Missing you
Chapter 12 - Tchakosky
Kimberly found herself in Florida all on her own, she settled at Skullovitch´s apartment momentarily and started all over again. But she wasn´t going to forget that
easy, she wanted her father to pay.
"What you mean there is nothing else you can do?" Kim asked getting the nerve, she was speaking with Skull through her cell phone in her dressing room after a
performance
"I know he´s powerful, he´s my father, but he can´t buy all the magistrates, you have to prove he´s a murder!" She yelled
"A car accident my ass, we know that it wasn´t what happened!" She yelled "No, you don´t understand . . . Skull if you have nothing else to say you´d better don´t
call me anymore!" She yelled and threw her cell. She rested her elbows onto the tabe and took her head into her hands rubbing her face.
There was a knock on the door, but she did not answer so the door was pushed open and a tall, blonde, well dressed man stepped into.
Kimberly turned to him, the man stared at her grinning
"Good night, I´m Michael Glover, manager" He said stretching his hand to her
Present time, Skull´s house
"When you left home dad was furious, but then he calmed down when he knew you would marry Eugene, however, after you ran away the day of the wedding he was
devastated" Kat said
"I know, but surely it wasn´t for me, I heard Skullovitchs were livid and sold their part in Anton Hart´s Industries, as they did the others shareholders followed and
its market value collapsed" Kim commented
"Dad lost millions" Kat agreed "But it wasn´t only the money, the paparazzi settled outside Skullovitchs´mansion and Eugene´s picture was in every tabloid, it was
humiliation, but not only for Skullovitchs"Kat sighed
Humiliation, Kim thought rolling her eyes, they were worried about their public image rather than everything she´s been put through.
"I know . . . it sounds ridiculous" Kat said observing her sister´s look "I don´t justified it" She added
"Later dad got very ill" Kat continued "He could not take care of business anymore, I did not know what to do, because doctors and medication were expensive, but
fortunately Jason took care of everything and saved the company" Kat said
"I needed to leave, I could not take this anymore" Kim sighed
"The most critical moment in dad´s health, and from which I thought he´d never come back, was when he lost his mind, he mistaken me for you" Kat said
"Funny thing, I spent all my life trying to be like you and when he finally started treating me like you he decided to vent her frustrated rage on me" Kat sighed and
giggled
"Everything I did you did better" She sighed
"That´s not true" Kim frowned
"When I have just learned to talk you were already the youngest piano player in the country, how was I supposed to compete with that?" Kat sighed
"I was a nice friend to Tommy, but you were his beautiful" Kat said, Kim felt really touched by that comment
"You´re speaking nonsense, it wasn´t a competition, do you think I had fun back then?" Kim asked
"No, of course not, I understood that by then" Kat answered
"Things went worse when mom got cancer"Kat continued, Kim´s eyes got wet. She did not forgive herself for not being with her mother by then and let her know
how much she cared for her.
"Mom´s health got worse day after day while dad didn´t get any better" Kat said "You have no idea how it was to look at mom in her bed and pretend that nothing
happened so she didn´t see me cry, but being too aware that she was dying" Kat blue eyes got wet
"I´ve regretted every day of my life what I did to you and Tommy and I wished I could take it back and made things different, but it´s not possible. Kim, believe me
that I`ve already paid every tear I caused you" Kat broke up in tears and Kim hold her in her arms.
"I regretted not being with you and mom in that moment, I´d have liked to tell mom how much I loved her, I´m so sorry Kat " Kim sobbed, tears falling down her
cheeks and over Kat´s blonde hair under her chin.
Skull went downstairs and saw the unbelievable picture, Kim and Kat together comforting each other.
"Sorry to interrupt" He apologized "Please continue chatting I´m just going out for a while, my ex called" He explained waving his cell phone in his hand
The sisters pulled apart and wiped their tears
"It´s okay Eugene, I hope everything is all right" Kim said
"Yeah, me too" Skull sighed and went out
"Mom gave me another thing before she died" Kat said and took something out from her pocket, she opened up her hand to Kim and showed Tommy´s black gem
necklace
"What?" Kim sighed "She had it?" She asked
"Did you received the invitation for my wedding?" Kat asked
"Yes, I did" Kim answered confused
"Did you open it?" Kat insisted
Kim nodded no
"I figured that out" Kat sighed rolling her eyes "I sent you a letter together with it, where I explained you everything" Kat said
A cold December morning Skullovitchs´ maid carried all kim´s belongings to Hart´s residence, Dimitria took the boxes inside and with the help of Kat carried them
up to the attic.
