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Chapter Twenty-Seven
A Face from the Past

Katherine led the woman into her apartment and had her sit down on the couch. "You, you said your name was Lois Whitley, I heard that correctly right?" Katherine asked as she sat in an armchair.

"Yes, I'm your mother," Lois said.

Still feeling the shock from when Lois had told her her name, Katherine said, "I...I'm not quite sure what to say."

"I know how you feel Katherine dear," Lois said, smiling softly at her. "You were the last person I expected to see in this building."

"Do you mind if I ask you some questions?" Katherine said after thinking for a few moments.

"Okay," Lois said, still smiling.

"How did you know who I was?" Katherine asked.

"You look almost exactly like your father," Lois said. "I think I have a picture of him in my bag." She picked up the suitcase on the floor next to the couch and opened an outer pocket. After rummaging around for a few minutes, she took out a small photograph and handed it to Katherine.

Looking down at the picture, Katherine saw that Lois was right, she did look a lot like her father, whose name, Paul O'Connor, was written on the back.

"And you have an accent, that's how I knew it was you," Lois said. "You can keep that picture."

"Thank you," Katherine said, placing the photo on the coffee table. "But, how did you know that my name is Katherine?"

"When I gave you to the Rileys, I insisted that your name was Katherine," Lois said. "In a way, it was something you shared with your sister." She paused for a moment and then said, "You have met your sister haven't you?"

"Yes, I found her about two years ago, we're very close," Katherine said. "I'd like to know why you're h-"

Amber suddenly came into the apartment. "Why didn't you come and get me at nine Mummy?" she asked, not seeing the visitor. She noticed Lois suddenly and stood next to her mother.

"This is my real mother Amber," Katherine explained to her daughter. "Remember I told you about her? Lois, this is my daughter Amber."

"Hello," Lois said, smiling brightly at her.

"If you'll excuse me for a moment, I need to put my daughter to bed," Katherine said, standing up and taking Amber's hand.

While she waited for her daughter to come back out, Lois looked around the room and saw a table that was covered with photographs in frames. She stood up and walked over, looking at the pictures. She picked up one that was of Karen and Katherine, and she smiled, feeling tears in her eyes.

Katherine watched her mother for a few moments before clearing her throat. "I'd like to know why you've come here Lois," she said when her mother turned around.

"I heard that Karen got married and had a baby," Lois said. "I wanted to see it and her."

"Why did you go to that apartment instead of her penthouse?" Katherine asked.

"I wanted to talk to Jack," Lois said. "He- Oh, Jack is Karen's-"

"I know who he is," Katherine said calmly. "Please continue."

"Well I thought that if I talked with Jack, then he could help me be able to see Karen," Lois said.

"Don't you know that Jack and Karen are married now?" Katherine asked, thoroughly confused.

"They...are?" Lois asked surprised. "I didn't know that it was Jack Kiki married. The person who told me the news didn't know who it was Karen married. Oh Katherine, please tell me that she's happy with him, that she's content with Jack as her husband."

The apartment was quiet for a long moment, before Katherine spoke. "If you'd like, I can take you to their home to see Karen and the baby."

"You would take me?" Lois asked.

