Heal my Heart

Chapter 49 - A new "friend"

"Can we talk?" Sam and Allie asked at the same time.

"One at a time, please. Allie you go first, Sam maybe we can talk later at home?" Grizz asked apologetically.

"Okay, see you then." he said with a disappointed look.

"Good job, Grizz. Now he probably believes I think that Allie is more important than him..." he mentally slapped his face.

Allie was about to say something but he didn't want to talk to her in front of everyone. He had tried to convince the town that she was innocent and getting angry at her in a crowd was a bit counter productive.

Grizz took her hand and brought her in a quiet place.

"Okay so now spit it out. What did you do and why did you do it?" Grizz told her, crossing his arms.

"Grizz, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean for anything bad to happen to you." she answered.

"I don't care what you thought was right, just tell me what you did. Did you really side with Campbell?"

"I did. I'm sorry, I was afraid that people didn't want me to lead them anymore. I was scared and you were the best candidate. I know what I did was wrong but I didn't want to hurt you... I just wanted my city back while you were gone." she tried to explain.

"Cut the crap. You don't have any city to get back. It's not yours, you're no president! You're only a leading figure, that doesn't mean you have every right!" he snapped at her, angry at her apparent lack of modesty.

"I know that what I did was wrong, I'm sorry! I don't want to hurt you anymore than I already did..." she said desperately.

"I thought we were friends." Grizz answered, sadness all over his features.

"We are! I didn't mean to hurt you."

"You knew how risky this expedition was going to be, especially for me with my heart condition, and you decided to send me there anyway...just for your own profit!" he said. He was so sad and angry.

"I know, I'm sorry..." she almost cried.

"Were you aware of the caps?" he asked coldly.

"Which caps? What are you talkin about?"

"I'm talking about the capsules Campbell put in our bags to drive animals crazy, Allie!"

"What?! I didn't know any of that, I'm sorry! If I had known, I wouldn't have let him do it!"

"Well, I almost died and all the expedition crew was endangered because of this. You lucky everything went okay and I ended up only slightly injured, because if someone had died in the forest, you would have been responsible for it and you would have to live with a murder on your conscience. Believe me, you don't want that."

"I didn't know... I'm sorry, I was selfish and only thought about myself and my own ambition. I'm glad you reorganized the leading of this town, I think it's going to be really great!" she smiled a bit at him.

"Thank you, I'm glad you support the idea." he answered coldly.

"By the way... if you want someone to take the leading president's role for the first 5 months, I'm here and I'm ready to be leading again." she said with a wide smile and a little wink.

"Are you fucking serious right now, Allie?!" he asked, out of amazement.

"What?! What's wrong? I'm only offering my services, you know I make a great leader." she winked at him, taping his shoulder.

"Fuck you, Allie! And I thought you had learned your lesson, but you obviously still are as selfish and arrogant as before! You won't be leading anytime soon, count on me for making sure of that!" he yelled at her