The weight of a loss

Chapter 11

Rick get out of the building and walked to the loft. He passed behind a flower's store and decided to get in.

- "Hello, what can I do for you sir?" asked the seller

- "Hi, I'd like to buy some flowers for my wife"

- "Sure, what kind of flower do you want?"

- "Hmm" he said taking a look at all the flowers in the store. "These beautiful red roses please."

- "Good choice, women love red roses!" said the seller

Rick paid him and left.

In the street every woman was smiling at him because of the roses. And Rick couldn't wait to offer them to Kate. He used to buy her a present every week, but he stopped when they lost their baby because he didn't know what to buy her anymore since the last things he got to her were some baby stuffs. Now he wanted to do it again because, even if she was in a lot of pain and wasn't the woman she used to be, he loved to bring her presents. He started this when they got married. The first time was for their first week together as wife and husband. He could remember it as if it was yesterday. He bought her a pendant with a heart saying "I love you". She jumped in his arms when she opened the present and was touched by this gift. Next week he offered her a new present just to see her being childish again. And he never stopped doing it.

He knew this time she won't probably react like she used to but he hoped she would just smiled at him. She used to laugh and smile a lot. He missed it.

When Rick came back to the loft Kate wasn't up. He put the roses in a vase on the table and went to their bedroom. He knelt next to Kate and softly kissed her lips. She opened her eyes and respond to his kiss.

- "Hello sleepy beauty" he said while toying with a strand of her hair.

- "Heyy" she said with a little smile.

- "Come here, I have something for you" he said taking her hand and helping her to stand up.

- "What is it?" she asked a little puzzled

- "You'll see! Close your eyes."

- "Rick..."

- "Please Kate, close your eyes."

- "Ok" she said closing her eyes

- "Don't open them" he said getting a little excited by the situation.

He led her to the living room. Once behind the flowers he told her to open her eyes. She did it and saw 20 beautiful big red roses.

- "Oh my god, Rick!!"

She turned to face him and jumped in his arms kissing him.

- "So you like them?" asked Rick looking into her beautiful eyes

- "Of course I do, they're so beautiful! Thank you!"

- "Anything for my beautiful wife" he said and kissed her.

The kiss became harder and Rick slide his hands under Kate shirt. That's when his cellphone rang. Rick grunt and took his phone. He looked at the name, it was Annabelle Clay.

- "Who's that girl?!!!" asked Kate getting angry.

- "No one important." He said answering the phone. "Hello?"

- "Hi Rick, I just wanted to warn you that you forgot your jacket in my office."

- "Oh yes, you're right. I didn't even notice it."

- "I'll be there until 6 pm if you want to come get it."

- "Sure, I'll come later today, thank you!"

- "Okay, bye"

- "Bye Annabelle"