CHAPTER ONE
One Week Later...
Kendall sat in the new cottage, staring around at the empty walls and rooms that now belonged to her and Bianca. After she had calmed down, she had told Bianca what had happened. Bianca had voiced her disbelief and anger on Kendall's behalf, and she had wanted to confront him, but Kendall had quietly thanked her and told her to forget about it... She wanted nothing to do with Ryan, Greenlee, or anything that remotely had to do with them. That is when they had come up with the plan...
Neither woman knew where they were supposed to go after that moment, or what they were supposed to do. But, they knew that they needed each other, and neither one wanted to be alone with their thoughts... or their heartache, so they had decided to move in together.
So, Kendall had made some calls and found the cottage. It was on the outside of town, away from painful memories, and away from noisy neighbors. They would rent it for the next year and see what happened... Jackson had fully agreed with the plan and he and Reggie had worked over time helping to move Kendall out of the condo and Bianca out of the apartment she had shared with Maggie.
"Kendall? My room is perfect! You didn't have to do all this, I am not an invalid... well, not that much of one." Bianca came walking into the living room.
"Well... you need to be taking it easy, so you can get your strength back. Besides, I am going to need all the help I can get fixing up the rest of this joint."
"I am just glad it came furnished. I know you don't feel like going anywhere, but I have to go into town now... it's just a check-up, but I want you to come... I hate that hospital... I just don't think I can walk back in there on my own... so would you mind..."
"Hey! Don't say another word! I have been holed up on here all week and I am ready for some fresh air would do me some good!"
The two girls headed off to the hospital. Chatting about the plans they had for the kitchen, and about things they needed to do to make the place more cozy.
Kendall decided to wait for Bianca in the lobby, so she was walking around looking for a good magazine to read. She glanced out the window for a moment staring at nothing particular, just watching the activities going on over towards the Heli-pad. She didn't think she would ever be able to look at one of those helicopters without thinking about the crash and how much it had cost Bianca... how much it had cost them all.
It suddenly occurred to her that she had never heard about what had ended up happening to the pilot. Walking up to the nurses station she waited for a nurse to come over.
"Excuse me? I was wondering what happened to that pilot... you know the one that had the crash. Have you heard anything about that?" She tried to act casual, but it was really hard for her when everything had been so emotion charged for the year of her life.
"No... I haven't heard anything. But, then it's really not hospital policy to talk about that. But, personally, if you ask me, I just don't think it is right for him to still be flying."
"Oh, the put him back on duty. The investigation's over..." Maybe if she asked Dr. Martin he could give her the report.
"No... that's the thing. He never even got suspended... and investigation? What a joke... and you didn't hear that from me..."
Kendall felt righteous anger filling. For the first time in weeks, all her grief and all her hurt was replaced by good clean anger. That guy... he didn't even get a slap on the wrist and her niece was gone forever. Maybe it had been an accident... just one horrible accident, but wasn't Miranda's death important enough to even warrant an investigation? Sure... the Kane women were great to investigate as suspects, but when they were the victims no one gave a damn!
"Kendall? Hey, I am done here. Let's go home." Bianca was busy pulling on her jacket and didn't see the look on Kendall's face.
She may have been too blinded by her love for Ryan and her grief for her sister to ask the questions that should have been asked... but not anymore. She owed it to Bianca and to Miranda to find out just what happened the night Bianca's world was torn apart.
Later that night....
Bianca climbed into bed. She was so tired, but when she was a sleep the dreams came. In her dreams Miranda was alive and her sweet little baby was in her arms.... And sometimes she would hear her baby crying and she would be searching for her in the woods, but it was dark and foggy... and she never could reach her.
Shaking her head, she turned over and stared at the pictures on her nightstand. There was one of her and Erica, and then there was one of her and Kendall.
Her sister... who would have thought that they would ever be this close... that they would be living under the same roof. Kendall had been amazing. She had fought for her, cheered for her, and cried for her. Now she was hurting and there was nothing Bianca could do to help her.
Ryan had broken Kendall's heart in the most painful way imaginable. It pissed her off every time she remembered the way Kendall had looked when she had shown up at the hospital. Both Ryan and Kendall had tried to talk to her after she had left the hospital, but she just couldn't even feel anything but disgust towards them. Some how some way she would help her get over him. She had always thought Ryan was special, but now she thought that he wasn't even worth one of Kendall's tears... and she had told him as much when she had turned her back on him and walked away.
Her mind was working double time as she tried to think about how she was going to help Kendall move on when she couldn't move on from her own pain... and never would.
