I am SO SORRY...here is just a little chapter another to follow in the next few days.
"What have I done? He's too good for me. All I have done these last few weeks is push him away and bite his head off whenever he shows concern for me" Kate thought to herself as she sat by herself in the study well past 11pm. "I don't know what's wrong with me?" Kate stood. Fatigue and exhaustion taking over. She quickly stacked the files she had been working on and made her way over to the doorway. Switching off the light she gathered the courage to go and find Rick.
Kate stood at the door of their bedroom. She watched Ricks sleeping form, his face not as peaceful as it should be. He looked stressed. "It's all my fault" she whispered as a tear made a trail down her cheek.
She made her way to the adjoining bathroom, shed her clothes and regarded herself in the mirror. She looked a mess. She looked hollow, exhausted and pale. She quickly ran a wash cloth over her face and ran her fingers through her hair. Looking at herself in the mirror and shaking her head at herself and what she had done. They weren't meant to have secrets anymore.
After changing into some shorts and a singlet she made her way to her side of the bed and scooted under the sheets. She kept to her side fearing that Rick would want a little space from her. She closed her eyes and almost immediately after she felt a hand snake its way low around her waist. Even when she was shutting him out, he still felt the need to be near her, to protect her and to comfort her.
She covered his hands that rested on her stomach. He'd know soon. She had to tell him, he had a right to know. She just needed a little more time.