Chapter 2: Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You (song by George Benson)
Thursday, March 12,2020-Tony's House 6 pm Dinnertime
Kerry comes out of her room and goes to the kitchen. She's grabbed her plate and walk to the stove. "Ah, where is the food?"
"I didn't cook for you."
"What?" She said looking at Tony who was sitting at the table with his plate in front of him.
"I didn't cook enough for you."
"So you are going to eat all of that by yourself?"
"Yep."
"Really you're not going to share."
"No." Kerry gets a fork, sits beside Tony and was about to get some of his food with her fork, when Tony caught her hand. "I said I didn't cook any for you."
Kerry moved her hand. "Come on Tony, what am I going to eat?"
"If you want me to share with you, then dance with me."
"What?"
"If you want me to share with you then dance with me."
"Tony you know I can't."
"One dance." He said putting his fork down and taking Kerry's. Then he gets up and takes her hand when Tony stopped her. "What exactly do you think you're doing?"
"Dancing."
"Tony why are you doing this? We can't be together." Kerry said as Tony pull her gently away from the table.. "And what we have is a fling. You're going to find someone prettier and younger than me and you're going to cheat on me just like you did, your wife. You left her for me."
"She left me. And I love you. I don't care about your age, the color of your skin, or your looks. I'm older then you, if anything you would leave me for a younger man. But there's nothing that is going to take my love away from you." He push a button and the music started to play.
("Nothing's Gonna Change My Love"
If I had to live my life without you near me
The days would all be empty
The nights would seem so long, with you I see forever
Oh, so clearly, I might have been in love before
But it never felt this strong
Our dreams are young and we both know
They'll take us where we want to go
Hold me now
Touch me now
I don't want to live without you
Nothing's gonna change my love for you
You ought to know by now how much I love you
One thing you can be sure of
I'll never ask for more than your love
Nothing's gonna change my love for you
You ought to know by now how much I love you
The world may change my whole life through but
Nothing's gonna change my love for you
If the road ahead is not so easy
Our love will lead the way for us
Like a guiding star
I'll be there for you if you should need me
You don't have to change a thing
I love you just the way you are
So come with me and share the view
I'll help you see forever too
Hold me now
Touch me now
I don't want to live without you
Nothing's gonna change my love for you
You ought to know by now how much I love you
One thing you can be sure of
I'll never ask for more than your love
Nothing's gonna change my love for you
You ought to know by now how much I love you
The world may change my whole life through but
Nothing's gonna change my love for you
Insert the words of the songs and what dancing they are doing and thinking here)
"Now what?" Kerry asked once the music stopped, still dancing with him, looking at him.
"Now… " He let go of her and went into the kitchen. He put the plate in the microwave to warm it up. Once it beep, he took it out and grabbed two forks. "We eat out on the patio." He said carrying the plate and a bottle of wine. "Will you grab the glasses?" She looked in the cabin and grabbed them.
"Do you think this is a good idea?" She asked coming out to the patio, with the glasses. "I mean we are contagious."
"Yes. But that doesn't mean we can't go outside. We just can't go out in public and touch things, but around here we can touch whatever we want, because we are both contagious, and it's just us. So we are fine."
"Ok, if you say so." She said sitting at the table in front of him. They begin to eat out of the same plate. "Was you really planning on eating all of tlhis by yourself."
"No, I just wanted you to eat out of my plate and dance with me." Kerry laughed and Tony smiles.
Tony opens the wine and pours her a glass, while Kerry took another bite of the food. "I know you do't want to talk about ,but I am curious. When it came out that you and I were having an affair in court, your wife didn't seems to be surprise."
"That's because she wasn't. She was having an affair too."
"What? She didn't break it off."
"No. She loves him and he seemed to love her and more importantly he makes her happy so we both decided that we would have an open marriage."
"So you mean…How long have you…open relationship?"
"She was having an affair since 1998. I didn't fine out until 2005. But she said she would end it, she never did. So in 2011 we decided to have an open marriage, as long as we, when she said we, she meant me, keep it under wraps. Which mean I …"
"Openly flirt, but keep the affair off the cameras, and acknowledge her every now and then."
"You said that as if you're expecting the same thing or something simplier."
"No. I just know how some open relationships work. So she divorce you because…"
"Because she didn't believe in my innocence, she had already filed before the trial. So it had nothing to do with us."
"Oh." Kerry said surprised. "That's explain you were so open in showing your feelings during interviews and didn't seemed to have an ounce of guilt."
"Kerry, I am sorry. I should have told you."
"Is that why she show up every now and than to go with you to parties and things?"