Nick arrived in Tampa and headed right for Ted's house. He knocked on the door and no one came. He knew if Katelyn was in there and she saw it was him, she was probably hiding. He began to pick the lock. Once it was open, he began searching the house. He looked in every room and found nothing. There was no sign that his wife had been there until he found a note in the bedroom. He said that Katelyn had been there but had left. As he read the note, he realized that his wife was still in love with Ted. He took the note and headed out. He called the PI and told him what the note said.

Ted watched from the kitchen of the house as Katelyn sat on the patio looking out at the ocean. He knew she was right about them changing in the last nine years but he honestly believed their love was still there.

"Here I made you something to eat." He said as he walked out onto the patio.

"Thanks." She replied to him.

"So, let's talk." He said as he sat in the chair across from her. "Tell me about this Katelyn."

"She is a graduate of Florida State with a marketing degree. She works for the Miami Heat. She is married to a jerk who hits her. She is strong on the outside but weak on the inside. Her career is great but privately, she is falling apart."

He moved over to where she was. He pulled her into a hug. "Kate, let me help you. Let me put you back together."

She melted into his arms. It felt so good and right to be there. She remembered everything they were to each other and she remembered the day they ended it.

Flashback

"I'm glad you came to see me." Katelyn said as they were in her apartment off campus.

"I'm glad too." He said as he started getting dressed. "Katelyn, I've been thinking. I'm training and you're here. I don't' think we can make this work anymore."

"But we can. I know I can." She said as she started to cry.

"Kate, I'm sorry. I just want to be free while I'm training. All the guys go out and have fun. I don't. I feel like I'm outcast from them. I want to fit in."

"You mean you want to screw around like they do." She got up and started getting dressed also. "I thought you loved me and you wanted us to be together."

"Kate, I do love you but we have to be realistic. We are going in different directions."

"I guess we are." She knew that he wanted this. He wanted to be free of her and she loved him enough to let him go. She didn't want to ruin his dream. "You're right. We are going in different directions."

"Kate, I didn't want to hurt you. But I knew I had to be honest with you."

"I understand. I do." She walked over and kissed him. "I want nothing but the best for you. I love you."

"I love you too." He kissed her one more time. "I will always love you."

He kissed her again and walked out.

She remembered that day all the time. She regretted that she didn't fight harder for them but she wanted him to have his dream and if they had stayed together, he might not have achieved.

"Kate, are you okay?"

"I was just thinking about the day we ended our relationship." She replied pulling away and wiping her tears. "I think about it a lot."

"I think about it too. I regret that I ended it. We could have made it work. But I did want to be like the guys. I wanted to go out, get a girl, and go back to my hotel room and have a little fun."

"I knew that then. I also knew that I might have kept you from getting your dream. I couldn't do that. I wanted you to have what you wanted and that is why I didn't fight harder for us."

"I should have fought harder for us. But I'm going to now. I'm not letting you go. This is our second chance. Tell me you want this. You want this chance with me."

She got up and walked to the end of the patio and stared out at the ocean. She felt him come up behind her and wrap his arms around her waist. She leaned back into him. She felt his lips near her ear.

"Tell me you want this chance." He whispered to her.

"I do want it." She whispered. "But"

"Shh, no buts. This is our chance." He kissed her gently.

She felt herself deepen the kiss. He picked her up and carried her to the bedroom. Once they got there, he began to make love to her. Everything with him felt so right.

"I think I've found your wife." The PI told Nick over the phone.

"Where?"

"A Kate James boarded a plane to Hawaii yesterday."

"Kate James? I don't' know that name." Nick replied.

"It's an alias. I got the security video from the airport. Your wife was seen getting on a plane for Hawaii. I traced everything and it came back to a Kate James. That is the name your wife is using."

"Thank you." Nick hung up and made plans to go to Hawaii. He would find her and make her come back with him. He would not let her go.

As Nick made his plans to go to Hawaii, Ted was thinking about how he could protect Katelyn from her husband. He had too. He wasn't losing her again.

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