Chapter 8

Alison’s POV

“Don’t worry about us Mr. Vandyke, we will be fine,” I said in the most polite way possible yet he ignored us and walked to the exit, leading us out. Then to the parking lot, he opened the front door of a Land Cruiser V8.

“One person at the front, one at the back.” He said in a very bossy way and then went and sat behind the wheel. Roberta dashed to the backseat leaving me with no choice but to go in front with the scary man.

That girl! I will deal with her later. I climbed into the passenger seat and strapped my seatbelt. He made sure we were both strapped before turning on the engine.

“Please girls show me where you live.” He said.

“Flagstaff Port, that’s where we live,” Roberta replied before I could say anything. I quickly texted her,

“What are you doing? Why are you giving him directions to my house and not yours?” She saw my message and intentionally ignored it and that infuriated me even more.

“Sure.” He muttered and started to drive. At first, it was quiet in the car and I desperately wanted to get to our destination and just have this man disappear from my sight. His presence made me uncomfortable. I don’t know if it was his looks or how alert he seemed but there was something unusual about him that made me want to disappear from his sight.

“So tell me, what did Cory do to you, Alison? It’s Alison right?” He asked.

I nodded, “Nothing. He didn’t do anything to me.” I replied wondering why he was asking about Cory again.

“So why did your friend ask you to get revenge? Have I wronged you in any way? Or maybe I unknowingly played one of your friends.”

“Huh?” Roberta exclaimed.

“What’s your name Alison’s friend?

“Erm, Roberta.”

“Roberta! Why do you girls want to take revenge on me? Did I play any of you?”

My heart started to pound restlessly, how did that man hear what Roberta whispered to me over the loud music in the club? This was unusual. Was he one of the computers he claimed to build and repair? Or he had enhanced his senses with some technology because there’s no way a normal human being would have heard Roberta whisper over the loudness.

“No, not at all…” Roberta replied and a few seconds later sent me a text.

“Bro! This man has some sharp senses, he should have been a security guard or something.”

“I’m way too scared of him, I don’t think this revenge will be successful,” I replied to the text.

“Slow down girl, maybe we can do this.”

“So if there’s no problem, why are you guys calling me a playboy and talking about revenge? I’m not sweeping this under the carpet.” He said, this time his voice was more serious than earlier.

I looked outside the window thinking about jumping out of the car, I can’t believe I let revenge bring me here. What if this man wasn’t even Cory’s father like he claimed? Cory never showed me his dad’s picture. Our relationship never got to that stage.

“You came to the office the other time looking for Cory, I asked him about it and he said he didn’t owe you any money.”

I gasped, oh sure that was his dad.

“I believe there’s something, or maybe Cory did something and you guys won’t let it go. From the reaction, I can tell but I can’t seem to place a finger on what it is. If I didn’t know Cory’s girlfriend I would have said he broke your heart or something.”

Hearing those words stopped my heart, Cory’s girlfriend? I wanted to scream that I was Cory’s girlfriend but Roberta sent me a text.

“Bro! Things are getting crazy out here but don’t you dare spill the beans.”

“Cory’s girlfriend? Cory has a girlfriend?” I couldn’t stop myself from lashing out.

“Yes, or should I say, woman friend?” He chuckled, “She’s older than he is but Cody claims he likes her. I didn’t support it at first but love is love.”

Roberta texted again, “Oops! But please shut up don’t say nothing!”

“That’s my mother.” I burst out crying.

“Huh!” He slammed on the brakes,

I covered my mouth, I didn’t mean for that to slip out like that.

“Your mother?”

“Erm… he and my mother were dating and my mother… She's got her heart broken before and Cory broke it again. I hate Cory for that. He hurt my mother. She’s so miserable.” I cried.

“Oooh… ooohhh…” he exclaimed. “I get it now.” He exclaimed and resumed driving. “But why would you want to get revenge on me? What did I do?” He sighed. “Don’t worry. I will talk to Cory.”

“Please don’t, coming here to find you was a stupid idea. We will be fine, everyone will be fine.” I quickly wiped my tears so it wouldn’t be suspicious.

“Is this your street?” He asked.

“Yes, you can drop us off here,” I said ready to get off.

“Okay, sure,” he parked and waited till we were down then he said,

“Please stay out of the moonlight county at night. I’m the mayor of that county and I’m warning you it’s not safe at night.” He cautioned and drove off.

Roberta quietly watched as the car moved till it was out of sight, before turning to me, obviously she was still scared that he would hear us if he was within a few miles away from us.

“What was that for? You almost blew our cover.”

“But I came up with a good cover story, didn’t I?”

“No, it was not good! If someone broke your mother’s heart, why are you crying?” Roberta yelled at me. “That man can never know that you dated his son until you have had your revenge.”

“That’s the problem, Bert, as badly as I want to hurt Cory, his dad scares me, I don’t think I can do this.”

Roberta shook her head, “he may seem a bit unusual but he’s a gorgeous man, now remember that pain Cory caused you and let that pain be your motivation.”

I heaved and held my breath, even if I were to put my fear aside, how would I find my way back into his father’s life? We were just warned not to come to moonlight at night. This was our last chance to Mr. Vandyke again.