Katherine nodded. "We can go tomorrow, you'll be sure to see both Jack and Kare and see for yourself if they're happily married," she said.

~~~

Karen was sitting on the window seat of Elizabeth's room, watching Jack play with the baby on the floor in front of her. "When are you going to go back to the theater poodle?" she asked.

"I don't know, I guess whenever you go back to Grace's office," Jack said, letting Elizabeth grab a rattle he was holding. "When are you going back?"

"Grace told me that I had six months off," Karen said.

Jack grinned and grabbed Karen's hand kissing it. "Don't forget about tomorrow night," he said, turning his attention back to Elizabeth.

"I know Jackie," Karen said, leaning down and picking up her daughter. "Kath said she'll pick Ebie up after she gets Amber from school."

"You're not worried about her being away for the night?" Jack asked, sitting next to Karen on the window seat.

"They're going to be a few floors down at Eddie's," Karen said, shrugging. "And I know Ebie will be well taken care of by those two."

Rosario suddenly appeared in the doorway and said, "Miss Katherine is here."

Katherine walked into the room and said, "Hullo you guys."

"What's wrong Kath?" Karen asked, alerted immediately to the fact that her sister was nervous and worried about something.

"I have someone here with me who wants to see you and the baby," Katherine said, her voice trembling slightly. "Kare, please don't get mad at me." She turned slightly and said out the door, "Come on in."

Lois walked into the room. "Hello Kiki, Jack," she said smiling.

Karen handed Elizabeth to Jack and stood up. "What the hell are you doing here?" she asked angrily.

"I heard you had a baby and I wanted to see my grandchild," Lois answered, the smiling dropping off her face.

"Lois," Katherine said quickly. "Can you give us a few minutes?" When the woman had left the room, she turned to her sister. "Kare, just forget about what she's done in the past. Let her see Ebie and then she'll leave."

Without saying a word, Karen turned to Jack and took Elizabeth into her arms.

"Kare, I'm sorry," Katherine said pleadingly. "I should have talked with you first, but I thought you would be more likely to let her see the baby if I didn't say anything."

"If I let her see Ebie," Karen said slowly a few minutes later. "She's got to promise to stay away for good this time."

"I'll talk to her," Jack said quickly. He left the room and walked over to Lois. "Kare said she'll let you see the baby, but she wants you to promise not to come back here."

Thinking for a few moments, Lois nodded and said, "Alright, I won't." She followed Jack into the room and said to Karen, "You really don't want me to come back ever again Kiki?"

"You know I hate that nickname," Karen snapped. "And yes, I'm serious."

"Let me see her then," Lois said holding her arms out towards Karen.

Karen walked over to her mother and carefully handed her Elizabeth.

Lois held her granddaughter and looked down at her for a long time. "What's her name?" she asked finally.

"Elizabeth," Jack said quietly.

"Thank you Kiki," Lois said, giving the baby back to her. "She's beautiful." After looking at her daughters and Jack, she smiled and said, "Goodbye." With that, she turned and left the room.

"Jack, give this to her before she leaves for me," Katherine said, handing him an envelope.

"I'll be right back," Jack said, taking the envelope from Katherine and hurrying out the room.

"Are you angry with me?" Katherine asked as Karen put Elizabeth in her crib.

"Why did you bring her here?" Karen asked, looking down at the baby.

"She went to the apartment that used to be Jack's and was knocking on the door," Katherine said. "I was going to get Amber at Will and Grace's and saw her. She recognized me when I told her no one was in the apartment."

Karen was quiet as she turned from the crib and went over to the window.

"Oh god. Kare, please don't be angry with me," Katherine said, tears filling her eyes. "I know that you hate her, but I couldn't help it. I wanted to see my birth mother at least once before she died. And I thought it wouldn't hurt to let her see you for one last time. And to let her see Ebie"

Sighing, Karen turned to Katherine and said, "I don't hate you Kath, I just wish you could have given me some warning."

"So you forgive me?" Katherine asked, taking her sister's arm.

"Yeah, honey, you're forgiven," Karen said, smiling. She hugged Katherine tightly for a long time while her sister cried softly on her shoulder.

~~~

Jack managed to catch up with Lois before she got into the elevator outside the penthouse. "Kat wanted me to give this to you," he said, handing her the envelope.

"Thank you Jack," Lois said. She turned back to the elevator as he turned to walk back to the penthouse. "Wait a minute," she said to him. "Can I ask you to do something for me?"

"Sure," Jack said, walking over to her.

"Be good to her," Lois said, talking about Karen. "She needs someone who'll love her forever and be there for her. And I think that person is you Jack."

"I'll do my best," Jack said, nodding as the elevator doors opened. "Goodbye Lois."

