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Shawn and Margaret looked up to see Michael running towards them. He was smiling from ear to ear.
“Whoa son,” he said as Michael hopped on the couch. “I take it everything’s alright?”
“Uh, huh,” he replied happily. “Miss Kim and I had a fun time talking. She’s great dad! She loves wrestling a lot!” Margaret beamed as Shawn smiled at his son.
“Oh, really?” he asked grinning.
“You’re her favorite wrestler, course you already knew that. She told me the story of how you two first met.”
“Oh…did she now?” he asked shooting his mother a look that clearly said ‘I don’t know’. She smiled and shrugged her shoulders as the boy continued to talk excitedly.
“Dad, you knew all along that she liked you didn’t you dad? You saw all the shirts!”
“Yeah, I did but its not everyday that you run into your biggest fan.”
“Well, after tomorrow I’ll be your biggest fan. Miss Kim better watch out!” They all laughed as Kim entered the room.
“Miss Kim! You’re back! I was just telling dad about our talk.”
“Are you picking on me again Michael?”
“Aw, no. I would never do that,” he grinned. Shawn looked up Kim and shot her an approving smile before mouthing the words ‘thank you’. She smiled and nodded his way before turning his attention back to his son.
“Well son, I think it’s time that I get back to the hotel. Your dad’s got a long, tiring match to compete in tomorrow night and I need to be ready. Plus, I think we need to give Miss Kim a break. She’s been putting up with us crazy people all day.”
“Aww, do you really have to go?” he groaned.
“Yeah, but tomorrow’s the big day so you’ll get to see me perform in front of thousands of people.”
“Yeah, you’re right,” he said dully. “Miss Kim…will I get to see you again?”
“Oh of course! You’re one of my new best friends now.”
“Yeah, but I mean after Wrestlemania. Will you come by the house and visit sometime? We have lots of room so you could spend the night and I could show you around. It’ll be great!” he said excitedly. Margaret looked up at the ceiling smiling while Shawn and Kim exchanged nervous looks.
“Well, uh…that would be up to Kim and…I think…”
“Please Miss Kim?!? That way, I’ll have someone to watch wrestling with. I don’t have any brothers or sisters and mom…well, she hates wrestling,” he said gloomily.
“I would love to visit sometime,” she replied nervously. “I don’t know when it’ll be because of my classes but I promise you that we’ll get together and do all the fun things that you want to do. How does that sound?”
“Cool! Alright, then. Just make it soon alright?”
“Got it!” Shawn stood up after hugging his son and mother. “You two take care and mom, thanks for dinner…and everything else. I needed this,” he whispered in her ear.
“Oh, anything for my boy. Kim, you come back anytime and I do me ANYTIME alright? Night lovies!”
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“Shawn I had a great time tonight. That was the most fun I’ve ever had at a dinner,” she said shortly after they had pulled out of the yard.
“I’m glad sweetie. You know, you were great with him…my son. I’ve never seen him take to anybody so quickly.”
“I was just…”
“Being yourself and you were great. There were times tonight when I thought about dropping dead. A lot of things…caught me off guard. This morning…he asked me was I getting a divorce,” he said sadly.
“Aw, Shawn I’m…”
“It’s ok. I just…I wasn’t expecting that. He’s 13 and I realize that children aren’t stupid but a divorce…His mother must have really been riled up when she called him last night. I feel so bad because it was my fault…”
“No. I refuse to let you keep blaming yourself. Your son worships you and if your wife was smart, she’d take a number out of her son’s shoes.”
“Kim, can we maybe, go to the park and talk?”
“Sure. It’s not like I was actually going to go to bed,” she grinned.
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A few minutes later, Shawn had parked near the Cedar River Park and he and Kim were walking along the nature trail hand in hand.
“I hope you don’t mind walking with me. I just needed some air…and I didn’t want to be alone.”
“Oh, Shawn, it’s ok. You know me, I’m a night person,” she said grinning. They strolled along casually in the cool night air, every now and then chancing a glance at one another. Kim laughed when their eyes finally met.
“I was wondering how long before our eyes met,” he said grinning.
“Yeah, me too. But you know, it’s kind of hard not looking at you.”
“That’s what my mother said about you earlier tonight.”
“Oh really?”
“Yeah, she said a whole lot of things that she probably should have kept to herself.”
“But I like your mother! She’s so much fun.”
“Yeah,” he groaned, “but she talks too much and she can be a little mean. She told me that she wanted to shove Rhi over a cliff!”
“Ha ha ha. You’re right; that is kind of mean,” she said laughing.
“I probably would too, honestly, if I knew it would knock some sense back into her.”
“Sense is definitely something she’s lacking.” Shawn stopped in his tracks and looked away from her. “Oh…oh, Shawn I…I’m sorry. I didn’t mean…”
“No, it’s fine sweetie. I just…I don’t understand what went wrong you know. I’m always trying so hard to make things right, to make her happy. I guess I didn’t do everything that I could.”
“Shawn, you are the sweetest man I’ve ever met. I know it can’t all be your fault that things are the way that they are.” He turned away once more but she turned him around, making him face her.
“You look at me. You have done nothing wrong. Your son loves you and worships you because he can see just as well as I that you are a good man. Your wife…I wish I knew what was going on in her head but I just don’t know. I personally think she’s being selfish.”
“Kim…don’t…I mean, I hear you but maybe it is me. After all, I am never home…”
“But she told you herself that you could go back.”
“Maybe it was just a test.”
“Why is she testing you?”
