A/N: This was sitting half finished on my computer and despite my tiredness I decided to finish it up quickly. Hope you all enjoy it.
Chapter Thirty-Four: Face to Face
Kelsey and Sam continued to take each other in. Kelsey smiled inwardly at finally seeing Sam for what had been years. Truly, all Kelsey wanted to do was kiss her, but that wasn't going to happen.
Sam on the other hand was struggling at what to do. This was the first time that Sam had seen Kelsey in her work uniform. She knew Kelsey had joined the force, but seeing it with her own eyes was something else.
Sam knew she had hurt Kelsey.
Sam knew she had Kylie waiting at home for her, but all she wanted to do was kiss Kelsey.
She knew it wasn't going to happen.
"What do you want?" Kelsey asks as she takes off her belt and unloads her gun from her holster.
"I don't know," Sam admits as she watches Kelsey move around the room.
Kelsey locked her gun in the small safe she owned and faced her ex.
"Three years! Three years and all you can say is 'I don't know.'?"
Sam looked down ashamed. She knew it was going to be hard, but having Kelsey yell at her was something else.
"I can't apologize because I hurt you really bad and in the worst possible way, but I'm sorry Kelsey. I don't know why I did it."
"You didn't love me," Kelsey says with a whisper.
Sam shakes her head with tears in her eyes.
"That's not true. I did lov-I do love you, but it was marriage."
"Fine you weren't ready. We didn't have to get married. I would have been perfectly content with being engaged our whole lives because that meant you still wanted me."
Sam remains silent because she honestly didn't know what to say. For the first time in three years she is witnessing Kelsey's pain.
Kelsey sighs and shakes her head.
"I don't know how long you will be here or whatnot, but obviously we have some problems that we haven't worked through, but right now you have a family that you need to reconcile with. I've waited three years. I can wait longer. You're family can't."
Sam silently walks towards the stairs to the garage.
"You sold our house."
Kelsey freezes and swallows the lump in her throat.
"The house was too big for one person. That was the whole reason why we bought it. For our future family."
"Yeah, I remember," Sam whispers. "I'll see you later."
When Sam leaves then and only then does Kelsey let her tears fall.
-DG-
"How do we tell Sam that the monster that almost killed her escaped from jail?"
Julian looks at his wife in concern. He knew that Brooke was still hurt from her daughter's actions, but for now Leon Sheets and his involvement with Sam was her top priority.
"We have to tell her Brooke. We need to set our emotions aside and deal with the present issue and that's Leroy escaping from jail."
Brooke nods her head and sighs out loud.
"I'm worried Julian. I love Sam and for the first time since she left I wished for her not to come home, ever since I saw the news broadcast."
"I know Brooke. The question is what are we going to tell our daughter? We've all had problems, especially me and I don't know what to tell her."
"We'll get through this Julian. We got through everything else, we'll get through this," Brooke says as she remembers all the things that they had gone through in the years that Sam wasn't at home.
They had gone through so much and they were still struggling with today.
-DG-
After leaving Kelsey's place, Sam couldn't walk the few steps back to her front door. Instead she took the mile or so walk to the river court with a basketball in hand.
The river court had always held a special place in Sam's heart.
It was where Sam and Kelsey had gotten close.
It was where Kelsey had proposed.
So many memories that never got a happy ending.
Sam bounces the ball and shoots. She makes it, but doesn't smile.
It didn't take long for Sam to start playing like she did in high school.
After a half hour Sam fell down on the river court out of breath. She wasn't in game shape at all.
"I figured I would find you here."
Sam turns her head to where Casey's voice had come from.
"Yeah well, basketball, you know?"
Sam sits up on the concrete and sighs.
"So, my fiancé rushed out of the house because Kelsey called him. Do you have anything to do with that?"
"Most likely. I seem to ruin everyone's lives. Lucky me."
"What did you expect Sam? You left and now you finally come back after three years. Did you really think everyone would open their arms up for you? I thought you were smarter than that."
Sam doesn't say anything because she knew that Casey was right.
"I love you Sam, but you made some pretty stupid decisions. You just need to fix them."
"I don't think I can face anybody," Sam whispers as she watches her basketball roll away from her.
"You have to. You owe them that at least."
"I'm just scared."
"I can understand that, but you brought it on yourself besides you are really going to need your family right now," Casey mentions not knowing that Sam had not watched the news yet.
"What do you mean? Did something happen?"
"Lots of stuff has happened, but I'm talking about Leon Sheets."
Sam freezes when she hears the name. She hated that name. She never wanted to hear it again.
"What does Leon Sheets have to do with anything?"
Casey's eyes widen when she realizes that Sam doesn't know a thing. Casey grabs Sam's hand.
"Leon Sheets escaped from jail."
Sam didn't know what to say.