Missing you
Chapter 11 - Runaway
Kimberly turned round and walked inside the house followed by her sister and Skull.
"What would you like to drink?" The maid asked as soon as they got inside
"Just a coffee please" Kat asked, she chose a place in the coach in front of her sister
"Nothing thank you" Kimberly said and sat arms folded
"Please bring Miss Katherine her coffee and take a tea with honey and lemon to my studio" Skull asked the maid, she nodded and walked to the kitchen
"I`ll be upstairs in case you need me ladies, excuse me" Skull said and went upstairs
Both sisters remained in silence for a while. Kimberly just stared from one side to another avoiding Kat
"Aren´t you going to at least ask me how I´ve been all this years?" Kat asked sounding a little bit irritated
Kim cocked her head to her in silence
"Kim, please, you are acting immature" Kat said "Besides we talked on the phone when I called you to tell you about mom´s funeral" Kat reminded her
"I didn`t know it was you, I never gave you my number" Kim finally said
"As it was so difficult to get that kink of information" Kat sighed
"Please we need to talk"Kat begged
"What do you want?" Kim asked
"I just want to talk to my sister that I haven´t seen or talk in years" Kat answered
"That wasn´t because of me" Kim said without taking her eyes off from her
"Stop playing the victim, I´m not here to find out who´s fault it is" Kat said
"Then say what you come to say" Kim demanded
"Remember the pictures you found inside the piano?, well mom put them in there" Kat started
"She did? . . . Why?" Kim frowned
"It was after you left, I mean the day you packed you suitcase after that argument with dad and run away" Kat said
It had been twenty days since Kimberly returned from France, things had been very peacefull at home, strangely peaceful. Kim asumed it had something to do with
the fact her father suspected she was dating Skull.
One day she was composing for her upcoming presentation by the inglenook when ¨Dr Hart walked over to her
"Darling, I need to talk to you about Eugene" Dr Hart said and sat opposite to her
"What about him?" She asked raising her head from the sheet
"Skullovitchs are not so happy about him being a manager" He sighed
"Well, I didn´t force him to anything, he is grown up enough to make his own decisions don´t you think?" Kimberly answered
"We both know that he only does it to be around you" Dr Hart said
"I´m not going to fire him if that what you are asking, if the Skullovitchs have a problem with it they should talk to their son" Kimberly answered
"You see, they did not pay Yale for their son to become a manager, I´m just asking you to talk to him into going back to his career" He said
"I don´t have to tell him what to do and I don´t think his parents should neither" Kimberly stood up irritated
"I´m not sure if you are aware of how it works, Eugene would do anything that you ask my dear"He said and an devilish smile draw in his face, the one that Kimberly
knew so well. She stared at him frowning
"The deal is to keep them happy, then you can ask Eugene the world and you have it"He said
"You are sick!" Kimberly sighed
He stood up and grabbed her by her wrist
"How you dare to talk to me like that!" He yelled at her and slapped in her face. His golden ring cut her cheek.
"Get away from me!" She yelled and ran upstairs
Present time at Skull´s house
"After you left he ordered to take the piano to the attic and burned all the pictures and any object that reminded of you" Kat explained
"What?" Kim asked
"Yes, he had done the same before with all the pictures and Tommy´s stuff you had in your room, while you were at the hospital" Kat sighed
"He burned it all? son of the b. . ."Kim sighed in anger
"But then and after mom saved as much as she could" Kat said "I did not know, she revealed it to me before she passed away, she also gave me a key that opens a
secret closet where she had hidden another things"Kat said
Outside . . .
Kat opened the trunk of her car, while Kimberly stood at her side, Kat took a box out and carried it inside
In the living room Kat and Kim took some pictures out of the box.
"Oh look at this" Kim sighed watching one of the photos
"I love that pic of the three at the lake" Kat sighed
"And look at this one it was taken the night of the ball" Kat raised the picture in front of Kim
"What are those letters?" Kim asked glancing into the box
"Oh that´s something I kept myself" Kat said
At skullovitch´s residence Kimberly rang the doorbell
"Good morning Miss Hart" The maid said and let her in
She hid her face behind her hair, when Skull stepped into the living room she threw herself into his arms crying
"Kim calm down, what´s going on?"He asked, he took off the hair from her face and saw her cheek bleeding
"What the hell" He sighed
"I wont come back again" She sobbed
"He is a monster!" Skull sighed in anger and wrapped her up into his arms
"I´m going to report this" Skull whispered
"You have to be careful, I don´t want to lose you too" Kim whispered into his ear
The following morning Kimberly woke up screaming, she sat on the bed breathing heavily
"Kim are you okay? What happened?" Skull woke up and hugged her
"The nightmares are back, but this time you were in the car . . . burning!" She sighed crying, Kim hold on him tightly
A young Kat rang the doorbell of Skullovitch´s residence
"Good morning Miss Hart" The maid said as she opened the door
"Good morning, I need to see my sister please" She said
"I´m afraid Miss Kimberly is not available at the moment Miss" The maid answered
"But I need to see her, it is very important, I have something for her" Kat insisted
"If you give it to me I´ll make sure she receives it" The maid said
Kat handed the maid in a letter and then walked away
While Kimberly and Skull were having breakfast the maid walked over to Kim
"Your sister gave me this for you Miss Hart" The maid said and handed her in the letter to Kimberly.
