Chapter eleven: Home, sweet, Home

Two days and, a lot of absinthe, later, Christian was back in London. Worried, about what Bell might say to him, he took his time in getting home. He was glad to be seeing Kaydence but still his heart ached for Satine. He loved her truly and only wished he could hold her in his arms right then. Her wanted to kiss her and hug her and above marry her. He wished his father had never made him get married, besides that he had Kaydence.

Christian took a deep breath, like he does a lot before knocking on doors, and knocked on the door, even if it was his own house. He could hear Bell approaching the door. His muscles tightened up and he began to get "butterflies" in his stomach. Bell answered the door and a look of surprise appeared on her face.

"Well Christian, what a pleasant surprise. You finally came home to see your family." Bell gave his a smirk.

" Sorry I ran off on you like that, I just had to find Satine."

"Christian, first of all she is dead. She died ten years ago. And second, it wasn't me who you hurt, it was Kaydence."

"Please Bell, forgive me, let me see my daughter."

"Alright," Bell backed aside so that Christian could get through.

"Kaydence?" Christian yelled. In less than a few seconds, Christian could hear the pitter- patter of her feet running down the hall. Christian embraced his daughter and gave her a kiss on the forehead. "I missed you so much!"

"I missed you too Daddy." Kaydence didn't want to let go of him and Christian was fine with that. He simply just hugged her tighter. "Why did you leave us?"

"Well I had to go to Montmartre to figure some things out."

"Hey honey why don't you go to your room. Me and Daddy have something very important we have to talk about." Bell interrupted their special moment.

"Okay." Kaydence let go and ran up the stairs to her room.

Bell and Christian went into the parlor so Kaydence couldn't hear them talking.

" Listen Bell, I found her."

" You found Satine? Well that makes me happy that you finally found your true love." Bell looked down and a few tears came down her face.

"Bell, look I am sorry I hurt you. I never could get over Satine. We had a fight so I had to come home. I miss her terribly and I hope you can understand how I feel and why I never could give you my heart."

"I understand," She said as she gently wiped the tears from her face. Christian tried to give her a friendly hug but she just pulled away. "I understand so much that I filed for a divorce. I knew that you were never happy with me and figured it was for the best. We can work out a system with Kaydence." Bell pulled out a packet of papers, she handed them to him. "Just sign here."

Christian took the papers. He was so happy and amazed that she was willing to do that. He signed the papers and handed them back to Bell.

"Go get her tiger." Bell smirked at him.

"Thanks Bell." He began to leave but just before he went out the door he turned back to her and said, "Hey, if you are ever in Paris, look me up."

"Will do, now go!" Bell said with a smile. And with that Christian left.