Cecil The Spy

Chapter 17: On The Road

On a good start, Cecil takes the wheel and begins driving. Macy decides to take the first break and have a nap. She sleeps for an hour or two and then wakes up. Cecil managed to keep the car on the road but was still having trouble. Macy saw his tired eyes and decided that it was time to speak to him.

"Hey, umm you should let me take over. You got us far."

"well if you insist then I'll let you."

Cecil and Macy switch seats and Macy took the wheel. She drove as Cecil looked on the map. 

" Okay, I am thinking we should cross these areas and then make our way to Europe."

"Why do we have to cross all these states when we could just take an airplane to Spain and then go from there."

Cecil looked at her surprised that she knows her geographics. " so who taught you geographics?"

"Uhhh. I am not a mindless person Cecil. I went to school and learned. Also my family and the Army honey. I visited my brother a lot and he had a map in his room. The only thing good to look at."

" So you learned by looking at a map?"

" You just think women are stupid, don't you? Little do you know I went to college and graduated one of the highest in my class? I know geography by learning them Cecil I wanted to be a Doctor and that's what I'm. I didn't take the high road or cheat to get where I am. I didn't have to sleep with anyone either to get where I am."

Macy continues looking at the road in frustration and anger. Cecil was wrong and he knew it was so he tells her " Hey, I apologize okay. If you think I am a total sexist then you'll be kinda right. I have this burden that puts hate and love with the women in my life." 

" Do you mind telling me why?" Asked Macy 

"not really but Sure..." 

Macy then pulls over the car and it's in a beautiful setting. The sun went down and it just them two and the night. They walk out and find two logs, Cecil starts a fire while Macy looks at a long stick and two others. Once she has them she walked over to Cecil who already had the fire started. "Hey, look what I got." Cecil looks over...

"What?"

"Along with Fish...Lady Natural gave it to me when we were on our way to the car." 

"that's good, well let's get the cooking!!"

Cecil puts the stick through the fish and then pin it up against the other sticks. He turns it ever now and then as Macy watched. She breaks the silence by going " Okay well are you going to tell me your love-hate war against women."  

Macy was saying it in a silly way but Cecil was very serious. He turns his head and then sits on the log and goes " Well my father...He made me this way. Have you ever heard of the mob?"

Macy looked knowing that things just got real. She takes a big gulp saying "...Yeah"

"Well my father was in it and my mother was an investigator at that time. They wanted her to make him fall in love with her and find out all his secrets just so they could find ways to pin him on something and put him in prison. My mother fell in love with him and the case was going cold but then there was this rival with my father and his best friend. they finally had something to pin against my father because of my mother's little did my father know my mother was keeping notes and track of everything he had done. when it came time to turn it all in she didn't want to but knew she had to. Leaving my father in prison for the rest of his life and my mother in witness protection against the mob until she was ready to be released. Now here we are, years later..."

Macy looked at Cecil. She was riding with this type of person the whole entire time. She looked at Cecil and asked "So...what about you?" Cecil looked over after coming out of his childhood trauma. "What about me? I was a mistake and I know that I am. It was a mission and I happened to come from the results of it."

"So what does this have to do with you not liking women?" 

"I visited my father in prison a lot when I was younger. He told me how much of a fool he was for falling for my mother. He also wanted me to become the new leader of the mafia after my brother. I had a choice to follow my father or mother's steps. My father's job was fast money but that doesn't mean that it was clean money either. My mother's job was adventurous and kinda better than my fathers so I decided to become an investigator. when I had to break the news down to him that I didn't want to join and that I wanted to become an investigator. He yelled at me and called me a waste of seed. Told me that I will rot just like my mother because I will become just like her. He told me to also watch my back and women because what happened to him can happen to me."

Macy looked. That story explained a lot and it really explains why Cecil is the way he is. Tuff and brave on the outside but is actually soft and scared on the inside. Macy wanted to know more but thought that it was enough for the night. She looks at the fish and goes "Oh my, the fish." One side of the fish was burnt while the other side was well cooked. They ate the good side with complete silence then hopped back into the car and recline their seats and fell asleep.