"Thank you" Kim said and opened it
"Who is it from?" Skull asked as he wiped his mouth with a napkin
"It is from Aisha, a girl I knew in the conservatory" She answered
"I´m going I see you later" Skull stood up
"Where are you going?" Kim asked frowning
"I´m meeting my dad, bye, take care" He leaned and kiss her
"You too"She answered
Present time
"You never wrote her back, because she continued sending the letters to our home instead of Skullovitchs" Kat commented
"To tell you the truth I was not in the mood to write a letter, and besides she kept asking me about my life and what was I supposed to tell her, that everything was
upside down, I almost killed myself, I ran away from home and I was marrying someone I did not love?" Kim sighed
"Yeah, too much for a letter uh?" Kat sighed
"Or for a life" Kim remarked
"Maybe you should have written her back" Kat said
Back to the past
That night Skull took Kimberly out for dinner
"Well are you going to tell me what the meeting with your father was about?" Kim asked
"Kim, I talked to my father I decided to report your father for abuse" He said
She froze for a second, the placed her fork over the table and started squeezing her hands
"It is not easy to confront my father, your last name may protect you, but he is capable of everything"Kim said
"I can´t stay with my arms folded, you are not living with him anymore, but have you thought about your mother and Kat?" Skull answered
"Yes, but I want you to do something else, I want you to demand him for Tommy Oliver´s dead " Kim said
"Are you sure he did it?" Skull asked
"I know it"She answered
"Okay I´ll do my best to honor your request"Skull said
"Listen, there is another issue I wanted to talk to you, I need to go back to my thing"Skull said
"What do you mean with ´your thing´?"Kim asked frowning
"To the law filed" He cleared up
"Are you quitting? Are you leaving me alone?"She asked in surprised
"No, I´m going to make phone calls to get you the best manager I know, I´m leaving you in good hands trust me"He said
"I do, but you are doing this because your father talked to you into it, didn´t he?" She questioned
"That´s what he asked in return for helping me"Skull answered, Kimberly stood up and left the restaurant
"Kimberly wait, there is another thing . . ."Skull trailed off and took off a little red heart shaped box from his pocket
Back in the bedroom she shared with Skull, Kimberly read Aisha´s letter
Dear Kimberly
It´s been years since the last time we talk and I wonder how you are and what you are doing. Sorry it took me so long to write you, I wished I could have done it
before to let you know that I was okay. I´ve been here and there, seeing the world, you know. I never thought that my violin could get me to most extraordinary
places in the world, I guess you know what I´m talking about as you have made and amazing career. I saw your pictures in some magazines in Paris.
Please tell me about your life.
Aisha C.
Skull pushed the door of the room and stepped slowly inside
"Hey, are you okay?"He asked
"I´m fine" She smiled, folded the letter and put it back into the envelope
"Kim I just want to help you, because I love you"He lied on the bed beside her
"I know and I really appreciate it, but I wanted you to know that you don´t have to do everything I aske, you also can say no"She said
"I can say no, but you have to say yes to my next question"He said
"What´s that?"She asked
"Kimberly Ann Hart, Would you be my wife?"He proposed showing her the ring in the box
She stared at the ring, then into his eyes smiling
The following morning
Kat was knocking at Skullovitchs´residence door when the maid opened it
"Hi, I need to see my sister the letters keep coming . . . " Kat trailed off when a man stood by her and gave the maid a big pink box
"Excuse me, I bring Miss Hart´s wedding dresss" The man said and showed the maid a sheet where she signed
"What´s going here?" Kat asked stepping into
"Oh Katherine come in!" Mrs Skullovitch sighed and kissed her
"We have just find out about the wedding, they were planning to marry in secret can you believe it?" Mrs Skullovitch said
"My husband and I were so shocked, you know me, I immediately started take care of every detail of the wedding, I asked the maid to call your father but judging for
your face she must have forgotten"Skull´s mother justified herself
"Surely she had Mrs Skullovitch" Kat said still in shocked
"I´m phoning your father right now" Mrs Skullovitch stood up and walked towards the phone
Present time . . .