“I have no idea.”
“Then don’t worry about it.”
“How can I not worry?” he asked angrily, pulling away from Kim. “When I get back home to Texas…who’s to say it’ll even be a home anymore?”
“According to your son, it hasn’t been a home for quite a while now,” she replied hotly.
“What else did he say to you?”
“Never mind that.”
“Kim…I brought you here because there are some things we need to talk about…get out in the open.”
“Yeah, like what?” she asked angrily. Shawn ran a hand through his golden locks before turning back to Kim.
“Us.”
“What about us?” she pressed.
“I have been going over things in my head and I just don’t know…we both know that I am married.”
“Yeah, thanks for the reminder.”
“And I love my wife,” he said softly.
“I’m sure you do.”
“You’re saying it as if you don’t believe it.”
“No, you got it all wrong. You see, I do believe you love your wife it’s just that I question the ‘how much’ part.”
“What do you…?”
“How much do you love your wife?” Shawn let out a sigh before looking up at her, slightly annoyed.
“I love her and that’s all that matters.”
“I see,” she replied curtly. “So where are you going with this?”
“I…don’t…really know. I mean, you know that tomorrow night is the big night and after that we will both be going our separate ways.”
“Yeah…”
“So what happens to us?” he demanded.
“You’re asking me as if….” She stopped herself and started walking away. Tears started streaming down her face and she was angry at herself. She had always dreaded the moment when she would have to let Shawn go and tonight was that night. She should not have let herself get so attached.
“Kim…Kim please…wait!” Shawn ran and caught up with her, grabbing her arm but she snatched it away.
“What have we been doing all this time Shawn? Tell me! What have we been doing?”
“I wish I knew.”
“I can’t…blame you because I knew…I knew you were married before I met you. It’s just…now that I’ve seen you again and things have happened between us…it feels like we’ve both been cheating each other,” she cried. There was a loud crash of thunder and the rain began to drop hard from the sky. Neither one moved from their spot.
“Kim…”
“Just hear me out,” she cried looking up at him tearfully. The rain started to get heavier and heavier. Her hair and clothes were now drenched but she didn’t care. It was now or never. “Shawn, last year after you left, I stayed in my dorm room and cried for a week. I didn’t know why…I couldn’t explain it. I’m sure you went home to your wife without another thought of me,” she said coldly.
“No…that’s not true and you know it,” he glared. “I thought of you all the time but secretly…on the job…anytime when I was away from home.”
“And I thought of you too! All the time…and when Jeff moved nearby he helped me get through this and we became really close.”
“Yeah, I figured that part out on my own.”
“But I...when I went with him to Atlanta, I knew that I’d probably be seeing you and when I did, I forgot all about Jeff! Ever since that night…that kiss, it’s been the same thing all over again. You are constantly on my mind Shawn and I’m finally ready to admit it.” Shawn stared at her as it dawned on him what she was trying to say.
“Kim…wait, please don’t tell me that…” His face went pale.
“Shawn, I love you,” she cried. “I love you so much that it hurts me to be around you sometimes.”
“Kim, you should not have…” he replied sadly. There was another loud crash of thunder making her jump a little but she stood her ground. A tearful Shawn just stared at her sadly.
“No, I need to get everything off my chest. The night…at the dance, was the night that I finally realized how much I loved you. Jeff…even Jeff could see it and that’s the night when we said our good-byes.”
“You and Jeff are through?” he asked softly.
“Yes, we’re through! My heart…he knew that I cared about him—still do, but not the way I care for you. I’m in love with you Shawn and have been since the day I laid eyes on you. It hurts me, like right now—it’s killing me to be here with you knowing that your heart lies somewhere else…”
“But it doesn’t!” he shouted angrily. “My heart lies right here with you and it’s wrong!”
“Don’t you think I know that? I’ve known all along how wrong it was to lust after a married man, but it’s not lust anymore Shawn, it’s love.”
“You can’t be sure…”
“I know it is and you love me.”
“But…”
“You can deny what you want. We’ve both been around each other long enough to know what the other is feeling. But you know what? I’m not even the least bit upset that you have your wife waiting at home. You know why?” she demanded.
“No.”
“It’s because after spending so much time with you, your son, your mother, Jeff…I’ve learned some things about myself that I never knew before. I’ve become a stronger person—not afraid to take risks and step out of the box every now and then. I may be leaving Orlando without the man I love but I have no regrets. I don’t regret meeting you. I don’t regret falling in love with you and your family. I don’t regret my relationship with Jeff and I sure as hell don’t regret being here tonight with you.”
Shawn looked down at the ground crying softly. What to do? What to do? Before he could reply she walked up to him and grabbed him, pulling him into a passionate kiss. He wrapped his arms around her and responded hungrily, running his hands down her back, pulling her closer as the rain steadily poured. Not even a second later, the kiss ended as she pushed away from him. She looked up at him tearfully before running up the path towards the city streets.
“TAXI!” she yelled.
“NO…KIM WAIT!” he yelled running after her but it was too late. She had got inside the taxi and they drove off before he could reach her. Shawn just stood there in the rain crying silently as the woman who had poured her soul to him left for the last time.
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AN:Sorry for the long long LONG delay but I have decided that I need to do better this semester. That being said, I can't write and update as quickly as I would like. I need to get my GPA back up to a 3.8. Yeah I'm a nerd but I'm ok with that. I'll try to post another chapter in the next few days or so. Thanks for reviewing. Vampess, thanks for all your nice comments! :]
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