Two weeks later and Kendall has yet to question me further about my relationship with Det. Graves. I know he is dying too though.
"James, where are these shipments supposed to go? I can't read your hand writing." I asked as I placed the order sheets on his desk in front of him.
I watched as he looked them over with a laugh, "Sorry, I was in a bit of a hurry. They go to North Dakota."
I crinkled my nose, "Oh, that's what you think you wrote. Thanks."
Carlos and Logan were gone out of town for a meeting at a potential buyer so work was pretty quiet compared to normal. I guess I never noticed how loud the two of them are until they are not around. I kind of miss it. Remind me of that when I'm yelling at them to shut up later on.
The rest of the work day went by pretty slowly. All of the concepts for everything were done and now we were actually getting shipments in and sending out our products to be put on shelves. It is actually pretty awesome when you think about it.
"You ready to go?" I looked up from my paperwork and smiled a little at the man leaning in the doorway. His hair was slightly messy and he looked incredibly tired.
I nodded and quickly got everything together. "You okay? You seem off."
He just nodded as we walked to the car. The drive home was silent. When we got there it was a little weird because normally either Harper or Maggie or the twos of them are here waiting on their men folk to get home so it was strange to come home to complete silence. Before I could enjoy it Kendall grabbed my hand and pretty much pulled me all the way to his bedroom. He shut the door behind us and threw himself on the bed. I laughed slightly before kicking off my heels and laying down beside him. We were both laying on our sides facing each other. He wrapped his arms around me pulling me against him.
"What's up with this?"
His eyes opened, "I can't want to be close to my girlfriend?"
"No, this is fine. But ever since everything at the police station you have been a little distant."
I felt more than heard the sigh that he let out, "I'm sorry sweets. I never meant to do that. It's killing me not knowing but I know that pushing you will only push you away from me and I guess I ended up doing that anyway."
I pecked his lips, "I want to tell you. You see, when I was fourteen my parents and I were in a car accident. A man intentionally ran us off the road. I don't remember much about the accident. My parents were killed instantly but I was in the hospital for weeks having surgery after surgery to fix my injuries. Well after I was finally able to leave the hospital and after they had caught the man that did it we had to go to trial. I had seen the man's face and could remember that as the last thing I saw before the crash. After he went to prison the system had to find somewhere to place me. Luckily it wasn't that hard once we found my parent's will which gave custody of me over to Harper's parents. Det. Graves was the one that stood beside me during the trial and throughout the whole process. Amway's that's my sob story." I finished with a few tears in my eyes.
Kendall's eyes were big and I couldn't really read his emotions. He placed a couple of kisses on my lips then pulled me even further into his body and buried his head in my neck. I could feel him peppering small kisses against my skin. He pulled away and our eyes met, and I could see the tears threatening to spill from his.
"Baby, I am so sorry. I had no idea."
I placed my hand on his cheek and ran my thumb along his cheekbone. "It's okay. I've made my peace with it. Do I miss my parents? Of course. Do I still have some things wrong physically since the accident, some. Do I wish I could kill the bastard for taking my family from me? Almost every day. However, I know that life moves on and my parents are always with me. I have always felt like they have been watching over me. Giving me the strength to do whatever I needed to do. They are my angels. And you know what else?"
He smiled at me, "What babe?"
"I think they sent you to me. They knew that I was in serious trouble. So they sent me a guardian angel. They sent you." I truly believed 100% that this was all meant to happen. My parents always told me that God never gives you more than you can handle. God has given me a whole hell of a lot to handle but honestly this here, being with Kendall made everything seem completely worth it.
Kendall's lips crashed against mine in a passionate kiss. He pulled away far too fast for my liking. "Ivy, I love you."
Those words made my heart speed up and I knew that this was right, I pulled him in for another long kiss.