"I couldn´t believe it, you had ran away from home to do exactly what dad and mom wanted you to do, it had no sense"Kat sighed
"No it was different, because I choose to be with Skull by myself, I looked deep inside him and discovered a really good friend and a great man, our father never saw
beyond Skull´s father power" Kimberly said
"I was so shocked, I had never thought that I would see you marrying Skull"Kat sighed "And dad, he was really mad when found out he was the last one to know, but
he was able to put everything aside as long as you marry Eugene" Kat said
"So sick!" Kim sighed in horror
Dear Aisha
I´m glad to hear from you and forgive me for my belated response, lately I´ve been very busy with the concerts and I also moved to my fiance´s house, yes my
fiance, can you believe it? I´m marring in three week, so I can not be more stressed. My sister handed me in all your mails, but from now on plese take note of my
new address.
Best wishes
Kimberly
The young Kat wrote down Skullovitchs´address and then signed as her sister. Folded the letter and put it into an envelope.
Present time at Skullovitchs . . .
"She never wrote me to Skullovitchs" Kimberly commented
"She never wrote again at all" Kat answered
At Skullovitchs´s residence
Kimberly in her white wedding dress was posing for the photographer together with Skull who was looking really handsome in white tie and tails. The scene had been
mounted in the living room where they had placed a black concert piano and some red roses onto its lid. The photographer instructed them how to move their heads,
how to smile, how to stand, meanwhile several assistants fix their hair, the make up and the clothes after every shot. It was very overwhelming.
"Please honey I want to see you smiling" The photographer kept saying "It´s your wedding day, not a funeral for God sake" She insisted
Until Kimberly could not take this anymore. She sat on the piano bench and rested her head onto her hands.
"Sweety please we are running out time" The photographer begged
"Shut up!" Skull yelled at the photographer
"Kim are you okay?" Skull rushed to her side, she nodded no without raising her head
Kimberly got into the bedroom and broke up in tears, she looked at her in the mirror and wiped the tears.
There was a knock on the door and then Skull came in
"Hey, what´s going on?" he asked worried
She turned facing him and let herself fall onto a chair sobbing, Skull knelt at her side and held her hand
"Kim, please talk to me, tell me what´s happening"Skull begged
"Skull I´m sorry, I can´t do this, I´m really sorry" She sobbed
"You just need to relax and let me take care of this, everything is going to be all right I promise you " Skull said wiping her tears with his thumb
"Skull you´ve been amazing with me and I can´t do this to you or to me" Kim sighed
"Don´t worry, it´s normal to freak out on your wedding day, everyone is a little bit excited" Skull said
"No, Skull you don´t understand" kim stated "You deserved someone better than me" She sobbed
"What are you saying? You are the one I´ve ever wanted Kim"He answered
"Yes I know, but you should marry someone that makes you happy, someone that loves you, and that´s not me"She said
He stared at her speechless
"I like you very much and I really care for you . . ., but . . . I don´t love you" Kim confessed
Skull´s eyes got wet, he just stared at her
"I never meant to hurt you, but I had to tell you this before it was too late" Kim said staring into his blue eyes
"I do love you Kim, I always had" He sighed as the tears ran down his cheeks
"I hope you can forgive me some day" She sighed and rest her forehead in his
Skull and Kimberly went downstairs to the garage, they walked among the several cars the family owed until they got to one of them that was covered by a white
blanket. Skull pulled from it uncovering a brand new red Chevrolet Corvette.
"What?" Kimberly sighed
"I had planed to give it to you after the wedding, but since there is gonna be no wedding . . ."He stretched his hand to her with the keys
"Skull no, I can´t accept it"Kim refused to grab the keys
"Kim is yours, it´s a present from me"He said
"A wedding present, which is not going to happen so I can´t accept it"She cleared up
"Don´t be childish Kim, I want you to have it, take the keys, pack some stuff and leave"Skull ordered "We both know that if you stay you´ll never be free from your
father and I can´t ask you to marry me when it´s not your desire"Skull said
"But, running away? Where?"Kim asked eyes wide opened
"Anywhere! Feel free to make your own decisions for now on"Skull sighed encouraging her
Some minutes later Kim had put off the white dress and put her purse inside the corvette
"We have a little apartment in Florida, we never go there, you can stay as long as you want"Skull said
"Skull I don´t know what I would do without you and I pay you back breaking your heart"She sighed and hugged him
"No, you pay me with your sincerity and I thank you for that"He answered, they kissed for the last time and she got into the car.
Present time at Skullovitchs
"I couldn´t believe you did it"Kat sighed "Actually, no one could believe it"She added
To be continued . . .
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