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Wednesday Evening
Katelyn stood nervously at Kevin and Lucy's back door trying to decide if she should knock or ring the doorbell when the front door swung open and Lucy practically grabbed her and shoving her into the house.
"The pizza is already here and I have two of my favorite movies…Fried Green Tomatoes and How to Lose a Guy in 10 days" Lucy told her taking Katelyn's purse and placing it on the kitchen table.
"I forgot to rent two of my favorite movies" Katelyn told her opening the pizza box and grabbing two slices out and placing them on a paper plate and started to wrap up the extra pizza for Lucy to put in the refrigerator.
"That's ok…Kevin and I have plenty more if we need to watch anymore" Lucy replied also following Katelyn's lead and taking two slices of pizza before heading out into the family room to watch the DVD's.
Lucy plopped down on the couch and Katelyn sat opposite in a big comfy white chair and waited for Lucy to turn the T.V and the DVD player on.
After waiting for a few minutes and finishing her pizza Katelyn started to get a tad annoyed by the way Lucy was taking forever starting the movie.
"Not to be rude or anything Lucy…but if we aren't going to watch the movie I should go back to my hotel room and finish packing"
"You're leaving? When?"
'Tomorrow…I'm taking the red-eye to New York"
"Is everything ok?" Lucy asked taking the last bite of her pizza.
"Not really…My mom is really sick and I need to go back home and be with her until she is better…besides I really miss my daughter"
"You have a daughter?" Lucy exclaimed.
"I didn't mention that to you?"
"No…I would have remembered if you told me you had a daughter…what's her name?"
"Elizabeth…and she's the best thing that has ever happened to me…well besides my husband" Katelyn bragged.
"You're married?" Lucy exclaimed again.
"I didn't tell you that either?"
"Nope"
"I guess we really don't know much about each other do we?" Katelyn asked
"No…I guess we don't but why don't we learn something?" Luc asked standing up with her empty paper plate.
"That'd be fun than watching movies" Katelyn laughed handing Lucy her empty plate.
"I'll be back in a second…do you want anything to drink?" Lucy asked before walking out of the family room.
"No…I'm all set" Katelyn replied sitting back on the white chair.
Lucy walked into the kitchen and set the paper plates on top of the empty pizza box and went to pick it up to toss in the garbage and she accidentally knocked over Katelyn's purse, spilling all of it's contents out.
Sighing in frustration Lucy bent down to start picking up the contents of Katelyn's purse when she gasped out loud…on a piece of paper the name Paul Kinkirk was circled with an address and a few notes around it…"what would Katelyn want with Kevin's dad?" she thought herself reading some of the notes.
"September 23rd, 1978 kid born, mom's first name Brenda…that's Kevin's birthday and his mom's name…what does she need this information for?" Lucy thought cramming everything back into Kathleen's purse and placing it back on top of the table just moments before Katelyn walked into the kitchen.
"I changed my—"she started to say when she saw Lucy's guilty look and her getting off the floor in a flash.
"Is something wrong?"
"N…No…nothing's wrong I…I just dropped the pizza box and suddenly I felt dizzy and needed to sit down…I guess I choose the floor" Lucy laughed nervously looking at the clock.
"I really hate to do this Lucy but I really need to get ready to leave tomorrow…I'm still not done packing and I think I would like to get some sleep before I catch the red eye tomorrow"
"Are you sure you don't want to stay and chat? I mean I would love to know why you were really here" Lucy told her coldly.
Katelyn gave her a strange look before speaking. "No…I'm sure…I really need to get back to New York and see my mom in case anything happens…"
"Oh…well call me sometime when you come back to California" Lucy replied stiffly walking towards the front hallway, following Katelyn.
"I defiantly will…thanks so much for inviting me Lucy…congratulations on having twins…here" she paused rummaging through her purse looking for a blank piece of paper. When she found one she grabbed a pen and quickly wrote down something.
"Here…this is my address and cell phone number…let me know when you and Kevin had the babies and I'll send you something"
"Oh…how sweet…thanks" Lucy relied sarcastically, taking the piece of paper from her.
"Well…hopefully I'll talk to you soon…and if you and Kevin are ever in New York, stop over and Mitch and I'll take you out to dinner" Katelyn told her opening the door.
"Bye" Lucy replied shutting the door and locking it tight…now all she could do was wish Kevin would come home soon.
Katelyn got into her rental car and drove straight to her hotel room…she was going to Buffalo, New York before she went home to find her father…
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Later that night while Lucy was in bed she heard the back door open and knew Kevin was home.
She debated if she should meet him downstairs and tell him what she found or if she should wait until he came upstairs for bed.
She decided that she would stay in bed until he came upstairs…slowly while she was waiting, she drifted off to sleep on his side of the bed and only woke when she felt his strong arms shift her over to her side of the bed…that's when she spoke.
"Kev?" she murmured sleepily as his arms cradled around her body, placing his hands on her stomach where he always put them.
"Shh…it's late…go back to sleep" he replied.
"I can't…I have to tell you something"
"Can't it wait until tomorrow Luce? I'm kind of beat"
"No"
She heard him sigh in the dark before she started to speak. "I invited Katelyn over while you were working yesterday for pizza and to watch a few movies…so I could have some company"
"So?"
"Well we both finished our pizza at the same time so I offered to take her plate into the kitchen and throw it away…along with the empty pizza box and I accidentally knocked over her purse…and everything spilled out"
"Luce…where is this going? I'm beat and I have to work another double tomorrow and I just want to sleep" he yawned sleepily.
