"Five years and that's all you have to say to me?" he asked. Standing so close she could taste his breath.

She wanted to move away from him. But she didn't want him to know just how much he affected her. So she stood right there. She wasn't going to let him intimidate her.


"Well... Is there anything else you want me to say?" she asked 

The side of his mouth moved upwards.

He was smiling? Why the hell was he smiling like that? She thought. She didn't remember saying anything funny.

"You left... Kitty" he said. "I asked you to stay... Begged you to stay... And you left anyways.. With him. And now you come back... Acting like everything is okay between us...?"

There was something about him... She thought. Something about the way he called her 'Kitty' that made her heart flip. He was the only one who called her that. She hadn't even realized how much she missed him calling her that. 

"You shouldn't have gone with him". He said. 

"Oh really? Why not? Because you didn't want me to?" she asked. She was starting to get angry. 

"Yeah that's right" he replied. "And because of what you felt for me -what we felt for each other. When I came near you, you felt an excitement so intense that you ceased to breathe --like you are feeling right now. You wanted me just as much as I wanted you. And that should have been enough to make you stay"

ALWAYS BEEN YOU 

"So my sister called this morning.. She and her son Chip will be coming to visit me". Emma said to Karen as she prepared for work. 


"Oh cool" said Karen. "how long is she going to stay" 


"Just the weekend... Chip has to go to school. I haven't seen them for a while so she decided to come over". Emma said as she put the eggs she had been stirring into the frying pan. "although I have a feeling mom sent her. To check up on me." 


"So I might not be around when she gets here so I'm gonna leave my key at Frank's place. Just in case you are not around to let them in with yours" 


"Is everything okay?" Emma asked her. "You seem distracted " 


"Oh I'm not distracted.. I'm not distracted at all" Karen said. "I was just wondering, isn't there something you wanna tell me?" 


Chapter Three Hundred and Fifty