Hey Hey, the chapter all have been waiting for :) Am not entirely sure where i am going to go with it after this, but there will be at least one more chapter (possibly more) and maybe a sequel. Any suggestions are welcome and once again thank you for the reviews.
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Chapter 20: Home Sweet Home
Catherine sat on the floor of the departure lounge in tears for minutes, hours. She didn't know how long. At some point she picked herself up, went back to her car and drove herself home although she could not remember doing it.
By some miracle she made it home in one piece. She felt physically and emotionally exhausted and although the hysteric sobs had stopped a while ago, silent tears still crept down her cheeks. She knew that she should go back to work but she couldn't face it. Instead she took a sleeping pill, since she knew she could not get to sleep without it anymore, and crawled into bed, hoping that the heartbreaking pain would go away at least for a little while.
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She wasn't sure how long she had slept, though she knew it wasn't long. A movement on the bed behind her awoke her from the drug-induced slumber. Turning to look over her shoulder she noticed someone sat quietly on the edge of her bed. Even in the darkness she recognised the silhouette instantly.
"Sara?" She whispered. The figure turned towards her.
"I turned off your porch light." She stated. Catherine sat up and reached out, lightly trailing her fingers down the girls face. She had to make sure that her eyes were not deceiving her.
"You came back?" Cath couldn't seem to find her voice.
"I could never forget you." The young brunette leant forward to catch Catherine's lips in a short sweet kiss and it was then that Cath noticed the tear tracks down the girls face. The older woman used the pad of her thumbs to wipe them away before kissing her softly again. "I love you." Sara whispered. It took Catherine a whole minute for this to sink in before she launched herself at Sara, wrapping her arms tightly around her neck.
"I love you too. Don't ever leave me, never ever again." Cath sobbed against Sara's shoulder, clutching her clothes. Sara held her and rocked her softly.
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After a few minutes Catherine removed Sara's jacket and tugged her under the covers, where she nestled herself into the crook of her neck. She could not describe how good it felt to be back in Sara's arms again, to feel her hot breath against her face, to taste the skin of her neck beneath her lips. "Don't ever leave me Bella." She murmured, snuggling impossibly closer and falling into a natural sleep for the first time in what felt like forever.
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Lindsey had awoken to a sound she had become accustomed to. Unsure of whether her ears were playing tricks on her she lay very still and listened. The front door opened and closed. She had heard her mother come home a little while ago so she knew it wasn't her and her grandmother wouldn't be going outside at this time. Quiet footsteps climbed the stairs and approached her bedroom. She closed her eyes and tried to breathe quietly as her door creaked open and someone tiptoed over. She recognised the sweet scent of the person who bent down and placed a kiss into her hair before leaving again. She had not imagined it. Sara had come home.
Climbing out of bed she crept down the hall and listened outside her mother's bedroom door to the hushed voices. Everything went quiet for a few minutes so she opened the door and was met with a sight that she had wanted to see all week. Sara and her mother were curled up together. Smiling to herself, the little girl clambered onto the bed and snuggled under the blankets between the two sleeping women.
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