Among books, pictures and other Kim´s stuff, Kat found Aisha´s letters, she took them out of the box and headed to her room.
Only the first letter´s envelope had been torn up, while the rest remained untouched. For some reason Kat felt curious about these letters. Why this friend of her
sister suddenly started sending letters to her, when she had never heard a word from her since Kim returned from London. And she persisted even when she had no
reply.
Kat observed that the letters had been sent from different cities, London, Paris, Spain, Edinburgh and many others.
She read them all very carefully as if searching for some clue behind the paragraphs until she found it.
At skullovitchs present time . . .
"Didn´t Aisha study in the same Academy as you?" Kat asked
"Yes, she was a talented violinist and I´m sure she still is" Kim answered
"Isn´t it weird that she misspelled tchaicovsky?" Kat questioned
"What?" Kim sighed raising her head
"I mean it´s not like she was distracted and omitted a word or something, it had been really bad misspelled" Kat stated, Kimberly grabbed the letter from her sister
´s hands.
Kim watched the word circled in black, Tchakosky, Kim´s eyes widened as if she had seen a ghost.
"Kim!, Kim!" Kat called out "Are you okay?" She asked
"I can´t believe I hadn´t seen it before!" Kim sighed
"Maybe you´d have if you had actually read the letters" Kat answered
"I know" Kim said realizing that her sister was right "What do you . . .?" Kim stammered
"Do you know what mom told me when she gave me the black gem necklace?" Kat sighed
"She told me that Smithy had given it to her and that he told her that he wasn´t a murder" Kat said
"She never said a word to protect us and Smithy, of course" Kat continued, Kim´s eyes turned wet.
Flashback. . .
Young Kimberly standing in front of her father surrounded by Dr Hart´s henchmen, she cocked her head to Smithy and focused on the black gem necklace that was
hanging from his hand. A shudder went down her spine, she turned to her father.
"What´s going on?! Dad?" she asked breathless
End of flashback.
"What did Smithy mean?" Kim asked in shock
"The return address of the last letter was London University, so I sent a letter some years ago but it came back because apparently the sender had moved from the
campus" Kat explained without answering her sister´s question
"You don´t think that. . . ?" Kim sighed and stood up.
"Recently I googled Thomas Oliver plus London University and the only thing I got was a LinkedIn profile of some Dr. Oliver that was graduated in London University,
but unfortunately it had no picture" Kat continued
"Wait a minute, it´s not possible" Kim sighed as she paced "Dad sent his henchmen after him and we know how it ended up" Kim said
"No we don´t, I never thought he was dead" Kat sighed, Kim cocked her head to Kat bewildered
"Kat, they lied about the car accident, but they found the corpse" Kim stated
"How are you so sure that the corpse they buried was Tommy´s?" Kat asked her
"Someone must have recognized him" Kim said
"Yes, Terrance Smith did" Kat answered staring at her, Kim put two and two together and stared back at Kat
"Do you have your stuff packed?" Kat asked her raising her eyebrows
Kim walked to the front door of Skull´s house followed by Kat.
"Hi Mike!" Kim spoke through her cell phone "Um listen, I´m staying a little bit longer than I had planned, I have to take care of something very important" She
explained
"Oh, sad to hear that, but take the time you need Kim, your piano is already here at the studio, it´s perfect" Mike answered
"Thank you Mike for taking care of everything" Kim said
"Don´t worry, take care and keep me updated right? I love you" Mike said
"I will, bye Mike" Kim said and ended up the call
"Mike?" Kat asked smirking
Skull opened the door and stood facing Kimberly
"Hey" He said surprised "Are you going out?" He asked
"We are going to London" Kat answered
Skull widened his eyes
Both sisters picked up a last minute flight to London that night, Kimberly and Kat couldn´t sleep, there were so many questions, so many mixed up emotions.
After and eleventh hour flight they got to London Heathrow, picked up a yellow cab and headed to the hotel.
In the room after taking a warm shower . . .