"Kevin…your birthday is September 23rd, 1978 right? And your dad's name was Paul and your mom's name is Brenda right?" she asked snuggling closer to him.
"Lucy….are you feeling ok?" he asked holding her tighter.
"I'm fine I'm just asking you a question"
"Yes, my birthday is September 23rd, my fathers name was Paul and my mothers name is Brenda…are you happy now? And what does this have to do with that girl?"
Lucy gulped before saying something…she didn't want to worry him yet she still opened her mouth.
"When I knocked her purse off…some of her things fell out and I picked them up…and--" she started to say before Kevin interrupted her.
"You were being nosey and you decided to look at what fell out right Luce?"
"No…not this time…I was putting everything back in her purse when something caught my eye…she had your dad's name, your mom's name, an address and even your birthday on a piece of paper" she stated simply.
"What?" he said sounding surprised "why would she have all of that?"
"I don't know…I thought maybe she was an old girlfriend or something" she sheepishly admitted.
"No…I would have told you…"
"I know that…it's just that well…" she started to say before Kevin kissed her softly on the head.
"Luce…sweetie…stop worrying about it…I'll check into it tomorrow"
"But—"
"No buts…I'll check it out tomorrow" he replied holding her even closer and rubbing her protruding stomach lightly before falling asleep himself.
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Early Thursday Morning
It was only 6am when Katelyn boarded the plane towards Buffalo, New York…she felt excited, yet really nervous that in only a few hours she would get to meet her dad for the first time.
Now it was 9am and she had arrived at the Buffalo International Airport and was waiting for her luggage when she decided to call Mitch to let him know that in another two hours she would be on her way home.
"Taxi!" she yelled 15 minutes later after getting her luggage from the carousel and getting off the phone.
A taxi stopped and she got in pulling out a piece of paper that had a bunch of things written on it.
"Where to miss?"
"12359 Oakstone Lane" she replied starting to tuck the paper back into her purse…that's when she noticed the pizza stains.
"That wasn't here when I wrote it out at the library" she said out loud getting a strange look from the taxi cab driver.
"Something wrong miss?" he asked.
"Oh no…nothing's wrong" she stammered trying to think how the stains got on the paper when all of a sudden her mind flashbacked to last night when she walked into Lucy's kitchen and Lucy was on the floor…looking embarrassed.
"Oh my god" she exclaimed a little too loudly, forgetting she was in a taxi.
"Is there a problem miss?"
"N…No not that I think of" she replied sinking further back into the seat.
Lucy had seen her paper…no wonder why she was acting strange last night…it wasn't because she was feeling sick…it was because she had seen what Katelyn wrote on her paper…which meant…
"That means Kevin knows!" she said again loudly when she noticed the taxi driver was pulling into a cemetery.
"Sir, if you don't mind me asking…but why are we pulling into a cemetery?
"You said you wanted 12359 Oakstone Lane" he replied pulling in where the front offices were.
"Are you sure this is the address?"
"Positive" the man replied "Would you like for me to wait?"
"Yes, please if you don't mind" she answered stepping out of the cab and slamming the door shut.
"I should be back in about 10 minutes if that's ok with you"
"Take your time" the driver replied leaning back in his seat, looking at that day's current news.
Walking up towards the main entrance Katelyn got a weird feeling in her stomach…it was like she didn't belong there…
Hoping that the driver or the internet site she got the address for him was wrong she went in through the doors and walked up to the counter to an older man.
"Excuse me sir" she said.
"Yes, miss? What can I help you with?" he relied, closing a folder and looking up at her.
"I'm…I'm looking for someone…" she stammered trying to figure out what to say.
"Ok…what's the person's last name?" the older man asked
"Kinkirk…Paul" she managed to squeak out.
The older man walked over to a computer and quickly typed in a name and wrote something a piece of paper before walking back over.
"Here you go miss…if you go out these doors and turn left at the first road and go all the way towards the back you should find it…" he told her before speaking again.
"He must be a popular person this morning…" the older man commented to her before she left
"What do you mean?" she answered back looking confused.
"I had someone come in here asking to borrow a jug so they could fill it up with water and water some plants they had planted"
"Who asked?" she replied curiously
"I'm not sure…an older women…she started telling me about some flowers she had planted and asked me if I wanted any for my wife"
"Oh" was all she could reply before starting to walk away "Thank you again" she yelled over her shoulder.
Walking out to the taxi all she could think of if this man was the right person to begin with…that she might be going to someone's grave that had nothing to do with her.
She hopped into the back of the taxi and gave the directions to the driver and leaned back into her seat while he drove to the grave of what she was hoping wasn't the Paul Kinkirk she was looking for.
While the taxi driver was driving to the back of the cemetery Katelyn could only think of what to expect when she noticed a blue Ford Explorer parked in the way back where the old man had told her to go.
The taxi driver slowed down in front of the blue explorer and came to a stop. "Miss…I believe this is where you want to be" he told her setting down the paper the old man had given her.
Thanking him quickly, she exited the car letting him know that she would only be a moment and would return.
Walking quickly through the graves searching for the name Paul Kinkirk she sighed thankfully every time she passed one…it wasn't until she reached the last headstone where an older women was planting flowers…when she saw the name Paul Steven Kinkirk, husband, father and friend Born: March 15th, 1955 Died: August 1st, 1992
Her heart sunk…she knew it was him the moment she laid her eyes on his name…pausing for a moment to give respect she heard the women say something to her.
"I knew you would come…" the older women stated, standing up from the dirt.
