Kurt had been humiliated in court and it was Diane's fault. She flirtaciously asked him to do sonething that was totally against his ethics, overselling evidence, and he did it out of love for her.
She brought Kurt McVeigh as expert witness – the defense brought Holly "more gravitas" Westfall. How she disliked that nasty blonde Republican.
In court Holly stated that Kurt was the most honest man she knew – a quality Diane admired greatly in her husband – but that he had reason to oversell evidence because of Diane. And damn she was right. As much as Diane hated to admit it, Holly was right and Diane got caught in court.
During Holly's testimony she could feel Kurt's hurt. He always took pride in being honest and correct in his work. Doing her a favor damaged everything: his pride, his work and potentionally their marriage.
A few weeks ago, she thought he wanted a divorce only to learn that he wanted to sell his business and move in full-time. Put their lives first, as he once told her. She was happy to learn that he made their marriage and her happiness once again his number one priority. And how did she return the favor? She asked him to compromise himself.
The 40 mile drive to Kurt's farm never seemed longer – not even a few years ago when she just wanted to have sex with him and ended up meeting Miranda. What was it with young attractive women and ballistics? Or was it young attractive women and Kurt McVeigh?
She had gone to her place first, but Kurt wasn't there. Why would he be? She hurt him, uninteionally though, but she hurt him. And it was killing her. She parked her car and went inside. The house was quiet. She went upstairs to the bedroom. Her favorite place in both their homes.
Kurt was already asleep, or at the very least pretended to be asleep. On his side of the bed, at the very edge. Even if she was already in bed with him, the distance and silent treatment could not have been more apparant.
Diane crawled up behind her husband and called his name. He didn't react. „Kurt, I am sorry, I am so sorry. I will make you happy every day of your live but please forgive me." She brushed a kiss against his shoulder and sank her nose into the back of his neck. She loved his smell. It meant so many things to her: comfort, home and passion. Her left hand brushed against his chest. She felt his back muscles cramp and knew he was awake. When Kurt finally took her hand and kissed it, Diane couldn't hold it back together.
She was not a crier or a beggar. But she had messed up big time. Hurting, sabotaging and eventually losing Kurt was everything she feared in live. It took them years to finally end up together. They spent most of their married life apart but everything was about to change. Or was it?
Diane sobbed heavily. Kurt turned and let her put her head on his chest. He didn't speak but he held her left hand and stroke her head gently with the other. They lay like that for quite some time. Words failed Diane but she slowly stopped sobbing. Kurt wasn't going to make it easy for her but he loved Diane and hated nothing more than seeing her upset.
Actually, he had never seen her like that before. Diane coming back to her senses and slightly embarrassed by her outburst, placed a soft kiss on her husbands temple and got up. „I am going to take a shower to wash this horrible day off." Kurt watched her silently as she entered the bathroom.