Chapter 2: Secrets

"Hello,who's speaking?" Said Erin

"Erin,it's Kim." replied Kim

"Oh wow Kim I wasn't too sure if you would call,but it's so good to hear from you,I'm sorry I didn't get in contact sooner." said Erin.

The two women chatted for a while catching up on the things that they had missed over the past few years and for the hour and half that they were chatting, the feelings of hurt and anger that filled Kim's body subsided and a new feeling of happiness maybe Erin was right maybe letting people in helped.

Over the next few days Kim found herself speaking to Erin a lot over the seemed to be the only person who understood what she was going through and she didn't pressure Kim into talking about she felt ,which was the question that everyone else asked her was a times like this she wished that she was still talking with her sister but after everything that had happened to her sister they had lost touch and Kim had never wanted to force her sister into something she clearly didn't want.

Erin could tell from the lengthy phone calls that she had, that Kim could do with a change of scenery and so she invited Kim to come and stay with her.

Kim said she would tell them at the precinct that she was going to visit Erin in New York,,but she knew that she wasn't going to tell them and she wasn't going to tell Erin that she hadn't told them just wanted to be left in peace without people constantly checking in on her.

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It was late in the evening the day before Kim was set to arrive and Erin was making up the spare was putting the bed sheets on the bed,when she heard feet pattering towards the room and she turned around to see the her little girl standing there in her pajamas rubbing her sleepy eyes.

"Ellie what are you doing up,should be in bed asleep sweetie."

"But Momma I can't sleep,I want to stay with you."moaned Ellie as she pulled the puppy dog eyes that she had been using to get what she wanted ever since she could talk. Ellie pleaded with her eyes and a wobbly sighed,how had the three and half year old always managed to get what she wanted, it was all down the fact that Erin was too soft with her.

"It's already way past your bedtime," replied Erin

"Can we at least have a snuggle." wined Ellie

"Only if you get back into bed and give me five minutes to finish the bed." Replied Erin.

Ellie smiled and she skipped back into her room.

"Momma don't take too long." said Ellie from her bedroom.

Erin finished up in the room and went into her daughters room where the little girl was tucked up under her bed sat on the end of her daughters bed stroking the little girls face and telling her a bedtime story to help her get to sleep.

Kim clearly wasn't the only one keeping secrets.