One Week Later...
Kendall sat in the new cottage, staring around at the empty walls and rooms that now belonged to her and Bianca. After she had calmed down, she had told Bianca what had happened. Bianca had voiced her disbelief and anger on Kendall's behalf, and she had wanted to confront him, but Kendall had quietly thanked her and told her to forget about it... She wanted nothing to do with Ryan, Greenlee, or anything that remotely had to do with them. That is when they had come up with the plan...
Neither woman knew where they were supposed to go after that moment, or what they were supposed to do. But, they knew that they needed each other, and neither one wanted to be alone with their thoughts... or their heartache, so they had decided to move in together.
So, Kendall had made some calls and found the cottage. It was on the outside of town, away from painful memories, and away from noisy neighbors. They would rent it for the next year and see what happened... Jackson had fully agreed with the plan and he and Reggie had worked over time helping to move Kendall out of the condo and Bianca out of the apartment she had shared with Maggie.
"Kendall? My room is perfect! You didn't have to do all this, I am not an invalid... well, not that much of one." Bianca came walking into the living room.
"Well... you need to be taking it easy, so you can get your strength back. Besides, I am going to need all the help I can get fixing up the rest of this joint."
"I am just glad it came furnished. I know you don't feel like going anywhere, but I have to go into town now... it's just a check-up, but I want you to come... I hate that hospital... I just don't think I can walk back in there on my own... so would you mind..."
"Hey! Don't say another word! I have been holed up on here all week and I am ready for some fresh air would do me some good!"
The two girls headed off to the hospital. Chatting about the plans they had for the kitchen, and about things they needed to do to make the place more cozy.
Kendall decided to wait for Bianca in the lobby, so she was walking around looking for a good magazine to read. She glanced out the window for a moment staring at nothing particular, just watching the activities going on over towards the Heli-pad. She didn't think she would ever be able to look at one of those helicopters without thinking about the crash and how much it had cost Bianca... how much it had cost them all.
It suddenly occurred to her that she had never heard about what had ended up happening to the pilot. Walking up to the nurses station she waited for a nurse to come over.
"Excuse me? I was wondering what happened to that pilot... you know the one that had the crash. Have you heard anything about that?" She tried to act casual, but it was really hard for her when everything had been so emotion charged for the year of her life.
"No... I haven't heard anything. But, then it's really not hospital policy to talk about that. But, personally, if you ask me, I just don't think it is right for him to still be flying."
"Oh, the put him back on duty. The investigation's over..." Maybe if she asked Dr. Martin he could give her the report.
"No... that's the thing. He never even got suspended... and investigation? What a joke... and you didn't hear that from me..."
Kendall felt righteous anger filling. For the first time in weeks, all her grief and all her hurt was replaced by good clean anger. That guy... he didn't even get a slap on the wrist and her niece was gone forever. Maybe it had been an accident... just one horrible accident, but wasn't Miranda's death important enough to even warrant an investigation? Sure... the Kane women were great to investigate as suspects, but when they were the victims no one gave a damn!
"Kendall? Hey, I am done here. Let's go home." Bianca was busy pulling on her jacket and didn't see the look on Kendall's face.
She may have been too blinded by her love for Ryan and her grief for her sister to ask the questions that should have been asked... but not anymore. She owed it to Bianca and to Miranda to find out just what happened the night Bianca's world was torn apart.
Later that night....
Bianca climbed into bed. She was so tired, but when she was a sleep the dreams came. In her dreams Miranda was alive and her sweet little baby was in her arms.... And sometimes she would hear her baby crying and she would be searching for her in the woods, but it was dark and foggy... and she never could reach her.
Shaking her head, she turned over and stared at the pictures on her nightstand. There was one of her and Erica, and then there was one of her and Kendall.
Her sister... who would have thought that they would ever be this close... that they would be living under the same roof. Kendall had been amazing. She had fought for her, cheered for her, and cried for her. Now she was hurting and there was nothing Bianca could do to help her.
Ryan had broken Kendall's heart in the most painful way imaginable. It pissed her off every time she remembered the way Kendall had looked when she had shown up at the hospital. Both Ryan and Kendall had tried to talk to her after she had left the hospital, but she just couldn't even feel anything but disgust towards them. Some how some way she would help her get over him. She had always thought Ryan was special, but now she thought that he wasn't even worth one of Kendall's tears... and she had told him as much when she had turned her back on him and walked away.
Her mind was working double time as she tried to think about how she was going to help Kendall move on when she couldn't move on from her own pain... and never would.