Hide Your Love Away: book two

Chapter 20

(Paul)

I look up at Prudence, worry in her eyes. "You and George." Her face goes pale and she sits on the floor next to me.

"Paul I...I'm sorry. Nothing happened...nothing was going to happen. I...." I cut her off with a kiss. "I'm sorry darling."

"I know. I believe you Angel." I help her up and take her to our room. I close the door and push her against the wall. I miss the feeling of her skin against mine. I start to untie her wrap-around dress, letting it fall to the floor. She pushes me away.

"I can't Paul... I'm embarrassed."

"About the scars?" She looks up at me with tear filled eyes. "Prudence... like you said. Our daughter lived for five minutes. That scar is a reminder that we can create something beautiful and make another life. I'm sorry if I have ever made you feel ashamed about them. I love every little part of you my angel." She stands on her tiptoes and kisses me and I pick her up carrying her to the bed. I lay her down and she wiggles out of her underwear as I get undressed.

I haven't been with her like this since before that night in New York. That seems like ages ago. I Kiss her lips and moving down to her belly button. "Paul..."I hear her whisper. I move back up and start kissing her neck. Feeling her soft skin against mine, my fingers in her hair, her nails scraping softly against my back. It's like being high but being in control... I love having control. "Paul... I...." She breathes heavily underneath me.

(Pru)

I'm laying with my head on Paul's chest, his fingers lightly tracing the scars on my wrists that have mostly faded. "I love every one of your scars. They prove you're strong."

"You're wrong. They show how weak I've been but I keep fighting. Even though I've lost some battles." He kisses my forehead, then he gets out of bed.

"Let's go for a walk." He says pulling on a pair of jeans. I start getting dressed and then follow him out to a little trail behind the hotel. We walk and talk, making us feel the closest we have in a long while.

We see a tire swing angling from a low branch and he motions for me to sit. I do and he pushes me making me laugh, "Paul this is so childish!" I scream as he pushes the swing and runs under me. He stops the swing and we stare into each other's  eyes, the. He gets down on one knee. "What are you doing?"

He pulls out a ring box and opens it revealing the most gorgeous ring I have ever seen. It's dark silver that looks like a flower stem with buds around it, there is an opal stone in the center of a diamond flower. "My daffodil loving, costume obsessed little angel. I love you with all of my heart, I never really loved anyone before you because all of my love went into my music. I had fun with girls and then I saw you sitting in the crowd.  Suddenly all of our love songs made sense and I had someone to sing for. We've gone through so much and none of that has gotten between us. Prudence Dean Kilby, will you marry me and let me write a lifetime worth of love songs only for you?"

"My Darling... James Paul McCartney nothing in this world would make me happier." He smiles making his cheeks even redder and rounder and he slips the ring on my finger, a perfect fit. "I love you." He pulls me off of the swing and kisses me, I feel so much love in this moment. No matter what we've gone through, everything is in the past.