It was morning.
Jessica watched the sun stream through the window of the mansion and
thought of her husband. Miguel did love her, in his own way. She had worked
so hard not to make him angry; she did whatever he asked so he wouldn't get
angry. Miguel was all she had; she couldn't lose him. Then she looked at
Kay. Her sister who had come back and ruined everything. That wasn't fair
of her. Kay didn't even mean to come back, she was going to visit her
husband's family, and then they got in the accident. Kay cared about her.
Kay had taken her in when she was sure Miguel was going to kill her. But
Kay had left her all those years ago to suffer with Grace and Charity.
"Aunt Jessica." Said Simone. Jessica turned and looked at the little girl
in amazement. Autistic children didn't speak she thought. Simone was
holding a picture in her hand.
"Hi, Simone. What do you have in your hand?" Simone handed the Picture to
Jessica before climbing into bed with her mother. Jessica looked at the
paper and saw a perfect likeness of herself. Jessica turned to the bed and
looked in amazement at Simone. Kay was awake and smiling.
"She really likes you Jess, Simone doesn't draw her pictures for everyone."
"She's a great artist, and look, she drew you with Dark hair." "She did. Kay, Thank you for saving me last night. I really should get back to Miguel-" "No. And you are not going back to help Reese, Reese just stood there while Miguel hit you, I hope Reese doesn't allow Miguel to discipline his daughter's." "Miguel is in charge of the house, he sets the rules." "I could kill that bastard." "Miguel loves me Kay, he's not a bastard. Who are you to come here and change everything? We were all perfectly happy before you sent that stupid package." "So you are telling me all this started after I sent the package?" Kay looked Jessica in the eyes, Jessica could feel tears coming to her eyes, and she tried to hold them back as she answered. "No, but Miguel got angrier after the package came, why did you have to come back?" Jessica could no longer hold back the hot tears. "Why did you leave?" "Everyone blamed me for everything. I was pregnant, and I was forced to leave." "You were pregnant?" "Mom didn't tell you?" "Kay, you know she ignored both of us, you know she-" "Jess, she told me she wanted me out of the house, I left. I thought when I left, you and Charity got dibs on my stuff." "So Simone isn't Jeremiah's daughter?" "Jeremiah raised Simone, she called him daddy, I loved him. I still love him." "I'm sorry Kay. Maybe you should never have come back." "It's too late now, I have Simone and my new baby to take care of right now. I can't sit around being sad all the time. So jess, tell me why you married Miguel." "He took me to the prom, he was there for me when no one else was." "So it was romantic. He treated you like a queen?" "No. He lied to me Kay, he told me the right things to get me to marry him. But I love him now, and I think he's starting to love me." "Jess, you are staying here. I'm rich enough that you can go to jail if you leave here. I am NOT letting you go back to Miguel. If he wants you back, he's going to have to prove he is a man." "Kay-" "There is no question about it, you now live with me." "You don't know what you're doing." "Yes I do. Did you like your room? You can choose another if you like. Jerry let Alistair get this big house for us, and we are such a small family." "How did you end up marrying a Crane? I thought they hated people like me and you." "Jerry saved me. I would have been dead if I hadn't met Jerry." "Really? What happened? I-" "Let me tell you a love story little sister. I left Harmony after I set the house on fire. I went to New York City. It took me a week to get there; I actually walked most of the way. I took back roads, and I walked through fields. I also hitchhiked a little. When I got to the city, the only job I could get was being a waitress, and they fired me after 5 days. The boss said I didn't have a legal address, so he couldn't do the paperwork for me. I heard a few girls talking about a strip club where they made extra cash. Some girls said they mad $1000 a night. I was just about to walk in the club and this tall red-headed man stops me. I try to leave because I knew there were a lot of sickos in the city, but he said he wanted to help me. I was going to leave him anyway, and Simone decided to cause me pain. I guess she didn't want me to go into the club. He took me to the hospital, and said I was his girlfriend so I could get medical