Love, Rings and Truth

Disclaimer: I do not own 24 Fox does, if I did hmmmm, let's just say things would be much different. 'Chuckles evilly in the next room'.

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Funny little things rings are when you get one it shows love and trust in this one little gift sometimes two if you're lucky. Funny how when you take ones' ring off for a long period of time, people might be under the impression your love has gone, disappeared for the one you'd loved. Karen kept thinking.

She'd split up from her husband after 7 years, she thought he was the one, the right person, but she was obviously wrong. Once Karen had signed the final divorce document she'd taken her ring off and thrown it into the bushes behind her house. She realised it wasn't a smart idea when some days later, her colleagues at work started asking questions about why her ring wasn't on, she had to go through her garden- searching for that single gold ring. When she'd finally found it and put it back on the questions of her relationship at work died down. Why she felt the need to have the ring on and making sure no one knew about her divorce was beyond Karen.

So after that she wore her ring of deceit, which suited very much to her liking because she had more important things on her mind than to start a relationship. All she had to do was flash her ring and the men would walk away confused, for on her profile it said she was single. Not saying there were many men who would ask though for Karen was quite a workaholic, and everyone knows being a workaholic and trying to start a relationship is a big NO-NO!

Except there was that day, the day of her most exhausting 24 hours moving from Homeland to CTU where she met the most amazing man, Bill Buchanan. He'd changed here forever.

A simple breakfast invitation quickly declined, but soon accepted mere minutes later, turned into something more serious.

Her ex-husband's ring was put disposed of, when she got a beautiful diamond ring to decorate her hand. She was sure of it then, Bill Buchanan was the man for her. Not only did the ring show it, but also so did his compassionate nature, his sympathetic actions, everything about him, it made her even more drawn to him than ever. No other man had made her feel like so. What did I do to deserve such and amazingly talented man?

She felt like the luckiest women on Earth.

Their Wedding and Honey moon was terrific and Karen go another beautiful ring to add to her collection. Their tropical Honeymoon was decided on by both of them and neither regretted it bringing back many memories and pictures.

Moving to Washington DC was hard though, leaving her newly wed husband and their nearly perfect routine life. It took Karen some time to get used to living by herself in a condo again, but she felt much better after hearing Bill's voice soothing her on the phone for an hour or so every night.

Then that dammed Reed Pollock, trying to escape the death penalty by telling the DOJ everything. Including the incident when Bill had Fayed detained and released him because there wasn't enough evidence to hold him, and how she blue-coded it at Homeland.

Firing Bill was the hardest thing ever; she knew she'd chosen the wrong choice by having to fire Bill from the Job he loved. It ate her up inside, especially when he hung up on her and when she tried calling his again he didn't pick up.

But when Jack rang her and asked for her help, she couldn't decline, except she needed more help and the only person she could turn to was her husband, Bill.

Trying to get a hold of Bill was really difficult, but she finally got through to him, she wanted to apologise to him, but he didn't let her.

Thankfully before she knew she was to be taken into custody she got to thank him, and tell him how sorry she was. She told him that she loved him very much, and she was so glad he said that he loved her too.

Funny little thing love is, it could be lost forever or patched up just like that.

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