The Pact - Season 1: Episode 14

Mandy looked at me and said, “Thank you for giving me some time to sort things out. I know you gave me a week. But the things I needed to sort out were with Lynn, and they took less time than I expected.”

“With Lynn? What does Lynn have to do with all this?” Mandy smiled.

“It’s because of David. Whatever I have to talk to you guys about concerns David’s forgotten past, and his nightmares. Lynn knows exactly what’s been causing those nightmares, because she remembers everything that happened when they were kids. But I needed to know if it would be all right to take David back to his childhood.”

“David wants to remember. All summer he’s been talking about how he wants to remember his childhood, to feel like a complete person.”

“Yes,” Mandy replied, “but David doesn’t know what has caused his mind to erase those memories. It was a most terrible experience, Michelle, and I wanted to know if it would be safe for him. And Lynn agreed that he can’t keep on living his life in this confused state he is living now, so she agreed to me speaking about his childhood in Sherwood.” I looked up startled.

“Sherwood? David grew up in Sherwood?” This was news to me. Mandy nodded.

“Yes, Michelle, David grew up in Sherwood, like you and Steve, and just like me and Tyrone. That’s where everything began. And that’s what I’m taking you all back to tonight. I’m taking you all to relive your childhood, and unfortunately David and Steve will have to relive one terrible ordeal that Tyrone has been going through everyday for the past eight years.”

I was speechless. In the end, when I found my voice, I asked,

“So what are you proposing?”

“Tonight we’re going to meet up in some quiet place, just the four of us, and I will tell you everything that I remember. I have only two hopes – that David and Steve will remember too – and that it won’t be too much of a strain on them. I have already told Steve to meet me at “Lion’s Den” tonight. All you have to do is tell David to meet you there too, and you’ll know everything, Michelle. And maybe together we can find a way to understand that one thing which neither I nor Tyrone could ever begin to understand.”

“And what’s that?” I asked.

“Why. The reason why we all had to meet up here on this island after all this time.” I was about to ask her something else, but at that moment I saw David walking up.

“I’ll go now. I’ll meet you at “Lion’s Den” at 8 tonight.” I nodded my head, and stood up. I walked over to David.

“How are you?” I asked. He shrugged.

“I don’t know, Michelle. I love you, I really do. But I can’t help feeling betrayed by you.” I felt the tears coming in my eyes at his words, but at that moment there were more important things in play, than just our relationship. So I asked him immediately,

“David, can you meet me at “Lion’s Den” tonight at 8?” David shook his head.

“I can’t Michelle. Not tonight.” I was stunned at his reply, and asked him why. He answered, “It’s Lynn. She has told me that there is someone who knows about my past – about my childhood – and my memory block, and that someone wants to speak to me tonight. I have to keep that appointment Michelle, it’s very important to me.” I smiled.

“I know. That person is Mandy.” He looked surprised. “Believe it came as a surprise to me too – especially after I found out yesterday that Mandy is Tyrone’s best friend. It seems like somehow my brother and I are involved in this thing too. Mandy wants us all to meet her at “Lion’s Den” tonight at 8. This is not about you and me David – this is about all of us – and our pasts.”

“I don’t understand. What do you and your brother have to do with my past?” I shrugged.

“I don’t know David. And that’s what I intend to find out tonight.”

“All right,” he replied. “I will pick you up after my last class, at around 7.”

I kept on dragging through that day like a zombie. Time had never moved slower in my whole life. But finally it was 7, and I met David near the gates, and got in his car. He was as nervous as I was about this whole thing. I looked at him, as he sighed, put the car in gear, and pressed the gas pedal. The car slowly made its way out of the school gates, and towards “Lion’s Den”, where we had our appointment with Fate.