"Sorry Tommy, it usually doesn't take him this long to go to sleep," Kim said as she walked into the living room in a pair of old sweatpants and a t-shirt. She knew that he didn't care what she looked like and she was exhausted after her day at the track. It was normal for her to be exhausted after this, completely normal. "So, I'm guessing you have a few questions."

"Just a few," Tommy said as Kim ran her fingers through her hair as she looked away from him. "Kim, I'm not mad, well, not yet…"

"I don't expect anything out of you, I'm not sure how you're going to take this," Kim said as he looked over at her and she let out a sigh. It was not any easier telling Tommy this than it had been telling the others over the past few years, if anything this was harder. He was the one person that she feared rejecting her and had pushed him away because of that. "There is no easy way to say this, so I'm just going to tell you the truth. I was raped, that's why I…I didn't think you needed that on you, not then, not even now."

"You were what?" Tommy all but yelled as he rose out of his seat and she involuntarily curled up into a ball. She trusted him, but semi-violent outbursts still got to her. "No, don't be scared of me."

"It's not that easy," Kim whispered as she felt his hands on her shoulders and she slowly relaxed into his touch. "They never caught him."

"Is that why you moved away from Miami?" Tommy asked as Kim nodded her head yes, surprised that he was not prying any further. "I don't need anymore tonight, you'll tell me in time."

"You're not going to throw me out of your life?" Kim asked as Tommy laughed and pulled her into a hug.

"It would take a lot more for me to do that and when you're ready you'll tell me everything," Tommy said as she looked up at him and then looked away. "That can't be everything."

"I was knocked out almost immediately, I don't remember what happened, I know what I felt like when I woke up, but I don't remember what the man did to me. Then Patrick came along and…" Kim trailed off as she stood up and walked over to the small porch on the back of her home.

"Do you ever wonder what would have been?" Tommy whispered as he walked up behind her and she nodded her head yes.

"Almost everyday, but it's not his fault that this happened to me, I can't blame him for this, he's a wonderful child," Kim said as Tommy tentatively slipped his arms around her and she allowed herself to settle against him. "So, enough about me and my problems. How did you get into racing?"

"My uncle, I didn't think that I'd ever make it this far, but once I was done being a ranger, what thrill was there left in life?" Tommy asked as Kim let out a sigh. Of course this was some sort of odd risk taking after being a ranger, nothing seemed to be nearly as thrilling and to Tommy racing might even seem sane.

"How long do you think you're going to do this?" Kim asked as he shrugged and she shook her head. "Live your life Tommy and don't worry about me, don't worry about us."

"You want me to forget you?" Tommy asked as Kim shook her head no. "Then what do you want of me?"

"Nothing, I don't want you to forget me, but what I'd need you to do to be with me again…I can't ask you to give that up for me," Kim said as Tommy looked over at her and she just shook her head. "I know you Tommy, I know you well enough to know that you'd give up everything for me…and I can't have you doing that."

"Kim, you're the one woman that I have ever, you're the only person that I want…" Tommy stumbled as Kim turned around to face him and gave him a soft kiss.

"I know, but you've got a life without me, a life that you should be able to live without any of these…" Kim trailed off as she took a step back from him. "I don't want you to give up anything for me."

"I wouldn't be," Tommy said as he held her close and she just shook her head. She heard the door open and looked back to see Patrick staring over at them.

"Mama," Patrick said as Kim disentangled herself from Tommy and quickly walked over to the boy.

"What is it sweetie?" Kim asked as she squatted down next to him and he placed his hands on her face.

"Daddy," Patrick said, simply, as Kim gave him a confused look. She had never mentioned a father or anything like that to him in the past, but someone had, someone had.

"What do you want sweetie?" Kim asked again as Patrick looked over her shoulder at Tommy and then went around Kim towards him.

"Daddy," Patrick said, more emphatically, as he looked up at Tommy and Tommy quickly scooped him up.

"It's past your bed time," Tommy said, calmly, as Patrick looked up at him and smiled. "Come on, I'll tuck you back in."

"Kimberly, are you going to help out with…" Earl started as she turned around to face him and he stared at her. "What happened to you?"

"I…Patrick isn't going to let Tommy go," Kim said as she let out a long sigh. "I never wanted him to come, because I knew this would happen. I knew that I'd have to ask Tommy to give up…I don't want to ask that of him."

"I'm confused," Earl said as Kim looked over at him.

"Tommy is the man that I planned on marrying and I didn't think that Patrick would love him, but he does and you know how hard it is for him to even like people," Kim said as Earl nodded. He had been around the boy for the past couple of years and he rarely got a hello from him. "How can I take that away from him?"

"You don't have to, if he feels the way you feel then why should this be a big deal?" Earl asked as Kim let out a long sigh and wiped her eyes.

"Because I cannot ask him to give up his dreams, Patrick can't travel from place to place, he can't deal with all of that. I'd be asking him to give up so much," Kim said as Earl placed his arm around her and she let out a sigh.

"And do you think he'd give it up for you?" Earl asked as Kim nodded her head that she was sure that he would. "Well, then I think you need to leave this choice up to him, 'cause it may be worth losin' this to have you."

"I'm not worth that," Kim said as Earl gave her a harsh look.

"You always sell yourself short missy and I'm tired of hearin' it. It's time that you stop feelin' bad for what happened and let the people that mean the most to you back into your life, you just might be surprised at what'll happen," Earl said as he took his arm off her and then headed back to his customary RV for his day of rest.