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Chapter 9
Kirsten lay besides the pool, she had a magazine open, but she wasn't reading it. She starred into the water, picturing a young, scrawny boy about four, learning how to swim.
"Ok Seth, I'm gonna let go now!"
"Dad! Don't leave me! I'm scared! What if something happens to me?!"
"Seth you'll be fine! Your father and I are right here to catch you! Now swim to me Seth!"
Sandy let go of the little boy, his arms near, and watched him flair about, but slowly, he reached his mother's outstretched arms!
"I did it!" The little boy squealed. "I swam without water wings!"
Sandy laughed, "Seth, now you can finally be Aquaman's sidekick!"
The little boy turned to his dad wide eyed, "Do you really think I could be dad?"
Sandy smiled at his son, "I think you can do anything Seth."
Kirsten hugged her son tightly, he squirmed in her arms, "Not so tight Mom! How can I be Aquaman's assistant if you squeeze my guts out of me!" Kirsten and Sandy both laughed as they took Seth by the hands and led him inside.
Kirsten smiled to herself slightly,
"What are you thinking about?" Sandy stood leaning in the doorway, watching his wife, deep in thought.
Kirsten was startled by the sudden break of her thoughts. "Oh, nothing."
"Come on, I know it when something's on your mind."
Kirsten sighed, "Do you remember when we taught Seth how to swim?"
Sandy chuckled, "Oh yeah, couldn't get him in the pool for four years, and then in a blink of an eye, we couldn't get him out of the pool until he was ten."
Kirsten didn't say anything, "No, I mean, do you remember what we told him?"
Sandy looked at his wife, and shook his head.
"We told him," Kirsten began wiping her eyes, "That he would be fine, and that we were right there to catch him." A single tear rolled down her cheek, but she continued, "Sandy, I feel like after 13 years, were breaking our promise." With that, Kirsten began to cry. Silently at first, but she soon gave in to her sobs.
Sandy sat down next to his wife and tried to comfort her. "Honey, come on, it going to be fine."
Kirsten shook her head violently, "That's the thing Sandy! How do you know?! What right do you have to promise me that?! You don't know everything's going to be fine! He left a month ago, on a tiny catamaran! We haven't heard from him in 29 days." Kirsten tried to continue to yell at her husband, but she was lost in her emotion.
Sandy took Kirsten's chin in his hand and turned her face towards his, "Everything will be ok. I'm sure of it."
While Sandy had no idea how to back what he was saying, Kirsten seemed to be comforted anyways, she rested her head on Sandy's chest and sighed, "Why did this happen? I mean, I can losing Ryan was hard enough, but on what level did Seth think we could handle this?"
"Oh honey," Sandy smiled, "We both know that Seth doesn't think we can handle anything."
Kirsten laughed and hit Sandy in the stomach. "Oh my God Sandy, look who it is!"
(.....I know, it seems like a weird place to end the chapter, but you'll see.)