When the elevator started it's decent, Lois opened the envelope and took out a photograph of Karen and Katherine. Smiling tearfully, Lois, put the picture in her pocket and walked out of the building and out of Karen's life for good.

~~~

The next day, Katherine arrived at the penthouse to pick up Elizabeth. When she got to the baby's room she said to her sister, "There's been a slight change of plans Kare."

"What is it?" Karen asked as she picked up Elizabeth.

"I'm going to take Ebie to my place for the night instead of Edward's," Katherine said. "His mom is visiting from the Hamptons, and she gets migraine headaches you know. So I told Edward I would just take the baby to my apartment."

"That's fine," Karen said. "You'll call me and Jackie if anything goes wrong, though, right?"

"Of course I will," Katherine said, taking Elizabeth from her sister.

"Okay, I'll let you take the other limo to get Amber and then go back home," Karen said, walking out of the room.

"Hey Kat," Jack said, coming out of his and Karen's room. "Can I say good night to Ebie?"

"Sure," Katherine said, giving her to Jack.

Karen handed her sister an Armani bag and said, "This is all Ebie's stuff, hopefully it's enough."

"Don't worry about it Kare," Katherine said as Jack gave Elizabeth one more kiss on the cheek and handed her to Katherine. "She'll be fine."

"Come on Kare," Jack said. "We've got to get ready for dinner."

"Okay, goodnight Ebie," Karen said, kissing her daughter's cheek.

"Have fun tonight you guys," Katherine said as she went down the stairs.

"Thanks again Kat," Jack called. He turned to Karen and said, "You gonna be okay?"

"Of course poodle," Karen said. "It's just you and me tonight."

~~~

After a quiet dinner at Dunbar's, a new high class restaurant, Jack and Karen got into the back of the limo and headed back home.

When the car started moving, Karen literally leapt on top of Jack and kissed him deeply.

Letting Karen's tongue into his mouth, Jack put his arms around her waist and relished in the taste of her mouth on his, her tongue wrestling with his own. He groaned slightly as she straddled his lap and untucked his dress shirt; putting her hands on his back.

Their kisses became more passionate, and they probably would have made love in the limo if it hadn't stopped at their penthouse.

While Jack buttoned his shirt up, Karen smoothed out her blouse and put some loose strands of hair back into their pins. They got out of the limo and walked into the building, arms around each other.

Hurriedly, they got out of the elevator and went into the penthouse, almost running up the stairs.

Once the bedroom door was closed behind them, Karen grabbed Jack's collar and pulled him to her, kissing him deeply.

Still kissing, they stumbled back towards the bed. Jack was about to lay Karen down on the mattress, when she turned him around and he fell back on the bed.

Karen lay on top of him and kissed him again. After a few moments, she moved down and unbuttoned his shirt, kissing his bare chest lightly. She continued downwards and took off his trousers.

Lifting up slightly, Jack tried to reach out to pull Karen to him, when she slapped his hands away lightly.

"Just lay back poodle," Karen purred in a sexy tone of voice. "You're going to enjoy this I think." She stroked him lightly through his boxers a few times before she pulled them off quickly.

"What are you g-" Jack started to say before gasping when he felt Karen's mouth on him. "Oh... Kare... oh... oh god" was all he could say as Karen pleasured him. Gripping the sheets tightly, he groaned out Karen's name.

Running her nails up his body, Karen smiled at Jack and kissed him deeply.

"Man Kare, that was...perfect," Jack said breathlessly.

Nuzzling his cheek with her own, Karen helped Jack pull off his shirt.

"We've got a problem now, though," Jack said.

"What's that?" Karen asked.

"You're wearing way too much," Jack said. With that, he pressed his lips to Karen's and pulled her hair loose from the pins. When her hair was free and fell onto the pillow, he moved his lips down her chin and kissed her neck as he unbuttoned her blouse and took it off. Once her bra was off, it was only a matter of seconds until he was sucking on of her breasts, his hand cupping the other one.

