CHASE HOME
"So what does this mean for us?"
Jason asks. He has stopped pacing and his legs are shaking.
Courtney shrugs with mock nonchalance.
"I don't know. If I can't trust you ... what kind of relationship do we
have?"
"You can trust me," he says
desperately. "This is such a weird situation! How often am I going to be
caught in a position like this?"
"Hopefully not too often -- because
you sure blew it this time." Her tone and the look on her face serve as
a swift blow to the stomach for him. The air is knocked right out of his
lungs.
"Courtney, please. Think about this.
Think about--"
"I am thinking!" she fires,
cutting in. "That's all I've been doing since I realized you had known
for so long. And I keep having these terrible thoughts! I keep wondering
what was real in our relationship and what was a front. How am I supposed
to know any of that now?"
"Everything was real! Why
do you doubt that?"
"If you were able to keep this from
me so easily for so long, why should I believe that you weren't keeping
other things from me?"
"I--you ..." But his protests trail
off, dead. He cannot conjure a response that sounds at all effective.
He sees her staring at a poster on
the wall as she speaks again. "How do I know that there wasn't something
going on between you and Alex, and that's not why you kept this
a secret for so long?"
His reaction is delayed just a fraction
of a second, but it sounds to Jason's ears like the most gaping hole he
could have left. "You think I was cheating on you with Alex? That's what
this is about?"
"Were you?"
"No! Courtney, you were there
when we slept together, weren't you? Didn't you feel how badly I wanted
you? Couldn't you tell how much I loved you?"
"I don't know what to believe anymore."
She remains focused on the wall.
Jason jams his hands into his pockets,
not knowing what else to do with them. "So what now?"
"I have no idea," she says. "But
I think you should leave now."
A large part of him wants to stay
and hash this out some more. Maybe if they keep talking about it, they
will reach an understanding. But another part of him just wants to retreat.
And besides, he knows that there is no point. He's not going to get through
to her, not now.
Courtney watches silently as he leaves.
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