care. He told me he read the stuff I had in my bag,, he knew EVERYTHING, but he told Alistair that we were engaged, just to save my life. I was in a coma for a while, apparently I was in and out of the coma, and I married Jerry one of the times I was conscious. Simone was born then, Jerry named her. We told the Cranes that I was a foreign exchange student, and he met me in the library. He was able to get a job on Wall Street, and we moved to an apartment in lower Manhattan. On Simone's first Birthday, we kissed; we had fallen in love because we were just two people who belonged together. It went from a loveless marriage to us loving each other completely. The day after Simone's third birthday I saw-I ran into someone from here. I could barely do anything after that. I didn't think I could feel any worse than I did that day, but I know better now. Jerry knew what happened, and he sent me roses every hour, on the hour. When he got back from work, he asked me to marry him. We were going to get a house in long island after our vacation.. We painted the nursery together; I think it's going to be a boy, so I painted it blue. The nursery is pale blue; the carpet matches the paint. There's an oak crib that converts to a small bed, and a matching dresser and chest. And there's a rocking chair. Jerry bought something for the baby before we left; he said he would let me see it when we moved in. The nursery is blue, we painted it together."
Kay stops talking and wipes the tears from her face. All she can remember at that moment is that the nursery is blue. "Kay?" Asked Jessica. Kay knew the nursery was blue, who was Kay? Blue was such a pretty color, slowly fading away. Kay liked blue. Jessica was getting scared. Kay had been talking, but suddenly she began to slip away. She was lying face up with her eyes open, and had not responded to any of Jessica's calls. "Kick Mommy Jerry, you have to kick," says Simone. Jessica watches the little girl talk to her mothers stomach. "You have to kick and wake mommy up." Kay is taken back to the world with a sharp kick. She turns from the canopy and sees Jessica and Simone staring at her. "Kay, you stopped breathing, what happened?" "I don't know. Simone said something to your baby, and you came back. I thought-" "Jess, you're my sister. Sometimes, I black out like that-I'm sorry." "Kay, maybe you should rest some." "No, we need to get you some clothes. Maybe I should take you to the salon too.I'm sure you want to look like yourself again." "How did you know?" Jessica hated being forced to look like Kay, secretly; she wanted her dark hair back. "Lets go Jess. I need to get Simone some more art supplies." "I'll be ready in half an hour." Said Jess. "Kay?" "There are clothes in your closet you can wear. They were mine, but I really can't fit them now, you know the baby and everything." "Thanks Kay."
"She's a great artist, and look, she drew you with Dark hair." "She did. Kay, Thank you for saving me last night. I really should get back to Miguel-" "No. And you are not going back to help Reese, Reese just stood there while Miguel hit you, I hope Reese doesn't allow Miguel to discipline his daughter's." "Miguel is in charge of the house, he sets the rules." "I could kill that bastard." "Miguel loves me Kay, he's not a bastard. Who are you to come here and change everything? We were all perfectly happy before you sent that stupid package." "So you are telling me all this started after I sent the package?" Kay looked Jessica in the eyes, Jessica could feel tears coming to her eyes, and she tried to hold them back as she answered. "No, but Miguel got angrier after the package came, why did you have to come back?" Jessica could no longer hold back the hot tears. "Why did you leave?" "Everyone blamed me for everything. I was pregnant, and I was forced to leave." "You were pregnant?" "Mom didn't tell you?" "Kay, you know she ignored both of us, you know she-" "Jess, she told me she wanted me out of the house, I left. I thought when I left, you and Charity got dibs on my stuff." "So Simone isn't Jeremiah's daughter?" "Jeremiah raised Simone, she called him daddy, I loved him. I still love him." "I'm sorry Kay. Maybe you should never have come back." "It's too late now, I have Simone and my new baby to take care of right now. I can't sit around being sad all the time. So jess, tell me why you married Miguel." "He took me to the prom, he was there for me when no one else was." "So it was romantic. He treated you like a queen?" "No. He lied to me