After lying to Brock about why she was so upset earlier, they were lying on the couch together, watching something on TV. Reba was so out of it, that she was paying no attention to whatever it was they were watching, and she was lost in thought. She hated that she had to lie to Brock about all of this. She loved him so much, and all of these problems that were popping back up were making things rough between them. She felt bad for lying to him, but she didn't want him to know the truth just quite so soon, because she feared him loosing his temper and trying to get himself caught in the middle of Reba's problems.
Reba was lying out across the couch with her head on Brock lap with the baby asleep on her chest. Brock had been playing with her hair, and when he looked down to admire her, he realized how extremely beautiful she was. He knew that she was always a very pretty woman, but tonight, watching her lying out across the couch with their baby, she just looked too perfect to be real. He knew that she was keeping something from him, but he knew she would tell him when she was ready.
She had been watching the clock, and she knew it was time to go. She did want to leave, but she knew that she had to go. She used the plan the she had already thought of, going into the kitchen and noticing they were out of milk, so she had to make a run to the grocery store. "Hey, I'm going to get some milk, do you need anything?" she asked, walking back into the living room, looking at the man that she hoped she would get to see again after tonight.
"No, nothing that I can think of, are you sure you just don't want me to go? I don't mind at all."
"It's ok, I'll do it," she told him.
As she got ready to leave, she dropped her purse on the chair and passionately kissed Brock before she was forced to leave and meet up with the man she was the most afraid of.
"What was that for?" he asked, almost afraid of the answer.
"I love you," she told him. She looked up and he could almost read the fear in her eyes. He didn't question her, he just let her go, knowing that it wasn't his place to get involved in what ever was happening just yet.
"I love you too."
She kissed him one more time, then walked out the door.
She got in the car and drove to the restaurant, where she sat in her car and waited for a minute, preparing to go inside.
She took a deep breath and stepped out of the car and started walking to the door when Kevin stepped out in front of her. As nervous as she already was she screamed at the sight of him, suddenly before her.
"What the hell are you doing?!" She yelled.
"Get in the car," he ordered.
"If you think I'm getting in the car with you, you are sadly mistaken!" she pointed out.
"Reba," he said starting to get a little angry with her, "Get in the god damn car!"
She saw that he was getting pissed off, and she was going to do everything in her power to make sure that she got back home tonight to see her family. "Ok, but I don't have that much time. I pretty much just told Brock that I was making a milk run, and I can tell him there was some traffic and a long line, but he's not stupid, he knows it wont take forever."
"Will you just get in the car?"
He was nice enough to open the door and watch her get in, closing the door behind her. She didn't want to be anywhere near him, let alone in the car with him, but she didn't want him to get too angry with her either.
They drove for about 10 minutes until they got to an apartment building. He told her to get out, which she did. Then he told her to follow him up to his apartment. She remembered it from a while ago when she was dropping off a few of his things after the divorce. She couldn't believe he still lived there. It wasn't a very nice place. Once they got inside, he set his things down, and told her to leave her cell phone by the door.
"What am I doing here?" she asked.
"We need to talk," he told her.
"What is there to talk about, Kevin? We're divorced; I'm married with my own family."
"But, Reba, I love you. That has to mean something," he pleaded with her. Taking both of her hands in his.
She pulled back her hands and told him, "It stopped meaning something when I ended up in the hospital!" she fired back. She knew she was making him angry, but she always had a temper and she always was sure to speak her mind. Something that always got her in trouble with him.
"What are you saying? That we're over?!?"
Reba stood up and said, "We were over a long time ago."
She new that she shouldn't have said anything when he got mad and pushed her back down onto the couch. She had at one point thought this part of her life was over, but sadly she was wrong.
"What if I'm willing to work on things?" he tried.
"Kevin! Do you see this ring!?" she yelled, holding up her left hand, "I'm married! I don't love you anymore! I don't understand what is so hard to get about that!"
He took her hand, and ripped her wedding ring off and threw it across the room. "What the hell do you think you're doing!?" She continued to yell.
Immediately she got up, and walked over to pick up her ring. When she got in back on she felt Kevin try to shove her back down on the floor. He sat on her legs so she couldn't move and held down both of her wrists so she was defenseless. "See now, I have a problem with that. Obviously the rules of marriage are a little cloudy to you, seeing is how you cheated on me while we were married, and got pregnant with a baby I wanted to have in the first place. So why does that matter now?"
Attempting to squirm away, she stopped and said, "It matters now because I. don't. love. you…I love Brock, and that isn't about to change for you or anyone else."
While watching him, she noticed that what she said hurt him, but he only let it show for a second, then he turned his hurt into rage. He pressed all of his weight down on her wrists, and tried to lean down to kiss her, but she turned her head, which just made him more upset. He took her arms and pulled her up so she was sitting in front of him, then when she yet again, refused to kiss him he slammed her back down onto the floor.
That's when she heard her cell phone ringing. It looked like Kevin wasn't going to let her get up and get it, so she made it a point to say, "If I don't answer it he's going to get suspicious and probably come looking for me. You wouldn't want that would you?"
He starred at her for a second then let her go, she ran as fast as she could to go answer it, "Hey!" Brock asked her if everything was ok because she was taking a while, "I got stuck in traffic, and there are huge lines here, but I'm almost there, so I'll be home in about 15 minutes," he bought it and told her he loved her before he hung-up the phone, "I love you too, Brock!" she tried to say as loud as she could so Kevin was sure to hear. She hung-up the phone and walked over to where Kevin was sitting, "I have to go."
"Would you like me to drive you back to your car?" he asked.
"No, I know how to get there," she quickly replied.
"I love you Reba…," he said, waiting for an answer, but all he heard was the front door close behind her…
