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Then there is Trask, and he loves me. He’s not using me and there is nothing he wants from me. He loves me for me. He’s a good person.
I have made a life for myself that I can be proud of. Kim would be proud of me.
I’m brought out of my thoughts by a knock on the door. I don’t even think, I just open the door and my old life comes crashing back down on me.
“I’ve told you not to just open the door,” Special Agent Torres tells me. “Always check the peephole.” I laugh at that.
“I keep telling you that my door is too old to have a peephole. See?” I point to the door as I step back and let the two agents in.
“We have news about the trial,” Special Agent Kace says, ignoring what I just said. That gets my attention.
“The trial has been moved up. We will be moving you in two weeks back to Tennessee. The special prosecutor wants to prep you for trial. Anything that you have here that you want to take needs to be ready to go when we get the okay,” Torres says.
“I can’t just leave. I have a life here. I met a man, and he loves me. I won’t leave.” Torres and Kace look at each other.
“We warned you not to make lasting ties. You don’t have a choice in this. If this man is in love with you, then he is in love with your cover and not the real you. It’s better to walk away and make a clean break,” Torres tells me. I don’t want to believe it. It can’t be true. I love Trask and he loves me. No, Trask has a big heart, and he knows the real me. The me inside. The me that loves him.
“If you don’t fulfill your part of the agreement in place with the justice department, then you will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Like Special Agent Torres said, a clean break is better,” Kace tells me and I know my dreams with Trask are gone. No, that’s too painful to even entertain the thought.
“Even if by some chance the justice department decided not to prosecute, you still have some bad men on your trail. You walk away and then you don’t have the protection you have now. You could end up dead just like they tried before or worse.” I know what Torres is talking about. I could have ended up in that human trafficking life. I know too much for that. I know if the men that want me catch up with me, I will be dead. I need to think. I need time.
“I got you. Pack up and wait for your next move.” The two men look at each other and then back to me.
“Don’t do anything stupid, Kelly. There’s too much at stake and too many things could go wrong. You don’t want any innocent bystanders getting hurt.” Kace’s words send a chill up my back. No, that can’t happen, but I will find a way not to lose Trask. The two men leave and I feel like my world just crashed and burned. No, I’m happy and I will not let this destroy what I have with Trask.
Chapter Twenty-One
Trask
I see the Crown Victoria leaving Kelly’s drive and I wonder what a government car is doing all the way out here. I know they like to call them unmarked cars, but they are about as unmarked as a deer with antlers the first day of hunting season. The car sticks out like a sore thumb in these parts.
Kelly knows I am going to show her a surprise today, but she has no idea that I am going to share with her my dreams. I pull into Kelly’s drive and pull up to her house like I always do but Kelly doesn’t come and greet me at the door like normal.
I get out of my truck and walk up the front steps. I walk in the door not knowing what I am walking in on. Kelly is on the sofa with her face in her hands and she’s crying. What the hell? I go to her.
“Darlin’, I don’t know who made you cry but you tell me who it is, and I will whip their ass. I hate coming home to my woman sitting by herself crying.” I pull her up from the sofa and I have her in my arms. She can’t control her tears. Kelly looks up to me.
“I think we’ve jumped into this too fast. You don’t know who I really am. I’m a fake and you need to know that. I could never let anyone hurt you. I just don’t know what to do.” I look down to my woman and let her cry it out. I don’t know what is wrong, but she is making no sense whatsoever. When I left this morning, Kelly was happy.
“Calm down, babe, it’s going to be alright.” I try to sooth my woman.
“No, it’s not. You deserve better than me. I should have never let you get involved with me.” I can barely understand what she’s saying through her sobs. I do the only thing I know to do. I kiss her deeply and passionately. I consume the woman that I love and try to send her the love she needs at this moment. I taste her tears. When we are both breathless, I back away and look down at Kelly.
“You are my woman, and I won’t hear anything else bad about you or about us not being together. We are together and I love you. I will let anything tear you from my arms. Is that plain enough for you? You have no choice. You are mine.” Kelly stops crying.
“You don’t know me,” Kelly says.
“I know everything that I need to know. I know you are the woman I love, and you love me. You have a heart as big as Texas. You may not have been born in my great state, but you got here as soon as you could so that makes you alright. Not everyone can be born here, we must take some transplants.” I laugh and Kelly laughs. It’s not a big laugh, but it’s more than a chuckle. I’ll take it. Kelly has quit crying, and that’s a plus. I can’t stand to see her tears.
“Do you mean that?” I look at my woman and bend down and get a tissue from the tissue box and try to dry her tears from her face.
“Do I mean what, that I love you, of course I do? I love you more than anything and everything in this world. I love you to the moon and back. I always love you more.” I go through every small thing we have argued about as to who loves who more and put her fears away.
“Do you mean that you know everything about me that you need to know?” she asks me with pleading eyes. I don’t know what has brought this doubt on. I thought we were in a good place.
“Yes, I know everything that I need to know. You love me and I love you and that is all that matters. End of story.” I kiss the top of Kelly’s head and then get another tissue and hand it to Kelly. I drop the other tissue on the table. “I can prove it if you come with me.” Kelly looks up at me like I hung the moon, and I can’t wait to show Kelly my dream. “Go and wash your face just a little and grab a jacket.” Kelly doesn’t say anything, she just shakes her head yes. She goes up on her toes and kisses my cheek. I take the tissue from her and I pick the one up from the table and go to the kitchen and throw them away as Kelly walks into the bathroom to wash up a little. I think the woman is beautiful, but I think she needs a minute to get herself together.
I was gone less than eight hours and I come back to Kelly crying. What could have spooked her? I will try to get it out of her later. Right now, I am going to show her what I have been working on.
