The Fight That Changed Everything

Chapter 4: Don't Worry Too Much

Homemade pizza was for dinner. Hopefully it was better then the meatloaf Dad tried to make the other day. Mom was always the good cook in the family, but at least Dad was trying. We all grabbed a slice or two. The normal dinner table conversations were happening. I looked at my dinner, I couldn’t eat. I felt sick. I zoned out, thinking about what happened again. My thought were interrupted by Olivia.

“Cody, are you okay? You’ve hardly said anything and you haven’t ate any of your food.” Olivia could always when something was wrong. It would be hard to keep this away from her.

 “I’m fine. Just a long day that’s all. And I grabbed food on the way home, So I’m not that hungry.” I looked over at her. I couldn’t tell if she was satisfied with my answer or not.

“Cody, you can be excused if you want” Dad said.

 I got up and headed down stairs. I turned on the T.V. Nothing on the news, yet. I changed the channel. I had to try to do something to get this off of my mind, just for a while. I tried everything that I could think of. Listen to music, workout. I even tried to read a book. None of them helped. I finally got on my laptop, which was a dumb thing to do because my Facebook page was up. Under “Top News” was one of Bryan’s post. I slammed my laptop shut. I looked over at my clock. 11:40. I guess I should try and get some sleep.

I tossed and turned. I wasn’t even tired. I was too worried about everything. I got up and headed upstairs. I walked into Dad’s room.

“Dad?” Dad rolled over and looked at me.

 “Yeah?” He said, still half asleep.

 “Can we talk now?” I asked,

“Sure” He said as he sat up.

“I don’t know what to do Dad. I can’t live with this guilt hanging over me. I can’t eat. I can’t sleep. I can’t stop thinking about it. Someone is going to find out it was me. I don’t think I can go to school tomorrow. Maybe I should turn my self in, or…” Dad interrupted.

 “Cody. I have a plan. Your going to school tomorrow and everything will be okay. Please trust me.” I looked at him. His words scared me. He had a plan?

“What plan? And how do you know everything will be okay Dad? I…” He interrupted me again.

“Cody.” He looked at me very seriously.

“You trust me right?” I nodded my head.

 “And you know I would do anything , and I mean anything for you right?” I nodded again.

“Good. Now go to bed.” I got up, knowing that that was the end of the conversation.

 “Oh, and Cody?” I turned back around. “Try not to worry so much or you’ll get wrinkles.” Dad said with a smile. I forced a smile on my face and headed back to my room.

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