When I See You Again

XXXI. Leaving

"What happened?" Karen asked her boss as they made their way to Sharon's.

"Nothing, why?" Stevie asked, calmly. She turned her head to meet her assistant to let her know she wasn't hiding anything. But in reality she was hiding more than enough. She let Mick kiss her and if she wasn't paying attention it would have been more than that and she did not know what to do at the moment. She broke yet another vow and she already hated herself for it. She didn't know if she wanted to tell Lindsey or not. It was just a kiss but she felt like she had to tell him. But at the same time she didn't necessarily want Lindsey murdering Mick. She couldn't do, with Lindsey in prison. She knew she was playing with fire the moment, she lied to her husband.

"Just making sure, you're okay. You're quieter than usual," she responded as her eyes fell back to the road.

"I'm fine---just tired, but I have to see the girls. I can have one of them drop me home. It is getting late---we can tell Lindsey you had to get home," Stevie stated.

"Thanks, boss."

...

Stevie knocked on Sharon's door---only to be greeted with a smile and hug as usual. They pecked cheeks and Stevie entered. Lori was already inside and she was drinking as well.

"Hey, how are you?" Lori said happily after Sharon had greeted her.

"I'm... okay," she shrugged.

"Uh-oh, what happened?" the red head sat down and looked way concerned as she did so.

Sharon poured Stevie a glass of wine and waited for her friend to respond.

"Well, I guess I have to be honest with somebody..." she huffed. "Mick and I almost had an affair like less than an hour ago," she assured.

"What?!" the girls exclaimed.

"Stevie, you--"

She cut Sharon off, "I went over to talk to him and apologize because, I needed to for yelling at him and so I went over, then we had some wine and I wasn't  in my right head---he kissed me, and I let him," she hit herself in the forehead. "Then he started trying to touch me and take my clothes off and then I came back to reality and I yelled at him again and then I left," she assured.

"Okay..." Lori paused. "Start from the beginning."

"Yeah, why were you going over to apologize?" Sharon asked.

Stevie bit her bottom lip. She realized she would have to tell the girls all about the heart attack and surgery and the call in which led them to not speaking. Then she would have to explain how Mick was being nosey and then she would have to explain the phone call when she was in the hospital the second time. She went into to detail---answering questions along the way of her health.

"Why didn't you tell us, there was something wrong with you?" Sharon asked.

"That's the thing... I planned on telling nobody. The only people who knew, was Karen, Elijah, Lucy, Lindsey and I. I wasn't planning on telling a soul. But I had to call Mick about canceling the tour. I can't tour right now and the doctor assured, I shouldn't."

"Still, what if something worse would have happened?" Lori asked.

"Well, then I wouldn't be here, would I?" she smirked. "Look that is in the past, already and I would like to keep it there, okay? Right now, what I need; is to know what to do. Should I tell Lindsey?"

At the same time, Lori said no and Sharon said yes.

"Gee, thanks," Stevie rolled her eyes.

"Look, it was just a kiss," Lori said. "It wasn't sex---that is different."