Chapter 6
Spring time in Florida can be pretty warm, but there was a bit of a chill on this night forcing Kerry to suggest they move inside.
Kerry began to clean up the after dinner mess, Kim tried to help but Kerry insisted on doing it herself, once Kim was certain there was no winning this fight she asked if Kerry would mind if she looked around the house, admiring the charm of the old home.
"Go ahead, I've got no secrets to hide" quipped Kerry.
Kim found herself in Kerry's office. 'She may say she has no secrets to hide but her son hinted there may be one', Kim thought to herself remembering what Henry had said to Kim when they first met.
Sure enough, she found 3 framed pictures of her and Kerry together on the book shelf. Well, actually it was two of them together and one of Kim alone that Kim was unaware of when and where it was taken. She had picked it up to get a closer look to see if there was any clues, it was such a haunting picture of her she thought, She was sitting in an overstuffed chair looking out a window her head propped up on her hand the sunlight framed her hair perfectly giving her an halo effect.
"I love that picture of you" Kerry's voice startled Kim who was completely unaware that her ex had even entered the room.
Kim immediately returned the photo back to its place on the shelf.
Kerry had made her way over to Kim's side "Do you remember that day? Kerry asked
Kim just shook her head, "No, not at all where was this taken?"
"It was that weekend you and I visited that B&B in Wisconsin, it was supposed to be a romantic weekend where I had planned to confess my love for you, but it ended up with us fighting because I freaked out when you decided to surprise me and arrived at the hospital to pick me up."
Slowly, Kim began to remember the incident Kerry was describing.
"You said you were going for a walk but after you failed to return an hour later I found you in the pallor just staring out the window. I was awestruck by the moment and snuck back to the room to grab the camera, you never even knew I was there."
Kerry had reached out to gently touch the picture outlining Kim's image with her finger.
"A week later we were over."
Kerry brought her hand back to her side. Kim turned to Kerry and reached up to her face, lifting Kerry's chin to allow her head to tilt up and meet her in a kiss. It was quick and Kim instantly thought she may have just made a huge mistake.
"God, I'm sorry Ker, I didn't mean to do that" Kim stepped back to allow some space.
"It's ok, it was bound to happen sooner or later" Kerry soothed, "I'm pretty hard to resist." Kim just rolled her eyes and smiled at the other woman.
"The truth is, I was planning on kissing you tomorrow, right before I asked you to consider extending your visit. I think I only need 7 days to convince you that you need me in your life."
