After talking for hours, the two women walked back to the compound. As they walked in front of Kate's new house, Beth stopped and looked at her.
"I want to thank you for walking with me. I had a good time. It's nice to talk about these things with another woman. Men don't seem to get it sometimes."
"Yeah, you're telling me." Kate replied with a laugh.
"It's just nice to finally match a face with a name." Beth let out.
"It was great to talk to you as well. I found it pretty therapeutic. If I stay around for awhile, we will have to do it more often…"
And with that, the front door opened and Richard walked out.
"Kate, Beth. How is everything? I just stopped by to talk to you and Jack, Kate. I'm sorry to not be of much help, but there doesn't seem like there is anything for any of us to do. You guys will just have to wait out your stay."
"I understand, Richard. But maybe we are here for a reason. Maybe we won't leave until we get answers." Kate tried to fish anything she could out of him.
"That might well be, but I'm not going to go there tonight. Maybe if you stick around over the next few days, you'll get something." Richard smiled. He then nodded a goodnight to Kate and walked down the pavement.
"Well I better go talk to him. See if he has anything important to tell me. I will see you tomorrow, I hope." Beth gave Kate a smile and then sauntered off, leaving Kate standing alone on the front porch, watching with a strange feeling in her gut. Something was not right, but what? Hopefully she could figure out what was going on here.
"Richard, what did you talk to Jack about when you were there?" Beth asked out of curiosity.
"Basically just what I told Kate. And then we just talked about how everything was going in the present time for them. I wasn't able to get anything I didn't already know out of him."
Beth nodded. Richard knew something was on her mind. He tried so hard to avoid this moment, but now was the time.
"So, you spent the day with Kate. How did it go? What did you tell her?"
"Nothing about the future. Don't worry. But she did ask me about my past and how I arrived on this island…" Richard stopped everything he was doing, and looked at her dead in the eye.
"And what did you tell her?"
"I told her the truth. I told her how my mother is in prison. My father is dead. Basically how my life was a failure and how much I resent them." Beth let out in one breath.
"So you didn't…"
"No. I didn't tell her. I was too scared. This is too much for me, Richard. I've wanted this moment for my entire life, but now that it's here…It's just too much." Beth's voice cracked. She looked away as a tear fell down her face. "I wish Danny were here, instead of visiting Ben and Hugo. He would know what to say."
"I know this is going to be hard to hear, but I have been thinking a lot about this…"Richard put a hand on her shoulder causing her to turn around.
"…You have to tell her."
"I can't." Beth stammered.
"You have to. If not for your own sake, at least for hers."
"But what if she hates me. I can't handle that. It's too much."
"Beth you have to do it….You have to tell Kate that you are her daughter."
*Thanks for the reviews guys. Some of you guessed correctly! The next chapters will have Kate's reaction as well as a view into Beth's earlier life.*