Myra was lying in bed thinking about the exams she had written earlier that day. She sat up uncomfortably and took a book and flipped through it, she read a line or two and sighed.“It’s correct” she whispered “you better get an A Myra!” She scolded herself and layback in her bed. There was a loud knock on her door so she climbed out of bed and went to open it only to find Cody buried in his jacket shivering. She quickly ushered him in and tried to make him a cup of hot tea. Cody placed his gifts on the table and took off his jacket, he hanged it on the wall. Then hugged her.“Mr. Whyte are you okay?” She asked hugging him back.“Just stay like this for a while, please” he begged and Myra gently patted his back, looking small in his arms. Cody had wept all the way to Myra’s place, confused as to what to do with her mother’s request. He lifted his head and disengaged from the hug.“Mr. Whyte your eyes look puffy, have you been crying?” Myra questioned.“No, I just got something i
On their way back home Myra was confused what did Cody mean by all he had said. She wanted to ask him but she didn’t know how, she still had a bit of shyness and a communication problem she was still dealing with. She didn’t seem to know how to communicate her feelings to Cody or draw his attention when he was doing something she didn’t like. She opened her mouth to ask what he meant but what came out sounded like this,“Mr. Whyte so does it mean that you’re not returning to Springs when you go back this weekend? You’re not returning until the new year?” Cody nodded and patted her knee then squeezed it a little. “It’s just a two week break, you’ll see me in the new year” he consoled her.When he parked in front of her hostel Myra opened her bag and took out a chain, a small silver Cuban chain for men and smiled at Cody.“Mr. Whyte, this is my Christmas gift to you, can you let me put it around your neck?” Myra asked.“Sure” he responded and positioned himself for her to wear
The trip back home was a silent one, Cody was thinking of what to do next in this confusing phase of his life. Seth was busily planning on how to get Cody to behave and also solve the case once and for all. Tia was just praying for her beloved boss who doubled as her son. When they got home they were told that Nina had gone out for a business meeting, Cody used that opportunity to go rest on the balcony and think. Out of all the women he had had to dump this was the hardest for him. The thought of it was just wearing him out. His phone rang and he dashed out of the balcony and made for the room, then bumped into Clinton. He was overjoyed to see Cody.“Daddy!” He went to hug his father “you can walk now?” Cody froze what a mess, he thought the children were still at school because he had come home on a Friday afternoon.“How are you Clinton?” He asked changing the subject.“Mummy! Daddy can walk” Clinton screamed happily and ran out of the room. “Oh God is Nina home?” Cody mouthed a
Nina got out of police custody with the help of her mother and father who got a doctor to register her as a mentally unstable person to get her out of trouble with the law. When they got to the car park Mrs. Story grabbed Nina’s ear and dragged her to the car. They got inside the car and Mr. Story started yelling at Nina. “Where the hell did you learn to hit other people? If you wanted to fight you could’ve told us so we register you for WWE” “Daddy you have no idea how it feels to be married to Cody” she tried to explain.“He’s not the one beating you, nobody is going to listen to your side of the story if you keep hitting him” Mr. Yelled.“What on earth could make you do that when he was holding your children, Claire’s forehead got swollen? Nina why did you overreact in that manner?” Mrs. Story chimed in.“Mummy, it hurts… it hurts so much because I realized that Cody had been walking for a long time but had kept it from me, the moment Clinton told me Cody was walking I knew it o
Cody left after Mr. Story told him he’d have to think about it and give him a response. He went home was greeted by the silence, with the kids gone it was expected. He wondered where Nina was, then it occurred to him that the next day was their anniversary. Maybe they should spend it together just the two of them, they could trash out their problems and decide the way forward. He quickly dialed some numbers and asked them to prepare the beach house for them for the next day.Nina sat at the dining table in the dining room sobbing and drinking some wine. She felt so overwhelmed and didn’t know what to do with herself. Was she the bad person in the marriage or Cody had made her this way? Maybe this was the real her and it took Cody to actually bring out the demons in her. She sobbed uncontrollably and drank some more. Cody walked into the dining room and saw her, he took a seat opposite her and pulled a glass for himself, he gestured that she pours some of the wine for him. She scoffe
A day more to Christmas and Myra had still not left her hostel to go back home. She stayed put in her room and kept to herself all day. Her mother had called her to inform her that her aunt Benson and her husband Lawyer Benson had asked her to come over for the holidays but she wasn’t in the mood to go. She was concerned about Cody’s sudden change of attitude since he left for Witting a few days ago. All of a sudden he was so busy to answer his calls or call her and he wouldn’t say I love you back. Her heart was breaking so badly she didn’t know how to hold herself together. Her texts to him for the last 12 hours had been also ignored, she picked up her phone and called Alison maybe she could explain better what was going on.After 1 ring Alison cheerfully answered the call, “hello , baby girl are you enjoying your holidays with Mr. Whyte”A tear trickled down Myra’s cheek, she sniffed. Immediately Alison knew something was wrong she tried to find out what was happening.“What’s w
The phone beeped waking Nina and Cody up. Cody immediately apologized and answered the call. “Hello… what?” He said and sat up with a start. “Mmm really… hmm… I’ll get there soon” he hanged up and Nina looked at him worriedly.“What’s wrong?” she asked.“There’s trouble at the lab I need to go and resolve it, will you like to come along?” Cody asked knowing very well Nina would say no. Throughout his 4 year stay at Golden Springs Nina had visited only once and that was it. She hated long car trips and also hated flying she only did it when it was necessary.“When will you be back?” She enquired.“I should be back before 10:00pm” Cody answered Nina nodded and laid back down on the bed. “We’ll wait for you then” she said and drifted back to sleep. There was no emergency he was just finding a way to leave Witting without Nina making a fuss about it and it worked.Seth met Cody at the gate and waited patiently for him to get in. Immediately Cody got in the car the smile on his face fad
When Cody got back to his car he wept like a baby.“I’m sorry Myra! I shouldn’t have done this to you” he wept and wept and then drove to pick Seth up with very blurred vision. When he got to the house he was about to evacuate, he broke down and cried again. Seth stood there watching him helplessly, he was crying so hard he could barely catch his breath.“It hurts so bad Seth, it hurts more than Annalise” he wept. “It’s for the best sir, she’ll heal and you’ll heal too” Seth consoled him.“What is she going to do, she’s so fragile” he said in tears.“She’ll be fine, she’ll meet a nice guy who’s available and then she won’t be hurt anymore” Seth said then regretted it instantly because the mention of an eligible bachelor in Myra’s life seemed bring Cody a new wave of sorrow. “It’s getting late sir we need to leave” Seth said getting frustrated with Cody’s behavior. Seth helped Cody into the car and sped off.“Mr. Whyte look at the bright side of everything, now you’ll be able to beg