Karen gasped and moaned, running her hands through his hair. She let out a little cry of protest when Jack moved from her breasts, trailing kisses down her stomach until he got to her skirt.

Nearly trembling from desire, Jack fumbled a little with the skirt's zipper before pulling it down and pulling it off hurriedly. He lifted his head up slightly and kissed her bellybutton before swirling his tongue in it for a moment, causing Karen to cry out in pleasure. Smiling at the power that he had over her, he quickly pulled off her panties and started pleasuring her.

"Jack!" Karen cried when she felt his mouth on her. She swirled her hands in the sheets, and clenched them tightly as she screamed in ecstasy several minutes later.

As he pushed himself back up on the bed, Jack kissed Karen's stomach. He put his arms around her and pulled her close, kissing her temple.

When she caught her breath, Karen said, "What are you waiting for poodle?" She could tell that he was ready to make love to her again.

"I'm letting you rest," Jack said, kissing her cheek. "Kare, did you get the birth control pills f-"

"I did." She kissed him deeply for a few moments before pulling back. Make love to me Jack," Karen then said forcefully. "Now."

Jack quickly turned over so he was on top of her and he started to make love to her. He was gentle at first, but then Karen hissed into his ear, "Harder, my sweet Jack," and he had to comply.

Digging her fingers into his shoulders, Karen screamed his name ten minutes later when she reached her peak.

With a shudder, Jack moaned Karen's name as he hit his edge. Exhausted for the moment, he collapsed on top of her. "God I missed that," he said, lifting his head up so they could kiss.

"That was so wonderful poodle," Karen said, running her fingers through his hair.
They were quiet after that, and for the next twenty minutes, they rested in each other's arms, only moving so they could kiss.

After one particularly long kiss, Jack started fondling one of Karen's breasts.

"Stop teasing me Jackie," Karen gasped out. "We'll have time for that later, just make love to me."

Jack moved down so he could kiss her breasts as he made love to her passionately once again.

~~~

Later, at around three in the morning, Jack and Karen were recovering from another bout of lovemaking, their bodies' slick with sweat.

Suddenly, Jack sat up and grabbed his robe saying, "I'm going to take a bath, you going to join me?"

"Want me to?" Karen asked, one arm up on the pillow next to her head.

"I'll let you know when it's ready," Jack said, grinning and walking into the bathroom.

A few minutes later, Karen heard the sound of rushing water stop and she got out of the bed, not even bothering to get her robe. When she walked in, she saw that Jack was already in the tub.

"You're such a little slut Kare," Jack said teasingly as she got into the tub and straddled his lap.

"I'm your slut poodle," Karen said, smiling. She kissed his shoulder and then said, "And you love me."

"I do," Jack said. He tangled his hand in her hair and pulled her to his lips. After kissing for a long time, he broke away and said, "Let me wash your hair."

"Knock yourself out," Karen said as he picked up the showerhead attachment and turned it on.

Jack let the water run over her head and then down her face until Karen's hair was completely soaked. He turned off the water and started sucking the water that was dripping from Karen's jaw line. Then he grabbed a bottle of her shampoo and put some in his hand before rubbing it into Karen's hair.

Sighing happily, Karen put her arms around Jack's neck as he finished rinsing the shampoo from her hair. She opened her eyes and said, "Your turn poodle." And with Jack's help, she washed his hair.

Water dripping from their hair, Jack and Karen then got a bar of soap and cleaned each other's bodies, kissing passionately. Eventually they made love to one another furiously, yelling out each other's names at the end.

Jack stepped out of the tub first a while later, wrapping a towel around his waist. When Karen got out, he put a towel around her body and kissed her deeply. "Let's go get some sleep," he said.

Karen nodded and was about to walk out to the bedroom when Jack suddenly lifted her up into his arms and carried her to the bed.

"Love you Kare," he whispered as they threw the towels on the floor and got settled under the covers.

"I love you Jackie," Karen said with a yawn. She snuggled on top of his chest and closed her eyes, falling asleep instantly.