Chapter 8: Telling the Truth

A few days later, Kimberly was back on her feet. She was back at the school and she was back in her gymnastics. Kimberly was practicing her new form when Tommy came in. "Kimberly," he called. Kimberly glanced at him before doing a back flip.

"I thought I told you I didn't want to see you again?" She asked.

Tommy let out a sigh. "Kimberly, we really need to talk," he replied. Kimberly did a front flip.

"Yeah? About what? Want to insult me some more? Tell me how a horrible mother I am as well as a horrible friend?" She asked.

Tommy sighed again. "I want to apologize to you about that," he informed. Kimberly jumped off the balance beam, walked by him, and went to grab her towel and water bottle. "I don't get why you were angry with me in the beginning. I should be the one angry," he put in. Kimberly glanced at him again.

"No, Tommy, I'm hurt," she answered.

"Why?"

Kimberly spun around to look at him. "Because you believed in a lie," she replied. She wiped the sweat from her forehead.

"What are you talking about?" He asked.

"I swear, Tommy. I never, ever wrote that letter," she replied.

She looked over at him, pulled on her sweat pants, and sat down to pull on her sneakers. "I couldn't have written you that letter," she put in.

"What?" He asked.

Kimberly bit her lip and stood up. "I was hiding in the Power Chamber at the time, Tommy. I was eight weeks pregnant," she replied. Tommy backed up in shock.

"You were what?" He asked.

She nodded her head slowly. "I was pregnant…a month before that I was attacked. I was being chased down an alley and was attacked," she replied.

"Kim…" he trailed off.

"She's yours."

Tommy looked at her in shock. "She?" He asked. Kimberly nodded her head slowly.

"Her name's Kylie Teresa Hart and she's nine," she replied.

Kimberly pulled out the picture of her and Kylie that was taken on Kylie's birthday. "Why didn't you tell me?" He asked.

"I didn't tell you while you were a Ranger, because it was too dangerous. I was going to tell you after you saved me from my spell, but I saw that you were with Kat and I didn't want to wreck that. A few years later, I tried to find you, but Andros said you were already gone. I wrote many letters to you, but you never answered me," she explained.

"Kimberly…I never got them."

Kimberly looked at him in disbelief. "None of them?" She asked. He shook his head.

"Not one," he replied.

Kimberly bit her lip. "You still have it," he commented. She looked at him confused.

"Have what?" She asked.

He took her hand with the ring on her finger. "You still have the ring I gave you," he replied. Kimberly nodded and pulled her hand away.

"I never took it off," she murmured.

"I want to meet her."

She nodded again. "Come on, I have to pick her up from Jason's," she answered. They walked out of the gym, got into their cars, and drove to Blue Bay Harbor.

Tommy sat in his jeep, watching and waiting. Kimberly got out of her car. "Kylie," she called. Kylie came running out of the house.

"MOMMY!" She shouted.

Tommy looked at the young girl in amazement as she jumped into Kimberly's waiting arms. "I missed you, mommy," Kylie commented. Kimberly kissed the side of her daughter's head.

"I missed you too, baby," she answered.

She looked at Jason when he came out of the house with JJ. "How are you feeling?" Jason asked.

"Better, much better now that I have my munchkin back," Kimberly replied.

Jason looked up to see Tommy getting out of his jeep. "He's here?" He asked. She nodded and set Kylie down on the ground. She kneeled down in front of her daughter.

"Sweetheart, remember that for a long time I've been promising that you'd see daddy?" She asked.

"Yeah," Kylie replied.

Kimberly had Kylie turn around to face Tommy. "Kylie, this is Tommy, your daddy," Kimberly informed. Tommy squatted down to her level and Kylie walked over to him. She reached out and touched his face.

"Hi, daddy," she murmured.

Tommy smiled as she wrapped her arms around his neck in a hug. He stood up with his arms wrapped tightly around his daughter. "My daughter…wow," he pondered. Kimberly smiled to see Kylie so happy to be in her father's arms at last. Jason walked over and placed a hand on Kimberly's shoulder.

"You okay?" He asked.

"Yeah, she has Tommy," she replied.

"And mommy," Kylie called out.

Kimberly nodded with a smile. She felt tears press against her eyes as Kylie held onto her father. Tommy looked over at Kimberly. "Thank you," he mouthed. She nodded her head and bit her lip.