Hunted by the past.

New beginnings.

Lady's POV:

The ride is too long, I couldn't sleep like I did coming to Ireland because there's too much running right now in my mind. I half sleep in a bedroom I find in the back of the plane, but whenever I close my eyes, a bleeding Cody, an angry Harold slamming the door and them fighting come across my mind. Living in a lie is the worst thing ever, I just wish now that I've never known the truth, but either ways I won't be happy and satisfied. A flight attendant brings me food to my bed. She put in the tea table in the edge of the bed a tray with roasted potato and a piece of ham dipped in a chili sauce and a glass of a fancy wine or champagne, I can't make the difference, but after tasting it, I can go with champagne. I eat, even though I have no appetite to eat, but I shove the food, literally, down my throat, so I won't faint, because I can't recall the last time I had a proper lunch or breakfast. After that, I went back to the main room, as I like to call, and sit while reading some book I find under my seat. Confessions: The private school murders. I bet it's Harold's; he like those kind of book. I start reading it until the pilot calls that we're about to lend, so I put on my seat belt and look from the window as the floor becomes more closer. I undo my seat belt and head outside. The same driver, called Matt, had made some call and a car with the same logo of the company is waiting for me. I thank him but he keeps saying that it's his job to make me feel comfortable. In the car, I call Nathan to meet me in a coffee shop close to his house. He keeps asking me if everything was okay, but I told him that I'll tell him when we'll meet. The driver drops me two blocks away from the coffee shop. I wanted to walk a little before meeting him; I want some fresh air and the air of Seattle always calms me. Fifteen minutes later, I find Nathan outside, worried because it took me too long to meet him.

"What took you so long?" He says as I walk toward him. He looks really too worried.

"I was walking coming here." I say and we both get in. He stands in a two people line and orders an espresso for himself and a hot chocolate and two piece of grap pie. I didn't wait too long until he appears holding a small fake-wood-ish tray holding our cups and two small dishes. He sit next to me and I keep wondering how to pop up the news I have learn the two days ago. So, without any introductions, I blurt out, "Cody is alive", but Nathan keeps looking down into his cup. What the hell?

"I know.", he sighs. What?

"And you didn't tell me?", now I am really upset. What's really wrong with people lying straight to my face? I stand up to leave and Nathan didn't realize I was moving away from him until I was two feet away. He reaches out for my wrist and I pause, turn to face him. he keeps looking straight into my eyes. How could he?

"Let me go! What is really wrong with you? Harold knows, Sophia knows and I don't know who the hell knows too. And now, you too." I struggle but his grip was made of steel and wasn't planning on letting go of me. "Just sit down, I knew just before we met in the seafood restaurant. I wanted to tell you, but I didn't know how or when."

I sit down, frustrated. "How about: Hey, you know when you get those creepy calls, I had known that Cody was alive and I realize that you deserve to know better that anyone ? See? nothing is easier than that!"

"I wanted to tell you when I dropped you that day by your house, but Harold showed up and I couldn't speak in front of him."

I chew the inside of my cheek to stop my tears. It was a really long day and I feel so tired, mentally and physically. "He called me and I didn't want to believe him because I though it was a sick joke. But he swore that it was him and he even showed up here. We actually met in this shop and I couldn't believe my eyes. He said that you were in the hospital and he went to see you", well, that explains the tulip on my bed in the hospital. "He said something that he couldn't win you back, but I hadn't understood what he meant until I had met you. Your marriage was the obstacle for him to get you back. I'm very sorry, Lady. It was just a bad timing." I drink my hot chocolate, which wasn't that hot anymore, in one shoot and excuse myself. Time was my enemy all these years but I think I had made my choice. Of course, I'll choose my dear husband. I understand now why people were keeping the truth from me, they were concerned about my reaction; Harold lied t protect me and he was also afraid that I will leave him forever, Nathan lied because he didn't know how to tell me, he was even choked the accept the reality that Cody was alive but Cody lied because he was so scared about himself, he was afraid of his problems and he didn't accept the truth that he had an amnesia. I wave to a cab and give him my address. I want to surprise Harold and show him that my happy ending is with him, not with someone else. Now I can say it out loud, I really love my husband. Suddenly, my phone buzzes and a number which I don't know flashes across the screen.