The scene was tranquil. Their friendship and bond was blossoming as they
walked along hand in hand. And yet, a something was lurking on the horizon.
Death!. For the first ten minutes they sort of ignored the situation. Both
situations that needed to be discussed!. The conversation going on about
these topics was silent. It was in their body language!. Instead of
discussing the pressing matters, Sebastian decided to just crack random
jokes. Kathryn laughed. Instead they briefly got to know each other. But,
they just couldn't bring themselves to discuss what happened back there!.
For a start, they didn't know what to say to each other!. What could
Kathryn say to the boy who's mother she'd just attempted to kill?. Was he
angry?. Did he think she inherited her father's violent nature?. What did
he think?!?!?. Meanwhile, what could Sebastian say to this girl?. He knew
she was going through a life changing experience. He knew he couldn't
comprehend the betrayal and pain she felt. He hadn't know this situation
before!. But, he wanted to comfort her. He wanted to comfort her so badly!.
But, how?. What would she think if a stranger come onto her trying to hug
her and touch her - when she's just found out that the man she trusted most
in all the world has been 'taking advantage' of her. Even if she expected
the comforting, he just wasn't sure if he'd upset her by talking all this
stuff. Did she want to talk about it?. Was it that easy?. They didn't know
because they didn't know each other!. They were strangers. And the strange
thing was despite being strangers he knew her deepest darkest secrets. She
didn't want him to know!. It just happened!. She didn't know him!...not
really!...so how did she know if he tell everyone or not!. The strange
thing is he knew what she was thinking. It must have been among that silent
conversation they had!. He didn't know what to say about what
happened...but he knew there was one thing he had got to say!. "I won't
tell anyone!" he blurted out in a midst of tranquil silence. Of course,
that tranquil silence had now turned to an icy cold tension through no
fault of their own but by the situation's fault. "What?" Kathryn asked
surprised he'd dared to mention she couldn't. "It's your secret to tell not
mine" he said. And he stopped. Kathryn never forgot that moment because
Sebastian kept his promise - well ,except for Blaine! he told Blaine! But
he said he was trying to help! - other than Blaine! Sebastian never told
anyone. He stood on that mountaintop and he promised not to tell anyone. He
didn't even write it in his journal!. That was one thing Kathryn feared
about the journal!. That he'd write it in there!. But, Kathryn's secret was
never revealed to most people until she was 35 years old. She kept that
secret for 26 years!...more than that!...29!. That secret begun the day her
father came into her room when she was 7 years old. Her mother kept her
secrets for 37!. And throughout the Merteuil women's difficult times the
only thing they could reply on, the only thing who knew the truth was a
Valmont!. Caitlin, Kathryn and Leonie the true Merteuil women!. There were
times over their teenage years when Sebastian or Nathan Valmont would tease
their Merteuil woman about their secret!. Sebastian would call Kathryn:
"Whore" for sleeping for her father in turn for gifts, and, "Murderer" for
murdering their parents - even though he knew neither was true!. Murder
equals Death!. And you knew Death was coming. The story goes Merteuil mum
marries Valmont dad and all live screwed up in the Valmont home. No Valmont
mummy and no Merteuil daddy! Good-bye to the old and in with the new! - and
that's exactly what Leonie and David did. Their business joined to make
"Valmert media corporation"!...thanking the New York post for the concept
of adding those names so beautifully together in their media coverage of
the kidnapping. Leonie and David wanted a new family. Neither had been
happy in their previous marriages and now wanted a family in their happier
one. Indeed, the new Mr and Mrs Valmont were very much in love. They were
truthful in their protests that they never had an affair before their
spouses died. They claimed after the accident to just be friends supporting
each other through the loss. Because in the same way that Kathryn and
Sebastian were thrown together to comfort each other in this critical, so
too were David and Leonie. And that is how it continued. Valmont Senior and
Merteuil Senior would comfort each other. And Valmont junior and Merteuil
junior would comfort each other. Through this tragedy they were to find
their best friend. Indeed, Kathryn was having to form a new identity at
this time - she had to reassess her whole life. Sebastian was the only one
there at a crucial time!. Plus he was the only one who knew the foundations
of what that life was build on - the hurt, the pain...the betrayal!. In the
next few years, he would excuse, cover up and sympathize we've the evil
bitch he saw form in front of his eyes...just because he knew the
foundations. He knew or could guess every motive!. If people bitched about
her then he'd be the first to jump in to her defense, claiming that they
didn't know what she'd been through. Except of course when it was him who
was 'bitching'. Then one day Sebastian snapped. Kathryn turned double
crossed and rejected the only person who had stuck by her through thick and
thin - the day she said she tricked him into dumping Annette, he realized
every piece of her shattered heart had eventually burned away through the
angry. Was there a heart left?. He knew the only way to sort Kathryn's life
out was to show his journal to everyone - He knew he could rely on
Annette!.
