Dancing with the Stars

Chapter 42

The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Kendall had all the evidence.

It's been several years that Kendall married Dani. A glorious wedding at the chapel. All his friends join him in celebrating. Then a week away at the lodge that George lent them. It was up in the mountain surrounding Los Angeles. It was gorgeous and a wonderful week away. Kendall settles into marry life. Mr. Anderson said he would blend in more if he got married. So, he did, and he hated living a lie. It was supposed to make him look normal in the eyes of others. But Kendall was not normal. He has never been. Most guys his age already succeed in family and kids. Kendall hated it. It made him mad inside. The constant nagging of the wife. The crying of the kids. Dani was busy with the two girls. Melody was four and Carly was three. They were always crying and fighting. The girls could never get along. Kendall spent his time at the theater. Party with George, Frank, and Bob. His party buddies. When Kendall party late he would crash at his old apartment. It was easier than going home to a nagging wife. Dani was always complaining about him party with his friends.

Mr. Anderson was pressing Kendall for information on the communist sympathizer. The list that Mr. Anderson gave him so many years ago. Kendall had all the evidence he needed. The only reason Kendall didn't give it to him was that it involves his friend George. Kendall knew that if it came down to it, he would give him the list. It was his get out of jail free card. He did give Mr. Anderson names of the ones who weren't his friends. Hoping that it will buy him more time. Kendall always planned ahead. Thinking of different scenarios. It is what he was good at. Kendall finish at his job at the theatre and was meticulously putting away his papers, tidily up his desk. He needed to get home and relieve the babysitter. He knew that Dani had already gone to work. The girls were old enough to be watch by a babysitter. Dani enjoys working at the research facility. Working there made her more pleasant to deal with. Kendall could always gleam information from her about the facility. He stood up. Straighten his tie and put on his jacket. Kendall check to see if anything was out of place. Nothing was out of place. Good he thought everything is in order as it should be. He left to go home to the house with the picket fence that he hated. It's what Dani wanted, not him. He still had his old apartment. Where everything was where it was supposed to be. He goes there from time to time when he needs order in his life. It was hard learning to live in chaos. He resented and hated it. Kendall got in his black Chevy Chevelle and head to the house him and Dani share. Hopefully the girls would be calm, and he could get some rest.