said ‘he can’t have someone charged for no reason. I know you’re upset, you liked her, but please just listen. Think about it logically.’

‘Wouldn’t he Rebecca?’ Todd ranted ‘how well do you know him? Didn’t he lie to you before, when he found me in the lane?’

‘Todd!’ Rebecca exclaimed again, unable to believe what she was hearing. ‘How can you say that?’ She was horrified by her brother’s willingness to use a situation he helped cause against Jake. Despite her problems with him, Jake had done nothing but try to help Todd and to see him turn on him like this made her sick. And all of a sudden she realised this was the real reason for her ongoing hostility.

She looked away.