Second chances Book 5/6

Chapter 10

Kate stares at the girls without saying anything, watching them, waiting. Abigail's attitude towards Bethany, the way this one protects her permanently, Kate guesses that something happened to Abigail, imagining that she lived in England before fleeing to France. She knew a specific moment in time, her concert. Until her concert, Abigail was still in England. According to what she said on the Sam Hedges show, she's been with Bethany for at least two years, otherwise she would have been working out longer, so, Kate analyzes, something happened to her between 2018 and 2020. Abigail's love for Bethany was beyond reason. Did she save her life? They never separate from each other. If Bethany has a benevolent look at Abigail, she completely idolizes the one she calls her sister. Oh god, it was coming!

"Excuse me," said Kate, standing up abruptly, startling Tilly as she ran into her room to come back with a notebook and settle down on the couch and start writing. "Damn it!" she said aloud, turning a page, tapping with her left hand and noting with the other. Finally dropping her notebook on the coffee table, she returned to her seat. "Sorry! It takes me like a flash, and I have to note everything as long as it's there.

— Uh, what is it?" asks Tilly, curious.

"Words, music. My brain is working in background like it's making a puzzle. He collects bits of sentences, sounds, emotions and puts up his thing in his corner then he gives me lyrics, melodies.

— Ah, and, uh, is it normal? Is it like that for all musicians? asks Tilly again, intrigued.

"I don't know, Tilly. That's how I function.

— Can I look?

— Of course."

Tilly gets up and reads the few sentences, looks at the notes.

"For now it doesn't mean anything, it's completely out of context," apologizes Kate.

"It's so sad," cries Tilly.

"Tilly," said Kate, taking her hand, "you have such a pure and beautiful heart. You are a beautiful girl, you have such sensitivity."

Later that night, Abigail walks out of the bedroom, ecstatic, sated with sex and love, and steps out into the garden to relax, heading to the lamp post by the pews when she sees Kate already occupying the spot.

" Hey. You don't sleep? Did... with Tilly we have you... uh...

— No, do not worry, smiles Kate, I write.

— Oh, I'll leave you then, I'm going to do some sport to relax.

— Don't you just do it?" she asks with a mischievous smile on her face.

"Uh..."

Abigail is flushed with shame and slowly backs away.

"Don't be silly, it's the only source of light, do what you wanted to do here, you don't bother me.

— All right."

Forgetting that she's only dressed in mini-shorts and a razor-sharp crop top, Kate can see the slenderness of her body and her muscularity as she practices her Tai Chi movements slowly, concentrating on her breath. Kate takes notes.

"It's really beautiful," she said once Abigail was done.

"It's true. Those are the first moves Bethany taught me.

— Hence their importance to you.

— Indeed. I'm sorry about earlier. I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable.

— Don't be ridiculous Abby. Your past makes you the person you are today. You are a fantastic person. Your family is the most amazing I've ever seen. Everyone has a shitty past. Mine isn't rosy, and I wish I had a Kara and a Bethany in my life. Even more a Tilly. She is the one who calms you down just as you do her good. You are so beautiful together.