Page 68 of Surrender
“Will here has come to inform me that you’re cheating on me.” His mother responded calmly. “He saw your car at Colbie’s house.”
“You saw my Mercedes there?” His father questioned.
“The blue Lexus,” Will responded, confused.
“Yeah, that’s my car.” His mother responded. “We were both there. We like to share from time to time.”
Dallis had to keep himself from laughing. He would pay money to see Will’s face. However, he wouldn’t risk it. He knew Will saw him the night he essentially stalked Colbie to the restaurant. He wouldn’t take the chance that he hadn’t forgotten him. At least not until after graduation in a month and a half. He’d been so busy trying to keep himself from laughing that he hadn’t heard the rest of the conversation. It wasn’t until his parents stood before him that he realized Will was gone.
“That man gives me bad vibes.” His mother stated. “I mean to actually run the plates on the car to figure out the address. That’s stalker behavior.”
“Did you know he showed up at Colbie’s house while you were there?” His father questioned.
“Yeah,” Dallis responded, turning and going back into the living room. “It was Christmas. He came over banging on the door and then the window. I was very close to kicking his ass when Colbie reminded me he’d seen me in the context of her student once, and they aren’t friends. He’s her ex. They were engaged a while back.”
“Define a while.” His dad questioned.
“Over two years ago,” Dallis told him, picking up his book.
“And he’s still showing up unannounced at her house?” His mom inquired. “Yeah, my creep senses are tingling. I wouldn’t put it past him to go back to her house. You may want to call her and let her know what happened, and until graduation, switch cars with me. If you’re going to go to Colbie’s, go over to Hayden’s or Arsyn’s and have them take you. Or we’ll drop you off.”
Dallis pulled his phone out, bringing up Colbie’s contact. “You and Dad both know I’m dating Colbie, so there’s nothing he can do. Telling the school would do him no good because they can’t pursue anything legally without the two of you wanting to press charges. On top of that, he’s trying to win her back; I doubt he’ll do anything to jeopardize her job.” He paused for a moment placing the phone to his ear. “But I’ll do what you asked.”
His mom nodded, and his parents made their way down the hall. He knew they were giving him space so that he could talk.
“Hey,” Colbie answered on the third ring.
“Hey, baby,” Dallis responded. “I want you to tell me about your day so far, but first, I need to tell you something.”
“O…kay.”
“Will had someone run the license plate on my car when I was over on Christmas, and it came back to my dad’s name. He showed up at our house, and now he thinks you’re sleeping with my parents.”
There was a long pause on Colbie’s end of the phone, and Dallis pulled his phone away to ensure she was still there.
“What?” she finally questioned.
Dallis laughed a little before spending the next few minutes recounting for her what happened, and by the time he finished, he heard her laughing.
“Remind me to thank her, but the fact that he thought that was okay to do is astounding,” Colbie responded. “I’m sure he’s going to run back and tell my mother, and then I’ll have to listen to her opinion on how I’m living my life, but it’ll be worth it.”
Dallis sighed. “I need graduation to come faster.”
“It isn’t that far away. You’ll be walking across the stage in less than two months. It’ll fly by. The rest of the school year has.”
Dallis knew she was right. In hindsight, two months was nothing compared to where they’d started, and Colbie was right. The school year had been flying by. He just hoped the trend would hold. Even if that meant his weekends went by faster. He’d take it in order for the third Saturday of May to grace him with her presence.
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Colbie hadn’t been off the phone with Dallis but a few minutes when her phone rang. She looked at the caller-id not recognizing the number, so she didn’t answer it. Only a few seconds passed after her cell phone stopped ringing when her house phone started. She picked up the cordless phone, looked at the caller-id and let her answering machine pick it up. This time, they left a message. She placed the phone back on the dock, pressing the button for the machine so it would play throughout the room.
I wasn’t aware that you were into being used as some married couple’s plaything. You’ve fallen a long way since our breakup, and to think I’d considered us being friends and maybe working our way to something else. I’m so very disappointed.
Colbie rolled her eyes as she listened to the beep, signifying the message’s end. If only he knew. She hadn’t fallen at all since their breakup. In fact, she’d upgraded. She had also made it very clear to him that the only thing they could be to one another were strangers.
She didn’t have time for Will and whatever pity party he was throwing himself on the other end of that message because she was sure he felt some way about her “being shared,” and she hoped it burned him on the inside.
Getting up, Colbie took the empty wine glass she’d been sipping as she graded papers into the kitchen for a refill. She’d put off grading for a few days but figured she’d get them done since she didn’t have anything planned for the day. She’d done all her Spring cleaning at the beginning of the week. Now, she’d get through the papers and have the rest of the week to relax.
