Ten minutes later the SUV stops in front of Kate's apartment.
This is a bad idea Steel! My subconscious has now completely given up on reading her copy of Sense and Sensibility and is now siting with her arms folded. Glaring at me over her half moon specks, like an angry librarian. He's going to be beyond mad at you! Get your ass back to Escala!
Before I can even try to make a snappy reply to her Kate has already swung the SUV's back door open and is hugging me in a very un-Kate like way.
It doesn't take me long to relies that some thing is really wrong with Kate. My poor best friend is busy crying her eyes out, and for the first time ever she doesn't look like the beautiful, strong and confident Kate Kavanagh I have come to known.
"Oh Ana, its all my fault!" Kate whispers in my ears in between tears.
"Kate what one earth is going on?" I say while trying to comfort her.
"El.. Elliot….. he.. he.. he… d.. d..dumped … me!" she manages to say in between her crying induced hiccups.
"Oh Kate!"
Kate starts to cry even harder.
"Kate lets go inside the apartment so I can make you a cup of tee." I propose to her, trying to scootch us both out of the back of the SUV.
"No!" she yells out "I can't go back in Ana. He'll be back soon and I can't face him. Please can't we just go to your apartment?!" Kate's blue eyes look so cold and sad, their usual warmth and happiness completely lost.
"Kate, this is your apartment, not his." I try to reason with her but her eyes only become sadder.
"Oh Ana!" she cries out and flings herself into another hug, crying once again into my shoulder. " He moved in about a week ago!" her whole body begins to shake with sobs.
For the first time I don't know what to say. The only thing I can do now is to pull Kate in to a tighter hug in the back of the SUV.
Oh Kate! My loveable Kate! Why do men always break you're heart!
Slowly I push Kate away so that I can look at her tearstained face.
"What you need right now is a hot bubble bath and a good cup of tee." I say looking into her sad teary eyes.
Slowly I pull a seatbelt around Kate and turn to the front of the SUV.
"Prescott, can you please go and get some of Kate's things, she's going to spend the night and I think the rest of the week as well. Also lock up the apartment when your done please." I ask while looking into Prescott's reflection in the rearview mirror. She gives me an irritated look before nodding and getting out of the car.
"Sawyer, take us back to Escala please."
"Yes Ma'am" Sawyer quickly nod his head and changes seats with Prescott before driving us back to Escala.
I have a strange feeling that the usual 30min drive to Escala is going to feel like an eternity.