Kay, he told me the right things to get me to marry him. But I love him now, and I think he's starting to love me." "Jess, you are staying here. I'm rich enough that you can go to jail if you leave here. I am NOT letting you go back to Miguel. If he wants you back, he's going to have to prove he is a man." "Kay-" "There is no question about it, you now live with me." "You don't know what you're doing." "Yes I do. Did you like your room? You can choose another if you like. Jerry let Alistair get this big house for us, and we are such a small family." "How did you end up marrying a Crane? I thought they hated people like me and you." "Jerry saved me. I would have been dead if I hadn't met Jerry." "Really? What happened? I-" "Let me tell you a love story little sister. I left Harmony after I set the house on fire. I went to New York City. It took me a week to get there; I actually walked most of the way. I took back roads, and I walked through fields. I also hitchhiked a little. When I got to the city, the only job I could get was being a waitress, and they fired me after 5 days. The boss said I didn't have a legal address, so he couldn't do the paperwork for me. I heard a few girls talking about a strip club where they made extra cash. Some girls said they mad $1000 a night. I was just about to walk in the club and this tall red-headed man stops me. I try to leave because I knew there were a lot of sickos in the city, but he said he wanted to help me. I was going to leave him anyway, and Simone decided to cause me pain. I guess she didn't want me to go into the club. He took me to the hospital, and said I was his girlfriend so I could get medical care. He told me he read the stuff I had in my bag,, he knew EVERYTHING, but he told Alistair that we were engaged, just to save my life. I was in a coma for a while, apparently I was in and out of the coma, and I married Jerry one of the times I was conscious. Simone was born then, Jerry named her. We told the Cranes that I was a foreign exchange student, and he met me in the library. He was able to get a job on Wall Street, and we moved to an apartment in lower Manhattan. On Simone's first Birthday, we kissed; we had fallen in love because we were just two people who belonged together. It went from a loveless marriage to us loving each other completely. The day after Simone's third birthday I saw-I ran into someone from here. I could barely do anything after that. I didn't think I could feel any worse than I did that day, but I know better now. Jerry knew what happened, and he sent me roses every hour, on the hour. When he got back from work, he asked me to marry him. We were going to get a house in long island after our vacation.. We painted the nursery together; I think it's going to be a boy, so I painted it blue. The nursery is pale blue; the carpet matches the paint. There's an oak crib that converts to a small bed, and a matching dresser and chest. And there's a rocking chair. Jerry bought something for the baby before we left; he said he would let me see it when we moved in. The nursery is blue, we painted it together."
Kay stops talking and wipes the tears from her face. All she can remember at that moment is that the nursery is blue. "Kay?" Asked Jessica. Kay knew the nursery was blue, who was Kay? Blue was such a pretty color, slowly fading away. Kay liked blue. Jessica was getting scared. Kay had been talking, but suddenly she began to slip away. She was lying face up with her eyes open, and had not responded to any of Jessica's calls. "Kick Mommy Jerry, you have to kick," says Simone. Jessica watches the little girl talk to her mothers stomach. "You have to kick and wake mommy up." Kay is taken back to the world with a sharp kick. She turns from the canopy and sees Jessica and Simone staring at her. "Kay, you stopped breathing, what happened?" "I don't know. Simone said something to your baby, and you came back. I thought-" "Jess, you're my sister. Sometimes, I black out like that-I'm sorry." "Kay, maybe you should rest some." "No, we need to get you some clothes. Maybe I should take you to the salon too.I'm sure you want to look like yourself again." "How did you know?" Jessica hated being forced to look like Kay, secretly; she wanted her dark hair back. "Lets go Jess. I need to get Simone some more art supplies." "I'll be ready in half an hour." Said Jess. "Kay?" "There are clothes in your closet you can wear. They were mine, but I really can't fit them now, you know the baby and everything." "Thanks Kay."