Chapter 13
The Truth
“What?” Cassie exclaimed standing up.
“Yes, I’m Wolf Woman. Now maybe you can understand all of those times that I ran off, or stayed away for a week, or lied to you. I’m not saying that that’s an excuse for lying to you. I should have told you before, but maybe you can see why I did.”
Cassandra looked away from Julia, but then she looked back, “Prove it to me.”
“Prove what?”
“That you’re Wolf Woman.”
“Oh, okay.” Julia said, “Cap Flow.” The Wolf Suit appeared on her. “There you go.”
Cassie turned away, “All right. Now take it off so that I’m just talking to Julia, not a Superhero.”
“Cap Flow,” Julia said once more.
There was silence for almost a minute then Cassie lost it, “How could you have kept this a secret from me? All those times we trusted each other with our crushes, wishes, and all other secrets, but really you were keeping the biggest one of all to yourself! I thought you trusted me! I thought…”
Julia sensed what she thought, “I loved you?”
Cassie turned and nodded, hot tears running down her face.
“I do love you, Cassie. That’s why I kept it a secret. If you knew then someone could hurt you to find out. I didn’t want that to happen.”
“So you lied instead and hurt me yourself.”
“I know.” Julia said, “I know. I have hurt you. By not being there for you, and by not telling you about this. Cassie, I was wrong, but please believe me, I thought that I was doing the right thing. I truly did.”
“Well it wasn’t.”
“I know now.”
“And it hurts.”
“I know that too.”
“I still love you.”
“I’m glad.”
“But I’m a little mad.”
“At least.”
“Yeah, at least.”
“I’m sorry. But now you know. I hope that someday you’ll forgive me for not telling you.”
“I do. I do. But I’m still mad so I don’t. But I do.”
Julia laughed quietly, “Think about it, clear your mind and we’ll talk later.” She stood up and walked over to the door. “Night, Cass.”
“Night, Julia.”
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Mon, Nov 20th, 2056
Julia and Cassandra ate their dinner in silence. Their parents talked about what they’d done that day. Every once in a while Julia or Cassie would nod their head, but they did nothing more than that.
Finally, Christina Wolfe got sick of their silence, “What’s wrong with you two? Normally you’re talking so much that Dad and I can’t get a word in edgewise.”
“Julia can tell you.”
Julia turned and looked at her sister, “Are you sure that you want me to be the one to tell them?”
Cassie just nodded.
Julia sighed, “Cassie is mad at me because she found out a secret that I’d been keeping that I’d never told her.”
“Well Cassandra? Is that the reason?” their Mom asked.
She nodded.
“People are entitled to have secrets that they don’t tell anyone, Cassie. Except for their parents that is,” she added quickly.
“I know, but I’m still mad.”
“Why? What was the secret?”
Julia sighed again, “She found out who I am last night.”
“Oh.”
There was silence for a little bit, and then Michael Wolfe asked, “How? How did you find out, Cass?”
“Because the Principal talked to me about Julia and why she was gone. He had a completely different story than I had been told. I asked her about it and caught her.”
“Julia!”
“Mom, I tried! But like she just said, she caught me. I had to tell.”
“So it’s really Mom’s fault that you didn’t tell me?”
“No. I still wouldn’t have. Because I didn’t want to put you in danger. Mom wanted that too, but I wouldn’t have told you anyways. I’m sorry. I should have told you earlier, but it seemed like the right thing to do.”
“Yeah well it wasn’t!”
“People make mistakes, Cass. The Bible says that all people sin. That ‘all’ includes me. I’m not sure that keeping it a secret was a sin per-say, but it was a mistake. One that I truly sorry for.”
“Yeah, well-”
“I think I liked it better when you two were quiet.” their Dad broke in. “Cassie, Julia admitted that she made a mistake and she said that she was sorry for it. Can’t you forgive her and move on?”
Easier said than done!
Julia started at this thought that she’d heard come from her sister. It had to be a very strong thought, or else she wouldn’t have heard it. But it surprised her, not because her sister thought that, but because she wasn’t used to her developing powers yet.
“Yes, Dad.” Cassie turned to Julia, “I’m sorry I yelled, and I forgive you. I know that you thought what you were doing was right.”
“I forgive you for yelling. Thank-you for forgiving me.” Even though it’ll probably take a while before you truly do forgive me.
There was silence for the rest of the meal. Cassie finished first and ran upstairs. Julia rushed through the rest of her meal and ran up too.
Julia knocked on Cassie’s door. “Come in,” a quiet, slightly annoyed voice said.
“Cass?”
“Yeah?”
“You haven’t asked me yet.”
“Asked you what?”
“What I promised I’d do with you when I came back.”
“I haven’t been in the mood to ask.”
“Well,” Julia said, “do you want to know?”
“Sure.”
“Well, I bought tickets for us to go see our favorite band, Implosion.”
Cassie’s eyes lit up.
“But then I was delayed and the concert was two days ago.”
“Oh.”
“So then I thought, ‘Maybe I can trade them in for some tickets to another concert by them’, but that didn’t work out either.”
Cassie groaned, “Why are you telling me this?”
“Because then I happened to tell a good friend of mine about what happened, and he personally bought us two more tickets to see the show in Portland, Oregon, plus two-way tickets for a plane ride there! We’d leave on Friday after school, stay at your old friend Melissa’s house, go to the concert with her on Saturday-I’m paying for that ticket-and then come home on Sunday.”
Cassie’s eyes widened, “Really? Wow! And you’ve talked this over with Mom, Dad, and Melissa’s parents?”
“Would I tell you this if I hadn’t yet?”
“Wow! This is great! So who’s the friend?”
Who do I say? Dick or Robin? “He or she wishes to remain anonymous.”
“Well, tell him or her thank-you for me!”
“I will.”
“And thank-you for doing that originally, and for working this all out.”
“Are you still mad at me?”
“Yes, a little. But I’ll get over it; I just need some time.”
“I understand completely, Cassie,” Julia said. “I really do.”
“Thanks, Julia. And I won’t act like I did at the dinner table again; that was really rude of me.”
“I know you won’t, and I forgive you for doing so.”
Cassie stood up and hugged her sister. They had some problems, but they’d work them out together.
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Leo looked over Rabies’ shoulder, “How’s the Neutrium coming along?”
“Very well, Leo. Soon it should be ready to use.”
“It’s too bad those darn Super Friends wiped the location out of our minds.”
“Yeah, and off of our computer when they came to steal the info. But don’t worry, Leo. Soon the little bit we do have will be ready, then we can get some payback!”
That's the end of The C.F.M.C. I am currently working on the story that comes after this, but it's going rather slowly. Because of this, I won't be posting the next installment of Wolf Woman's story until I start getting back into my Superhero flow. In the meantime, however, I am posting another story of mine at this blog: Songflight. It is totally unrelated to this story and has nothing to do with Superheroes, but I hope that you will still come by and see if you like it. I hope to be able to post more Wolf Woman stories, as well as a story about another of my Superheroes that takes place about ten years before Wolf Woman came into being soon. But until then, I hope you enjoy Songflight.
~SeaChel and Wolf Woman
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