"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 

Emma was putting the house in order. Her sister Isabel was coming over today and she was obsessed with every part of the house clean. Emma was fairly neat, but Isabel's kind of neatness was over the top. 


Karen came into the living room "Hey girl... Guess what happened last night?" she said without greeting 


Emma stared at her. "You look super excited. And you know I will never be able to guess right so just spill" 


Karen replied by raising her left hand. On her finger there was a beautiful ring. 


"Oh my God!" Emma cried. Abandoning her cleaning and rushing to Karen's side. "Frank proposed?" 


"Oh and the ring is so beautiful... I'm so jealous..." 


"I knew he was acting all weird about where we were going last night but I had no idea what he was planning...You know Frank can be really weird sometimes.." 


Emma laughed. "I know" she said excitedly. "And I'm gonna be your maid of honour... And your child's godmother." 


Chapter Three Hundred and Fifty One