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“She wasn’t sure who you were, Mr. Mason. Kept saying something about her neighbor… Should we call someone?” They ask, not wanting a scene in their high-end hotel lobby.
“I’ll take care of it,” I murmur. Heading out front I can see Krystal’s given up on the valet and is heading toward the underground lot to get her car.
I want to call out again, but she’s spooked enough.
I had no idea she’d react so badly, but I haven’t had time to explain how simple this whole misunderstanding is.
I won’t have her driving like this either, not when she’s so upset.
But what can I do? I can’t physically restrain her, even if I did catch up to her.
The sound of tires squealing gives me a hint, and finding the exit to the underground garage as the sound of a car gets closer, I can only hope it’s her.
I block the single lane by standing in it, relieved when I see her take the turn and accelerate towards me.
I’m trusting she won’t run me down, but for a moment I’m not so sure.
Either way, I’d rather break both legs or die trying to stop her than have her run off like this.
She hits the brakes and the car skids to a stop, just nudging the front of my shins.
She’s crying, almost hysterical as I open the driver’s side door and switch off the car.
“Let me explain, Krystal,” I tell her, squatting down to her eye level, stroking her hair back as I fish for my ID. My touch seeming to calm her some.
“See. Blake Mason, me,” I tell her.
“When you thought I was your neighbor at the airport, I was so taken with you that I just played along. I was going to tell you straight away, or at least once I got your number. I just got so caught up in you.” I reason.
“But one thing led to another and then there just never seemed to be the right moment to tell you the truth,” I tell her truthfully.
“When were you gonna tell me?” she blubs and I have to admit I don’t really know.
“I’m sorry, there were many times I tried to tell you but...I guess I just got scared you might hate me for omitting the truth. But I was going to tell. And to be honest, I’m a little concerned for your neighbor,” I add, suggesting we look into it ourselves once we...
Or maybe that ship’s already sailed.
She takes my driver’s license and studies it through her tears, listening to me explain everything as she sniffs again and wipes her running nose with the back of her hand.
“So you are Blake Mason?” she asks, and I can guarantee a yes on that one.
“And why not just let me go? Why not just let me run away and go back to being who you really are?” she asks.
“Because I love you, Krystal. I love you more than anything or anyone. And there’s no way or any reason I’d ever let you just walk out of my life. Our life,” I tell her, my own voice cracking with emotion.
My words draw fresh tears from her and she sobs heavily, but in the end, she reaches for me, stroking my face before giving it one almighty slap.
I guess I kinda deserve that.
“Don’t ever scare me like that again, you hear?” she scolds, finding her strength through the tears. Letting me know she’s not going to leave, but putting me on some sort of notice.
“I won’t,” I promise us both. Knowing that I’ll never need to bend the truth with her ever again.
“Can I be completely honest with you right now?” I ask, glad when she nods.
“There are a half dozen cars backed up behind us and I really want to just get you back to our suite so I can finish what we started this morning,” I tell her.
“Are you down with that?” I ask, glancing at the furious drivers, not one of them angry enough just yet to actually honk or get out of their cars to have it out with me personally.
She stabs her head in a nod, sniffing back the last of her tears with a smile playing on her lips.
“Well, don’t just stand there ya big galoot, get in,” she demands, making me smile. My heart is in my throat as I realize for the first and last time just how close we’ve come to losing each other after only just finding one other.
And all because I didn’t want to lose her in the first place by telling her I wasn’t her neighbor.
We manage to get the car back to the valet and parked again, and so I don’t lose her again I scoop her up into my arms, carrying her through the hotel lobby to the nearest elevator.
