increased.
She'd always wanted to go to Sydney, though. And, here was a thought. 'Compuking' said he lived in Sydney. Maybe…
Suddenly she was looking forward to the trip.
That night when she logged onto the chat room she was relieved to see that 'compuking' was already logged in. She really needed someone to talk to about this unexpected turn of events.
Chapter Two
Cody Unger felt his heart rate kick up a notch when he saw 'fairmaiden' log on. He had been chatting with her for several months now and he really liked her. There was so much he wasn't telling her, though. He wondered what would happen if he told her the truth about how old he actually was. Not the thirty-eight years he had originally told her, but just seventeen. Yeah, that would go down real well, he thought.
Worse, what would happen if she ever wanted to meet him? He wouldn't be able to. Apart from lying to her about his age he had been telling her all about a life that wasn't even his. The life he'd been using was really his father's. He'd been trading places with his dad to impress this woman, and his dad didn't even know.
It wasn't that he had meant to lie to her. But she was a successful older woman. Cody couldn't very well tell her he was still at school. So when she had started asking questions about him he had told her things about his father's life. And it had just snowballed from there. It was all true, every word of it. Except the part where he said it was him.
Now as they connected they chatted for a while about mundane things and he started to relax. It was always a bit stressful for him when they first started chatting. He was so worried he would forget some of the stuff he'd told her previously. He wished he could just tell her the truth.
All was going great and he was getting into the conversation when she typed, "So...my boss called me into his office today to give me a new assignment."
Cody knew that she was a journalist and thought that it was a really cool job.
"He told me that I was to come to Sydney to do a story on the Computer Expo. Well, more like an exposé than a story. I was wondering if..."
She paused in her messages and Cody held his breath. Oh please oh please oh please no.
But then she typed the rest of her thought. "Are you going to be at the expo? Maybe we could meet up and talk in person?"
Cody nearly had a heart attack. Oh no, oh no oh no oh no this was bad. He knew his father was going to the expo because he had been going to go with his father and help out. But now? What to do?
"That sounds like a great idea," he typed back to her. Then his brain caught up with his fingers. What? Why did he just say that? He smacked a hand between his eyes. Stupid!
Her words popped up on the screen. "I'm glad you feel that way. Maybe we should introduce ourselves properly then, so we know who we are. LOL. What do you think?"
What did he think? He thought he was an idiot, that's what he thought. But she was waiting for him to say something back.
So, biting his lip, he typed back, "Okay..."
"Great. My name is Angela. Angela Gray."
Even her name was lovely. He was so toast. What to do? Before he knew what he was doing he was typing, "What a beautiful name. My name is Matthew. Matthew Unger."
Oh crap. Now he really was in it. Matthew was his dad.
If his father ever found out… Well. His life wouldn't be worth living, that was for sure. But how was he going to work this? She would be expecting to meet a thirty-eight year old man named Matthew. There was no way a seventeen year old could pull that off. But he couldn't take it back. Not now. Not if he wanted her to ever talk to him again.
They chatted for a while longer and organized to meet on Saturday at the Unger Computers stall at the expo and Cody went along with everything she said. He had really painted himself into a corner. Cody spent a long time after they said goodnight with little wink faces just pacing the length of his bedroom. He couldn't stand her up and he
She'd always wanted to go to Sydney, though. And, here was a thought. 'Compuking' said he lived in Sydney. Maybe…
Suddenly she was looking forward to the trip.
That night when she logged onto the chat room she was relieved to see that 'compuking' was already logged in. She really needed someone to talk to about this unexpected turn of events.
Chapter Two
Cody Unger felt his heart rate kick up a notch when he saw 'fairmaiden' log on. He had been chatting with her for several months now and he really liked her. There was so much he wasn't telling her, though. He wondered what would happen if he told her the truth about how old he actually was. Not the thirty-eight years he had originally told her, but just seventeen. Yeah, that would go down real well, he thought.
Worse, what would happen if she ever wanted to meet him? He wouldn't be able to. Apart from lying to her about his age he had been telling her all about a life that wasn't even his. The life he'd been using was really his father's. He'd been trading places with his dad to impress this woman, and his dad didn't even know.
It wasn't that he had meant to lie to her. But she was a successful older woman. Cody couldn't very well tell her he was still at school. So when she had started asking questions about him he had told her things about his father's life. And it had just snowballed from there. It was all true, every word of it. Except the part where he said it was him.
Now as they connected they chatted for a while about mundane things and he started to relax. It was always a bit stressful for him when they first started chatting. He was so worried he would forget some of the stuff he'd told her previously. He wished he could just tell her the truth.
All was going great and he was getting into the conversation when she typed, "So...my boss called me into his office today to give me a new assignment."
Cody knew that she was a journalist and thought that it was a really cool job.
"He told me that I was to come to Sydney to do a story on the Computer Expo. Well, more like an exposé than a story. I was wondering if..."
She paused in her messages and Cody held his breath. Oh please oh please oh please no.
But then she typed the rest of her thought. "Are you going to be at the expo? Maybe we could meet up and talk in person?"
Cody nearly had a heart attack. Oh no, oh no oh no oh no this was bad. He knew his father was going to the expo because he had been going to go with his father and help out. But now? What to do?
"That sounds like a great idea," he typed back to her. Then his brain caught up with his fingers. What? Why did he just say that? He smacked a hand between his eyes. Stupid!
Her words popped up on the screen. "I'm glad you feel that way. Maybe we should introduce ourselves properly then, so we know who we are. LOL. What do you think?"
What did he think? He thought he was an idiot, that's what he thought. But she was waiting for him to say something back.
So, biting his lip, he typed back, "Okay..."
"Great. My name is Angela. Angela Gray."
Even her name was lovely. He was so toast. What to do? Before he knew what he was doing he was typing, "What a beautiful name. My name is Matthew. Matthew Unger."
Oh crap. Now he really was in it. Matthew was his dad.
If his father ever found out… Well. His life wouldn't be worth living, that was for sure. But how was he going to work this? She would be expecting to meet a thirty-eight year old man named Matthew. There was no way a seventeen year old could pull that off. But he couldn't take it back. Not now. Not if he wanted her to ever talk to him again.
They chatted for a while longer and organized to meet on Saturday at the Unger Computers stall at the expo and Cody went along with everything she said. He had really painted himself into a corner. Cody spent a long time after they said goodnight with little wink faces just pacing the length of his bedroom. He couldn't stand her up and he
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