Stevie's secret (Mature)

Part 13: This new beginning

By the time Lindsey had got home in the late morning, Kristen had already piled most of his things up in the guest room, not wanting anything to do with him, as she wasn't stupid. She heard him leave in the middle of the night and she watched the clock, only to come to a sad realization that she was never going to win this. The younger woman would never have what Stevie had and as much as it hurt to call the counselor to cancel all future therapy sessions, she did, only to call up her lawyer later that afternoon to start the divorce papers.

Being that Lindsey pretty much owned their house, there was no way that Kristen could literally kick him out, and she wanted to know how they were going to work this out. Was she going to leave or was he? There was a long deep conversation between the two, Kristen asking what she could have done to make things better - to keep him interested in their marriage. Lindsey revealed so much to her and it made her wish that she left him sooner, as all this time he admitted to only marrying her due to her pregnancy with Will. It made him feel like a bad person, a horrible husband, and definitely a dead beat - though that was not true, he just got wrapped up in being with Kristen since Stevie would NOT take him back after she found out he got another woman pregnant. They fought for years about it and of course that's why there ended up being resentment between the two, as Lindsey was so angry that she would not take him back after the news of Will. It hit Lindsey hard, like a bow and errow right through the heart. All he had and still has is love for Stevie.

There was a carnival in town, Isabelle and Steven taking her three young siblings as Stevie stayed back with her Grandson. She told Karen to take them, as she would be fine at home by herself, working on her movie script and being a Grandma. There was nothing else that Stevie loved more than being a Grandma - well besides a mother but she never got to experience that so she was giving all the love she could to watching her daughter's son grow.

She sat in the rocking chair after placing Lindsey down after feeding, placing her glasses on to her nose and opening up her journal, leaning back for a second as she smiled and thought about what happened between her and Lindsey. The way he had made her feel so wanted and still so beautiful, how he could love every new wrinkle and spot - the mistakes she made with him causing tears as she had to reach for a tissue and calm herself down, not wanting to wake her Grandson.

After an hour of reminiscing and writing, Stevie heard her phone vibrating on the table, placing her journal down and taking off her glasses as she saw it was Lindsey. A grin spread across her face as she answered, only to hear him serenading her on the other end.

"I had another dream of you last night

Sailing on a sea of blue

You were grieving for someone else

I was grieving for you

Miss Fantasy, it may be that you don't remember me

But I remember you..."

Lindsey sang the whole song through, telling her how he put it together in such a small time after she told him to "go to hell", hoping to put it on a future album with her harmonies.

"Are you there, angel?" Lindsey asked after he had just told her the long story on the song.

"Of course, I'm right here, baby," Stevie answered as she had been crying.

"Did I make you cry? I'm sorry, beautiful, don't cry."

"So, you put this together right after I told you to "go to hell"?"

"Yeah," he admitted, "I was grieving and thinking that maybe you just began to forget what we have."

"Lindsey, I hardly forget what we've had or what we still have - you just pissed me off...well for the hundredth time."