The Long Trip Home
The Long Trip Home
Chapter 1
It had been an exhausting and emotional day. Kimberly had left her house at 5am to arrive at LAX in time for her flight back to Salem, back to Salem for her father's funeral. When she received the phone call from her brother, Roman, she had a gut feeling what he was calling about. Roman told her how their pop had died a hero, saving Bo, their brother's life. Kimberly and her father had not always been close, but after she had disclosed to her family about Uncle Eric's molestation of her as a child, her relationship with her father had evolved to a close and endearing one. Kimberly was clearly her father's favorite, often referring to her as "his best and his brightest." A moniker that she was sure she never lived up to. But even now, after the funeral and wake, as she was driving back to the Salem Airport for her flight back home, she still didn't want to acknowledge that her pop was gone. She could hear him talking to her, saying "You're a Brady, fight for him, Kimmie. I know that you love him, that you've always loved him, fight Kimmie, before it's too late. Fight girl."
As she boarded the plane for the flight back home and settled in to her seat, she grabbed for her earphones and shut her eyes. Maybe whoever would sit next to her would get the hint that she really wasn't in the mood for polite conversation with a total stranger. All she wanted was to think about her pop and how much he meant, would always mean to her. As thoughts of her pop and family gatherings began to fill her head, she was amused to hear what song was beginning to play. She turned her eyes up to the heavens and gave her pop a smile as she thought, "I hear yah Pop, I hear yah."
What would you say if I told you
I've always wanted to hold you
I don't know what we're afraid of
Nothing would change if we made love…
Made love…, oh yes, she couldn't wait to arrive back home and once again make love. She knew he would be back from his latest trip and would be waiting for her. She loved coming home to him, even after all this time he could unnerve her with the anticipation of just being in his arms, or of being with him. Just when she thought this flight would never end she heard over the intercom: "Ladies and gentlemen, we'll be landing in 20 minutes, please return your seats to an upright position and securely fasten your seatbelts. The temperature on the ground is a comfortable…"
"At last, I'm finally home" she thought as she grabbed a taxi and headed home. As the taxi pulled up to the driveway, she paid the driver and ran up to the house. She unlocked the front door and entered the grand foyer, she looked around and smiled. To Kimberly they were precious European antiques; to him they were "just old furniture" as he always said. This is the house she loved; it held so many fond memories over the years. "He must be upstairs in bed waiting" she blurted out. She looked up at the rounded staircase and knowing that Jeannie and Andrew were away, she started removing her clothing as she made her way up the stairs and down the hallway to their room. As she opened the door, the only light in the room was coming from the lamp on the night stand beside the bed, where she noticed the champagne chilling and two glasses, and the only man she ever loved, sleeping snugly in their bed. As she stepped out of her heels and finished undressing down to her bra and panties, "Boy, do I have a wonderful surprise for you" she thought. She climbed in bed and gently kissed his shoulder, then whispered in his ear, "Captain D, I'm home darling."
He stirred and realizing she was finally home, turned to face her and said, "Well Mrs. D, welcome home."
"I know this is your favorite part, so I thought I'd leave the rest for you" she said as she motioned to the state of her undress with a mischievous smile on her lips. The lips he loved to kiss. As he put his hand behind her back and kissed her the way only he could kiss her, he unhooked her bra and with one swift motion flung it across the room.
"No, this is my favorite part," he said as he admired her now fully unclothed body, "God you're beautiful." With a devilish smile on his face, he reached for her...
Startled, as she awoke from her dream, she heard, "Ladies and Gentlemen, we'll be landing in Los Angeles in 20 minutes. Please return your seats to an upright position and securely fasten your seatbelts. The temperature on the ground is a comfortable…"
Oh she was home alright, but not the home she wanted to be at. But, maybe that would soon change. With both Papa and Miss Peach working their magic from heaven, how could things go wrong?