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Original Sin
- Part Twenty Nine
Disclaimer: See Part 1
Rating: PG
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London, England
1 Year Later - February
Kennedi sat by the window in the rocker, slowly rocking back and forth. It was February and a light snow had blown into the city out of nowhere. A year had gone by since she left Frank and the jewels behind. For a few weeks she kept up with the news through Aaron. He told her that Frank and his team had arrested Granger, returned the jewels, and then flew back to Colorado to pump Aaron for information on Kennedi's whereabouts.
She sighed and looked towards one of the sets of doors leading out of the spacious room. So many doors, so many paths in life. And each one held a surprise...
"Keni dear..."
"Yes Mum?
"Are you alright? You've done nothing but sit and stare out of the window since the snow began." Ellen pulled her daughter up and guided her out of her bedroom and down the hallway towards the library
"I know. I just can't help but miss him." Keni sighed and twisted the rings around her finger. She'd taken them off and looped them around a chain to wear as a necklace while she was separated from him. But ever since she'd arrived in London, she'd felt a sense of comfort in wearing his engagement and wedding rings.
"He never signed the divorce papers?"
"I never pushed him. I only brought them up to push him away from me in the beginning. Mum I never wanted a divorce from him."
"Aha. Well lambkin, all will work out. You know that. I'm just glad you're here with your father and I."
"Is Dads putting them down?"
"He is. Cisco is still awake though. He's stubborn, like his mother." Ellen Johnson put her hand on her daughter's shoulder as she stood behind her, watching the snow fall outside the second floor library.
Keni snorted and covered her mother's hand with her own. "Try his father. The man is as stubborn as a mule."
The sounds of the room fell silent for a few moments as the bond between mother and daughter took over. Ellen knew better than to press her daughter for more than she was ready to give. Ever since she'd allowed her daughter to go to the States, it'd been one ordeal after another. But then she arrived at the London manor, scared to death. Over the year, she grew in her pregnancy. Just a month before she was due, she left for the States again. She'd said that she wanted to find Frank. However, a few months later she showed up at the Riviera summerhouse with a little infant in her arms 5 years ago and asked them to watch over the child... Ellen never pressed for why then either. Ellen and Richard Johnson took in their grandson and raised him, his mother occasionally visiting from the States and calling him three times a week to talk to him. Keni'd had it hard since she'd fallen in with the wrong sort in her college years. But that was over now. She was back where she belonged.
The hurried footsteps coming down the hallway broke the silence. "Madame! Kennedi!!" Aaron skidded around the corner and leaned in the doorway. He looked flustered, his thinning white hair poorly concealing the redness from his sprint up the flight of stairs and down the hallway. "Miss Kennedi, you have a visitor! We tried to stop him, but he pushed past William and is headed this way!"
As they both turned, the sound of a door crashing and echoing down the hallway jarred Kennedi. "Holy shit!" She pushed her mother and Aaron out of a side door.
"Keni! What -"
"No time mother.. GO! Stall him Aaron, please!" She shut the side door as they left, then ran to the entry door into the library. She managed to get the door closed and the key into the lock before she heard the yell.
"KENNEDI JOHNSON DONOVAN!!"
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Original Sin
- Part Twenty Nine
Disclaimer: See Part 1
Rating: PG
--
London, England
1 Year Later - February
Kennedi sat by the window in the rocker, slowly rocking back and forth. It was February and a light snow had blown into the city out of nowhere. A year had gone by since she left Frank and the jewels behind. For a few weeks she kept up with the news through Aaron. He told her that Frank and his team had arrested Granger, returned the jewels, and then flew back to Colorado to pump Aaron for information on Kennedi's whereabouts.
She sighed and looked towards one of the sets of doors leading out of the spacious room. So many doors, so many paths in life. And each one held a surprise...
"Keni dear..."
"Yes Mum?
"Are you alright? You've done nothing but sit and stare out of the window since the snow began." Ellen pulled her daughter up and guided her out of her bedroom and down the hallway towards the library
"I know. I just can't help but miss him." Keni sighed and twisted the rings around her finger. She'd taken them off and looped them around a chain to wear as a necklace while she was separated from him. But ever since she'd arrived in London, she'd felt a sense of comfort in wearing his engagement and wedding rings.
"He never signed the divorce papers?"
"I never pushed him. I only brought them up to push him away from me in the beginning. Mum I never wanted a divorce from him."
"Aha. Well lambkin, all will work out. You know that. I'm just glad you're here with your father and I."
"Is Dads putting them down?"
"He is. Cisco is still awake though. He's stubborn, like his mother." Ellen Johnson put her hand on her daughter's shoulder as she stood behind her, watching the snow fall outside the second floor library.
Keni snorted and covered her mother's hand with her own. "Try his father. The man is as stubborn as a mule."
The sounds of the room fell silent for a few moments as the bond between mother and daughter took over. Ellen knew better than to press her daughter for more than she was ready to give. Ever since she'd allowed her daughter to go to the States, it'd been one ordeal after another. But then she arrived at the London manor, scared to death. Over the year, she grew in her pregnancy. Just a month before she was due, she left for the States again. She'd said that she wanted to find Frank. However, a few months later she showed up at the Riviera summerhouse with a little infant in her arms 5 years ago and asked them to watch over the child... Ellen never pressed for why then either. Ellen and Richard Johnson took in their grandson and raised him, his mother occasionally visiting from the States and calling him three times a week to talk to him. Keni'd had it hard since she'd fallen in with the wrong sort in her college years. But that was over now. She was back where she belonged.
The hurried footsteps coming down the hallway broke the silence. "Madame! Kennedi!!" Aaron skidded around the corner and leaned in the doorway. He looked flustered, his thinning white hair poorly concealing the redness from his sprint up the flight of stairs and down the hallway. "Miss Kennedi, you have a visitor! We tried to stop him, but he pushed past William and is headed this way!"
As they both turned, the sound of a door crashing and echoing down the hallway jarred Kennedi. "Holy shit!" She pushed her mother and Aaron out of a side door.
"Keni! What -"
"No time mother.. GO! Stall him Aaron, please!" She shut the side door as they left, then ran to the entry door into the library. She managed to get the door closed and the key into the lock before she heard the yell.
"KENNEDI JOHNSON DONOVAN!!"
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