"So what now? Are we going to knock at his door just like that?" Kim asked "What if he is not the correct Oliver?" She asked while combing her wet hair
"Do you have a better idea?" Kat asked "If you think he could not be the correct Oliver then why are you fixing your hair so eagerly?" Kat commented smirking
Kimberly gave her sister a look and blushed
They were there in front of the door of Dr Oliver´s house. kimberly swallowed and tried to hold back her emotions
Finally she raised her hand and rang the doorbell
A tall brown haired woman opened the door "Hello, what can I do for you?" She asked
They were surprised as they did not expect a woman to answer the door. After a few seconds Kimberly answered
"We are looking for Dr Oliver" Kim said
The woman showed surprised as well, she fixed her glasses examining Kim from face to toe.
"We are old friends" Kat explained, "My name is Katherine Hart" She said
"I´m Kimberly Hart" Kim introduced herself
The woman cocked her head to Kim again and stared at her speechless
"Please come in" The woman said
They stepped inside the living room and the woman walked them to the sofa, they sat down and the woman offered to make some coffee.
While they were waiting Kat noticed Kimberly being distressed, she obviously wasn´t expecting Tommy to be married, but they even wasn´t sure if he was the
correct Oliver anyway. Kat put her hand onto Kim´s hand and smiled at her.
"My name is Heather Thomson, so you are old friends of Thomas?" The woman said as she walked over to them with two cups of coffee
Kimberly shuddered when she heard the name, Could it be possible that they were taking about the same Thomas Oliver after all?
"Yes, we used to be good friends when we were children" Kat explained
"You are Kimberly Hart the piano concertist aren´t you?" Heather cocked her head to Kim
"Yes I´m" Kim gave a plain answer, she was surprised that the woman recognized her, because despite her work was widely known, it was mostly known only among
connoisseurs.
"Unfortunately my husband does not live here anymore" Heather sighed
"You mean that you and your husband don´t live together?" Kat asked frowning
"Oh I said husband? I meant my ex-husband" She cleared up, Kimberly, who had her arms crossed over her chest, relaxed a little bit.
"It`s been quite recently so I still don´t get use to it"Heather explained
"He bought all your records Ms Hart, interesting music by the way" Heather told Kim
Interesting music? that´s the typical comment of someone that hadn`t taken the time to really listen to it and pretend to be an expert. Kimberly thought as the
woman continued with her speech.
"He usually came back from work and locked himself up in the room listening to your music" Heather continued, "At the beginning I thought it was just a taste in
music, but later I noticed that the time we spent together diminished and his time with you, I mean with your music stretched on" She sighed with a sad expression,
Kat opened her mouth to speak, but the woman interrupted her.
"I couldn`t even speak when the music was on, because he turned very angry . . . sometimes I saw him crying while listening" Heather said
Kimberly was fighting to held back the tears
"Later I understood that it wasn´t a matter of taste, he was obsessed with you" She said staring at Kimberly
"Excuse me, can I use the bathroom please?" Kim asked and stood up
"Yes of course it`s upstairs, the first door on the right" Heather indicated
Kimberly went upstairs
There he was, in the wall of the aisle that led to he bathroom, the picture of Tommy and Heather together. His hair was shorter and her expression more mature with
a touch of sadness.
It wasn´t until then that she became aware of what was happening, he was alive. She approached slowly and brushed the portrait with her fingers
His voice echoed in her head
"I can´t believe you´re actually leaving tomorrow" Tommy sighed downcast
"Are you gonna forget about me?" He asked
"Four years is a long time" He stated
"I´m gonna love you forever, Tommy Oliver" She whispered
Flashback
They kissed passionately
End of Flashback
Kim rushed to the bathroom, once inside she broke up in tears. She took some tissues to wipe her tears
It´s been a while since Kim had gone so Kat went upstairs and knocked on the bathroom door
"Kimberly?" Kat said, she had no answer
"Kimberly, are you okay?" Kat insisted as she had no answer she pushed the door open
Kat walked over to her sister and hugged her warmly
"He is alive Kat" Kim sobbed
"I know" Kat answered resting her chin onto Kim´s shoulder with her eyes closed
"He´s been alive all these years . . . and I never tried to find him" Kim said crying
"You didn´t know, it´s not your fault Kim" Kat said. "We are gonna find him, but not in England" Kat said
"What?" Kim sighed pulling apart
"When he got divorced he moved to Reefside" Kat said, Kim sighed
On the plane back to USA
Kat came back from the bathroom and sat down
"Are you okay?" Kim asked
"Yes, I`ve just thrown all the breakfast out, I´m sure it is for the mix of emotions that we´ve been living with these last three weeks" Kat explained
As soon as they got to Reefside Kat texted Jason and Kim texted Skull to let them know they were okay and that they were in Reefside. They took a Taxi and headed
to the hotel
Kimberly and Katherine walked through the crowded aisles of Reefside High, they looked everywhere looking for Tommy or someone who could tell them where he
was. But students and teachers rushed through the aisle ignoring them as if they were invisible.
