Chapter 5
The rest of the week had been really quiet. Nothing had been going on. I was afraid that Kirill might leave and try to find Jason. But I was wrong. He stayed in the house and helped me take care of Katarina. I was glad too. I didn't want him running out on him now. I didn't want him to leave me again.
It was nice to him smile again. For two years I missed that smile so much. I thank God every day for bringing him back to me. Most people don't get a second chance at life. But why Kirill? Why was he so special? Or wasn't it because he was strong and didn't want to give up? He never knew that we were going to have a child…but for some reason I think he did.
For some reason in his heart he knew that something was going to happen and he wanted to be there for me. That's why he never gave up. And I'm glad he didn't. I'm glad that he's back with me.
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I got up the next morning around 8:30. The room was silent. That was because I was the only one there. I rushed downstairs to see Kirill holding Katarina on the couching. Oh thank god,I thought. I decided to go back upstairs and take my shower since everything was ok at the moment.
At that moment I felt that something wasn't right. I felt that something was going to happen soon. But I didn't know what. I didn't know if I should go and tell Kirill or just let him and my daughter be. Everything's going to be ok,I thought. Nothing's going to happen.
"Nicole?"asked Kirill.
I jumped a little.
"Are you all right?"
"Yeah. You just scared me."
"What's wrong?"
I shook my head. "It's nothing."
He passed me and went into the room and put Katarina on the floor so she could play with her things for a while. Then he looked at me. "You're face is white as sheet."
"I'm all right."
"Nicole…"
"All right. I'll tell the truth. I thought something was going to happen…or at least I think something's going to happen."
He took my hand and led me into the other room. "What did you see?"he asked as he looked me in the eye.
"I saw him…"
"Who?"
"I saw Jason coming…and he took Katarina away from us."
Kirill pulled me closer to him and put my head on his chest. "Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh… It's going to be ok. Everything's going to be fine."
"What if he knows what you're still alive?"
"He doesn't. If he did then he would have come after me by now."
"But you don't know that."
"Trust me Nicole."
"But you haven't tried to kill him in two years."
"That doesn't matter. He could have asked them. We need to be careful."
"But what if they're just silly visions?"
"I didn't listen to you the first time,but I'm going to listen to you now."
"Kirill…?"
"Yeah?"
"You haven't tried to kill him again have you?"
He shook his head. "No. But he might know that I'm still alive. We just need to be careful now,that's all."
I nodded. "Ok."
"Everything's going to be ok."
"I want to leave here."
"We can't… He'd find us even if we did leave."
"Right…"
"We aren't going anywhere Nicole. We're staying here because I don't want anything to happen and you know that."
"Ok."
"He's not going to try to steal our daughter from us. The least he can do is try to kill me again…if he knows that I'm still alive."
"What he finds out that you don't even have a grave?"
"Then he might try to find me."
"Then we should leave."
He shook his head. "No. You're not going anywhere. You have a child to take care of."
"And what about you?"
"I'm not leaving unless I have to. And I can't leave right now."
