Chapter 10: I Do. Oh, No, You Di-in't
Will didn't knock before slowly pushing the door open. He was surprised to even find it unlocked. He slowly walked into the hotel suit looking for Karen. He walked into the bedroom just as Karen came out of the bathroom in a robe while drying her hair with a towel.
"Will? What are you doing here?" Karen asked surprised
"I just wanted to see how you were doing."
"I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be? I just left a man who wanted me to be someone I'm not. I couldn't be happier. I rushed into things even though I knew I shouldn't have. But I'm ok now." Karen said like she was trying to convince herself more than Will.
"Karen, you married him and then ended it. Are you sure you're ok?" Will asked sitting next to her on the bed.
"I would have done everything he wanted. The only thing I wouldn't, couldn't, change my last name. If I change my last name, it's like I'm…"
"Karen…as much as it hurts, Stan isn't coming back. He wouldn't want you to spend the rest of your life in misery. He wants you to be happy." Will said
"I still love him Will. I try not to. I don't want to love him. After everything that he's done, I still love him and I hate him for that." Karen said near tears. She let out a bitter laugh. "He's dead and he can still do this to me."
"You love him Karen. And he loves you. That never changed, no matter what happened, that never changed."
"Thank you, Will."
Karen leaned her head on Will's shoulder. She didn't let any tears fall thought. She decided, in that moment, that she wasn't going to shed any more tears for Stanley Walker. She was always going to love him, but now she was going to move on.