The Decks and the Road
Renegotiating
Kaylin
Chapter 19- She Leaps
Wood- I woke up
beside her. It was a call almost like
the first. Her words had kept me in
limbo the whole way. “I need you” was the size of it. I still don’t know why she called, but she
knew I would come. I was wearing my ring
when I came. I’d been since the day I
found out she was Meg, but her hand was still empty. I take it she’s not going in, or she’d be up
by now. I hadn’t planned accordingly,
and would eventually have to leave, but I pulled her as close as I could. I was still fully dressed in the jeans I had
dragged on, and she was still half naked.
We’d prayed together in bed many times before, but I could tell that her
faith had shrunk just a bit, and I prayed silently for us. Soon she was awake and I tried to make my
move to leave, but she begged me not to go.
“You know
I can’t be your boyfriend and the husband you don’t want all at the same time.”
“I’m sorry
I hurt you.” It was the first time she’d
acknowledged my hurt. I thought I would
have to beg her for it, but there it was.
I wanted to see her face when she said it, but it didn’t play out that
way. I also wanted to live in the moment
for a minute, but she sprang up from the bed and headed for the bathroom. When she returned I was sitting on the bed
tying my shoes.
“Go ahead
ask me.” She was holding her ring out in
front of me. My head dropped and I
couldn’t hide these tears like the ones I’d hid during the night.
“Is this
why you called?”
“No, but I’m
ready.”
“Ready for
what?”
“To be
your wife again.”
“What
happened last night Kayla?”
“I’m not
ready to talk about it.”
“So we
should just jump forward.”
“You
obviously thought about us back together again.
So why are you being so difficult?”
“Because I
don’t ever want to go down this road again, and we can’t just pretend that we’re
not standing here.”
“We won’t. I promise.
Just ask me.” It was no use
fighting her. Whatever the reason, it
had led to this moment, and it was the moment I’d hoped and prayed for. The first time I’d made a silent proposal,
but this time I knelt before her. The
moment my knee hit the floor all my terror and anguish came gushing out. I hadn’t let anyone see or hear of it. She should have remained standing, but we had
come face to face.
“I love
you. I love you like I’ve never loved
anyone, and you’ve never been the husband I don’t want.”
“Would you
have me as your husband?”
“Yes.”
“Til death
do us part?”
“Forever.” She whispered the word right into my ear, and
it was all I could hear for the next few minutes. It was still a work day, and I couldn’t just
bail out. I had about twenty or thirty
minutes to spare, and we spent them wiping each other’s tears, confessing our
love, and making promises. Finally when
our love had swollen to a size beyond my grip, I bailed out on my partner with
nothing but a text, “I have an emergency…
Can you cover me?”
Renegotiating Kaylin, a novel
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