I Don't, But I Do

Chapter Five

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Katelyn POV

I sighed. Kendall wasn't answering me, so I decided to give up. My phone rang, and it was the  city calling? What do they want? "Hello?" I heard shuffling. "Ah yes Ms. Tarver, this is concerning your art studio." 

I sighed, "When is it being taken?" The man chuckled, "Actually, it's still yours. Someone bought it back for you and put it in your name." My heart did a leap. "Seriously, who?" 

"The man who did it for you, wanted this to be anonymous. Perhaps investigating your family. I have to go now. Congratulations." He hung up the phone. I was shocked. Who could've gotten my space back for me. The person who was originally buying it, was buying it for like 5 million dollars. 

No one in my family had that much money. So who would've done it? "Interesting." I put my phone on the nightstand and got up off my bed. I went downstairs. 

"Mom guess what?" She look back then continued cooking. "What sweetheart?" I sat on the counter. "You know someone was going to buy my art studio right?" She nodded. "Yes, you told me that." I smiled from ear to ear. "Someone bought it back for me." My mom stopped what she was doing and turned around.

"Wow that's great! Who did that?" I shrugged my shoulders, "I don't know, they said the buyer wanted to be anonymous." She furrowed her eyebrows. "That's weird, but hey I'm glad that you got your studio back." I smiled, "Me too. I really want to find out who did that though."

I walked out the kitchen and turned on the TV. I looked on my phone, debating if I should call Kendall. I shook the thought away and ended up falling asleep. I woke up a little while later and decided to hit the mall.

I went upstairs to see if Holden wanted to go. I knocked on his door and he opened it. "Yes?" I looked him up and down. He was in footie pajamas. "Ummm...never mind, you wanna come to the mall with me?" He thought for a second. "Nah, I'm good. I have other things to attend to." He closed the door.

I swear I heard him playing with bunnies. I went into my car and drove to the nearest mall. I walked in and went to some of my favorite stores. None of them had a good sell going on, so I decided just to walk around. 

"So which one do you want." I turned around and saw Kendall with a little girl. "How about this one." He nodded. "If that's what you want, that's what we'll get." Who was she? I turned around. 

"Katelyn?" I turned around again and looked at Kendall. "Uh hey Kendall." The little girl looked at me. "So this is Katelyn?" He nodded. "Yeah, Kaylie how about you go play." She pulled his arm.

He bent down and she whispered something loud enough for me to hear. "Don't screw it up." He chuckled and nodded. She skipped to the play area and Kendall looked back at me.

"Listen, I'm sorry about what happened the other night." He nodded, "Yeah, yeah it's ok." I gave a weak smile. "You sure?" He nodded, "Yeah I don't wanna talk about it anymore." 

"So what are you doing here?" I asked. "Well, I came to get some stuff for Kaylie because she's staying with me for a year while my mom is in England." I nodded. "Who is she?"

"She's a girl my mom took in a while ago." I nodded, "Who does she see you as?" He looked down and back up. "Um, kind of her dad I guess." My mouth opened a little. "Aw that's nice Kendall. You should cherish that." He mumbled, "Yeah I guess. I don't have much to offer her." 

I crossed my arms. "Kendall you have a lots to offer her, you know that." He shrugged, "Maybe." We sat down at a nearby table. He looked back at the play area and back at me. "So guess what?" I said. He gave me a weird look. "What?" 

"Someone bought my art studio for me!" I squealed. He nodded, "Wow that was nice of them." 

"Yeah it was, but they said the person was anonymous." He shifted awkwardly. "Oh, wow, that's weird." I looked at my hand. "Yeah, someone who did such a nice thing deserves to be thanked." He shrugged, "Maybe, it's someone you never expected to do such a nice thing and they wanted to not only be nice, but prove to their father that when situations like this come up, they won't back down."

I looked at him confused. He looked back up at me and smiled. "Ok that may be the case...but I'm just glad I got it back." He nodded, "I'm glad for you." We sat there for a few minutes in silence. "So, what are you doing today?" He asked. 

I shrugged, "Nothing." He nodded. "Well Kaylie wants you to come over for lunch." I furrowed my eyebrows. "How'd she tell you?" He held up his phone. "She texted me." I laughed, "She has a phone, isn't she like..five?" He nodded, "I know right."

"Well I would love to come over for lunch." He smiled, "Great."

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"I'm glad you came over Katelyn." Kaylie said. I sat down next to her. "Well thank you for inviting me."  She smiled. "I knew Kendall wasn't gonna do it, so I did it." Kendall popped out the kitchen. "Hey!" She put her hands up. "It's true." He rolled his eyes.

I laughed. "Do you like staying with Kendall?" She nodded, "Yeah, this has been the best time ever." She clapped. "He watches movies with me and plays with me." She sighed remembering. "That was very nice of him." He came out and I looked at him.

He blushed. He sat down the sandwiches and sat next to me. "I'm going to the bathroom." Kaylie said. She skipped off. "You have been very nice to Kaylie." He nodded, "Yeah. I've always had a soft spot for her." I nodded and bit my sandwich. "That's good, you let your guard down." He nodded. "Yeah..." 

"You know I could really use your help with her. She needs a woman figure...like you." I nodded, "I would be delighted." He smiled, "That's great." 

"So Brad called me the other day." I said. Kendall tensed. "What the hell? What'd he want." I sighed, "He wanted to take me to dinner." Kendall turned his body toward me. "You said no right?" I rolled my eyes, "No I said yes." He stood up. "After what he's done to me?"

"I'm just giving him a chance Kendall, he may have changed." He threw his hands up. "Bullshit!" Kaylie came back. "Kendall," I hissed. He clenched his fists. "Fine, go get your heart broke by that piece of crap." I stood up. "Why do you care so much?"

He laughed. "You're right, I don't. I don't care about him, or you!" I shook my head. "Well I'm glad we're mutual." He looked hurt. "Why can't I just come and talk to you without arguing." He shrugged, "Because you're always doing some dumb shit." I put pointed at him. "Watch your language." I sighed and looked at Kaylie. "I'll see you some other time ok, when Kendall is not being a jerk. Wait, you always were."

"Yeah a jerk who bought-" He cut himself off. "Bought?" He shook his head. "Nothing." I walked up to him. "Bought what?" He sighed, "I can't tell you." He pushed passed him and walked out the door.

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