Chapter 2

"Kirill….?" I put my hand on his face at first to make sure that I wasn't seeing things. But since my handed didn't go through him…I realized that he actually was alive. I was so happy that I just jumped on him and started to cry. "Oh…my…god! You're still alive!"

He kissed me. "It's nice to see you too."

"I thought you were dead…"

"Let's go inside. I don't want to make a scene out here,"he took my hand and we went inside.

"Before you say anything there's something I need to show you,"I said as we walked inside.

He nodded and led him upstairs to our room where Katarina was sleeping. Kirill just stood there, not knowing what to say.

"She's about two years old now…and I think she'll be happy now to know that she really has a father." I felt like I wanted to cry.

He pulled away from the crib and sat on the bed. "I can't believe it…I'm a father now…"

"I didn't know I was pregnant until about two days after I went back home…after…"I paused,not really wanting to go on.

He put his arm around me and pulled me closer to him and kissed my forehead. "Shhhhhhhhhhh… It's ok."

I shook my head. "It was never ok Kirill. I thought you had died,and then you come back two years later thinking everything's going to be ok."

"I wanted to tell you that I'm going to stop being an assassin now. My boss is in jail for the rest of his life. Plus I need to raise a family now."

I stared down at my ring

"You still have the ring?"

I nodded. "I thought that you might come back to me some day. I haven't taken it off my finger since I found it."

He kissed me again. "I love you."

"I missed you so much Kirill."

"I know."

"Why didn't you listen to me?"

He sighed. "I never thought that I would get injured…it just happened. I'm sorry."

"It's ok."

"My memory's still a little blurry though."

"I don't think you need or want to remember what happened that day."

"I remember most of it."

"Oh…ok."

"I almost thought I had lost you that one time…"

I sighed and got up.

"What's wrong?"

"Can we please not talk about this anymore? It…it just brings back too many bad memories."

"Nicole…"He got up and put his arms around me.

"I never thought I'd get to see you again Kirill…"

He put my head to his chest. "Now I'm here and we don't have to worry about the past."

"It's not so easy for me Kirill…"

He sighed. "I know…"

I smiled. "Why am I being so stupid?"

"Don't say that…"

"That's what you used to say."

"Things have changed Nicole."

"But have you changed Kirill?"

He smiled. "Yes I have." He looked over at the crib. "I'm glad that I get to see you again…and my daughter. She's so beautiful…just like you."

"I wanna get married Kirill."

"Let's wait for a while."

"Why? You're back and I still have the ring."

"I just got back Nicole. I think you need to get some rest."

I went back and sat on the bed. "Yeah…"

He walked over to me and we embraced. I moved over and we made sweet love.