"Excuse me, can I help you?" finally a middle aged woman asked
"Good morning, I´m Katherine Hart and she is my sister Kimberly, we are looking for Dr Thomas Oliver" Kat said
"Good morning I´m Reefside High´s Principal, I´m afraid Dr Oliver is in a class right now. Would you like to wait in my office?" The woman suggested
They agreed
"Are you relatives of any of Dr Oliver´s students?" The principal asked letting them into her office
"Oh no, we are . . ." Kat trailed off as she felt dizzy, she raised her hand to her forehead and passed out
"Oh my God! Kat! Kat!" Kim sighed and knelt down beside her sister
"Please call an ambulance!" Kimberly asked the woman
At the hospital
"Are you a close relative?" the doctor asked
"I´m her sister" Kim answered "Is she okay doctor?" Kim asked
"She is stable, did it happen to her lately?" The doctor asked
"No, I mean I don´t know, I haven´t seen her in a long time" Kim answered "What´s wrong with her?" She asked
"We still don´t know, we´re running some tests on her" The doctor answered and walked away
Kimberly stepped into the room
Kim took Kat´s hand and she opened her eyes
"Kimberly" Kat sighed in a weak voice, Kim smiled at her
"Did you see him?" Kat asked
"Who"Kim asked confused
"Tommy" Kat answered
"No, you fainted before we could see him, remember?"Kim answered
"You should go to Reefside High" Kat said
"We´ll go together" Kim said
"No Kim, I´ll be fine, you go" Kat insisted
"Are you sure?" Kim asked and kat nodded
The following day kimberly went to Reefside High alone, she walked inside and found herself surrounded by noisy and eager teenagers going from one side to
another. She felt as uncomfortable as she did when she was in High School, she wished Kat was there, she was the talkative sister, whereas she was the shy one.
Kim could not find Tommy or the principal anywhere. At the end of the aisle she was going there was a door that led to a big room, which must be the auditorium
because there was a stage and a piano onto it. When she stepped out of the room the noisy crowd had gone, she gazed from one side to another, it was deserted as
if everybody had suddenly disappeared.
"Hello!" she called out, her voice echoed along the aisle. How was she going to find Tommy? suddenly and idea came to her, she was going to do things her own way
this time.
Kimberly stepped onto the stage and sat a the piano, she started playing one of her favorite tchaicovsky´s piece.
The song could be hear in every classroom and students as well as teachers looked at each other in wonder
Tommy Oliver stopped talking to his students and froze as he heard the melody,he slowly cocked his head to the aisle from where the sound came.
Later he walked towards the auditorium following the chords, he pushed the door open and stepped into. Tommy walked some steps forward towards the stage and
stopped in the middle of the room.
"Beautiful" He sighed aloud
Kimberly stopped playing as she heard his voice, she slowly cocked her head to him.
"Oh please don´t stop, I was enjoying it" He said
Kimberly stood up and walked to the edge of the stage where the lights of the room discovered her face
"Tommy?" She sighed as her eyes turned wet
"I don´t believe it" He sighed eyes wide opened "Kimberly, is it you?" He asked
She rushed down the stage and towards him. Kimberly jumped into his arms. "Yes is me" She sobbed and put her arms around his neck.
"Kimberly" He sighed taking a deep breath to smell her scent, he wrapped her up and spun her around.
Both cried and hold each other for an everlasting moment.
To be continued . . .
Yeah finally they met again, haha I knew you were waiting for this chapter to come. But don´t stop reading and reviewing this is not the end yet.