Chapter 1: Pippi
Info: It's been 6 years since Ethan left Leah. Leah has since married.
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Leah walked out of her work place to her car. She was finally going home after a long and busy day. She was to go home to an empty house. Ken works at night and sleeps during the day. Leah pushed the unlock button and opened the car door. She threw her purse in passenger seat and started the car. I was cold for a summer evening. She pulled out of the employee parking lot and headed home.
She pulled into the driveway and saw that Ken's car was home. 'What?' She thought. Ken was suppose to work tonight. She locked the car and walked inside.
"Ken? Ken are you home?" Leah yelled when she unlocked the door. There cat Oliver rubbed against her leg. "Hi sweetie." She said petting the cat. She sat her coat and purse on the counter and went looking for Ken. "Ken, honey?" She asked walking towards their bedroom. She heard laughter from behind the door. "Ken?" She asked opening the door. Two heads popped up from under the sheets. One was Ken's, the other was a woman.
"Leah? You're home." He said.
"What the hell is going on Ken?" Leah yelled.
"Leah, this is Pippi. She is a friend." He said casual. Pippi smiled and waved.
"She looks more then a friend." Leah said storming out of the room.
"Leah, please." Ken said after her. He slipped on some pants and followed her and also said "Leah, please understand."
"Understand?" Leah asked whipping around and " Why should I understand. You're the one that wanted to marry me. Now you found a new fling." Leah started to cry.
"Leah, please. I don't need this right now. Work has been hard right now." Ken said.
"Well, then you don't need me." She said grabbing her coat and purse.
"Leah don't leave." Ken said. Leah just looked at him and slammed the door the shut. She got in her car and broke down.
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She drove the two hours to her mother's place. Far from her own home. She parked the car in the gravel driveway and walked to the door. She wiped her eyes and knocked on the door. The door opened and her mother appeared.
"Leah? Leah, sweetie. What's wrong?" Roberta asked.
"Me and Ken had a fight." She replied and asked "Can I stay here?"
"Sure dear. Come in, come in." Her mother said letting her in and then said "Arnie, Leah staying the night." Her mother yelled upstairs. Arnie was Roberta's boyfriend. They started dating two years ago and now they live together. Arnie was a very sweet man and loved Roberta's daughter like his own.
"Leah, what happened?" He asked coming downstairs.
"She and Ken had a fight." Her mother said.
"Mom, I think I'm gonna go to bed." Leah said. She didn't want to discuss this anymore. She just wanted to go to sleep and forget this.
That morning, Leah woke up in her old room. She didn't recognize it right away, but then she remembered last night. She shook her head to forget it and stood up. She want to her vanity and looked in the mirror.
"The beginning of my new life." She said. She combed her hair and walked out to the kitchen. Her mother was talking to someone. She saw that it was Ken.
"Good morning, honey." Roberta said.
"What are you doing here?" She asked to Ken.
"I came to say sorry. I didn't mean for last night to happen." He said walking over to her and putting his hands on her shoulder.
"You mean for me to find out that you've been sleeping with that whore." She said pushing his hands off of her.
"Leah, please come home and we can work this out." He begged.
"I'm sorry, Ken, but you hurt me. You just can't think that a little talking will fix this. It won't. I've been hurt to many times to forgive you. Ken, I want a divorce." Leah said standing her ground.
"Leah, please." He begged falling on the floor in front of her.
"Ken, get out. I don't want to married to you any longer. You may think this will never happen again, but it will, it will. Someday, it will come back and bite you in the butt. Then you'll feel miserable for this. But I won't. I'll be living my life. I'll probably forget about you. You won't forget about me. But you'll forgive me for letting you go, because you would have ruined my life and possible the lives a young ones. So Kenneth, I want you to go home and get on with your life. I'll be there soon to get my things and Oliver." Leah said. Ken looked up at her and then stood up. He nodded and turned to leave. Once he left, Roberta walked over to her.
"Are you sure this is what you want to do?" She asked.
"Yes." Leah simply said. She turned and walked back to her room.
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