This is the first piece I've wrote, I have been writing it for the past 15 years. It is the start of a novel, I did plan on getting it published. But, I doubt I can with all the lesbian sex involved and that this is a sequel to a book I read and fell in love with. The only resemblances between this book and the other ( Possessions) are the people and the city, all else is completely different. So, since I joined this site I decided to put it up in here. Remember it is a novel, not a quick story.
To explain the start of it, Katherine was married to a unfaithful man Craig. She packed her 2 children and fled Canada, and set up home back in her home town, where her Family and friends were. She did this, because for the last year, her husband had disappeared, and she found out he was running because he had stolen a lot of money from his company. When they moved to her hometown of San Francisco, she found out that this was where her husband's family was from too. Which came as a shock, because he had told her he was an orphan. Over the next year, she basically fell in love with Ross, her husband's cousin, but wouldn't commit until she was finished with Craig and her marriage to him. So this is where it picks up..... Enjoy!! Jenni
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Katherine woke up, sat up and stretched. Now she not only felt she was the picture of total happiness, but knew she was. This was all because of last night's events where she now knew she was totally free of the past. And now could plan an unobstructed future for her children and herself. Craig had finally showed up last night, where both he and she discussed all of the trouble he had been in and all the trouble he had caused when he just up and left them. Not all was bad, because his leaving had turned Katherine into a very independent and strong woman. She herself knew she had grown up a lot, but it just didn't hit her until last night just how much she had grown. Mainly, was when he asked her to come back to Canada and return as his wife. Right then was where she knew that she wouldn't and couldn't ever do that. So, the only other choice for both was to get a divorce. Both agreed that Katherine would have full custody of Jennifer and Todd, and he could have them for visits. At first Craig hated that idea, to which Katherine told him that he'd see them more than he had in the last past 2 years. With that he quickly agreed.
Craig left her apartment at 15 till 6, Katherine then got both Jennifer and Todd up and fed and ready for school. They left the house at 6:30, where she dropped both off and went over to Ross' He greeted Katherine just as she stepped out of her cab, he paid the cabbie, then lead her to his back porch. Once she was relaxing on a lounge chair sipping tea, she told Ross all about last night and Craig's visit. Right after that, she shocked Ross by proposing to him to which he quickly accepted. Then both got involved in a deep and long kiss and hug.
Ross, after they finally broke the embrace, looked at Katherine. Instantly he knew that she hadn't gotten any sleep last night, because she was having a very hard time fighting to remain awake. So, he helped her up and led her into the house, heading for his bedroom. Once there, he lay Katherine down and took her shoes off and tucked her in, then he closed the blinds and drapes kissed her and left for work.
Now awake and smiling brightly, she reached over and called Leslie. Katherine and Leslie were as tight as a pair of sisters at least that's how they thought of each other, and not forgetting Linda.
"Hello?" Leslie answered on the 3rd ring.
"Good afternoon sis, its Kathy hun."
"Well hello there hun. How are you today?"
"I guess you could say both very happy and relieved all at once."
"Well now dear that's wonderful! So, tell me sis, what happened to bring on those feelings." To that Katherine told Leslie all about the last 2 day's events. Telling Leslie she knew she had changed a lot, and everyone else telling that to her. But she found out for herself just how much when Craig asked to come back with him." Dear that was when I knew I could never be anything again with him." Then Katherine told Leslie about her having full custody and both agreeing to a divorce. Then she saved the best for last, which were this morning's events and her proposal to Ross.
"Great! Very good for you lady! I'm very proud of you dear. So, you are going to get married to Ross. Have you both set a date yet?" Leslie asked.
"No sis, we haven't got that far yet hun. Look dear tonight we all are going over to Victoria's for dinner. Why don't you and Claude come with us? I just remembered something and I need to discuss it with the 3 of you. Ross said we are leaving here at 8."
"Oh we'd be glad to sis. We'll come over at 7:30 then."
"That sounds great sis. Well I'll see you then dear. I love you."
"I know hun. And you know that I love you too dear." Leslie told Katherine and the hung up. Then Katherine stretched back out on the bed, she happened to look over at the clock, where she was surprised it was 15 till 5.
20 minutes later, Ross and their four children entered the bedroom with her., where they all came over and hugged and kissed her.
"Well dear, it's nice to see you finally rejoined the waking world." Ross joked with Katherine as he sat down on the bed beside her.
"Mom, is it really true? That we all are going to be a family?" Jenny asked her mother.
"Yes babe. We all 6 will have that part of our lives restored something we've all missed for a very long time now." This to that both Jenny and Carrie started crying happily, both girls reached over and hugged and kissed Katherine. When the girls finished, Ross and the boys took their turns also.
"Dears can I asked you 4 something?" Ross asked looking at their children. They all said yes and waited. This is where he asked if they would mind going in the den and watching TV. As so both he and Katherine needed to talk alone for a few minutes. All four got up and hugged and kissed them and left, closing the door as they left the room.
"I can see those 4 are just as happy as I am." Katherine told him smiling.
"That is very true love. But I think you mean as happy as we both are." Ross corrected her as they kissed. When they broke the embrace, Katherine told him that she had invited Leslie and Claude to join them at Victoria's that night, because she had a very big issue to discuss with all three of them.
"That's fine dear. Look hun, I'll carry you 3 over to your place, where you can get all you 3 need for a few days, then you all will stay here with me, Carrie and Jon. How does that sound?" To which Katherine was all for that idea. So, both called for their kids, to which all 4 entered fast and sat down on the bed with them. Then he told them the plan, which they were going over to Katherine so those 3 could get packed for a few days and would be staying with them here. He told both Jenny and Carrie that they would use the spare bedroom, and that the boys would sleep in the den.
Once at the apartment, they got packed up, then as they were leaving, Katherine stopped by Annie's and told the girl that they would be gone for a few days. Then she asked her to keep an eye on things for them. Annie said she would, and they left headed back to Ross'.
"It's impossible for me to believe that you 3 live in that tiny apartment. Because it barely has room for one person, and all 3 of you live there, I know it has to be rough on each of you." Carrie said.
"Yes, it is very tough. I know that I still long for the space of our old house. Not to mention that I miss my own room."
"True sis, but I guess I have gotten used to that apartment." Todd said.
"Yes dears. I can agree with you both on all of those points. But I also hope you both can understand that dears I could only afford that place when we got here. I have for a while now been feeling terrible for putting us into that spot. I could have been looking for a larger one for us." Katherine turned around and told her children.
"Mom that's one thing you don't have to feel bad about. We both fully understand that, not to mention that we both are very proud of you also. I think we all know that you had never been put into a position where you were tested just to see what you were capable of doing on your own." Todd explained.
"We both were secretly very sacred as to how we all would end up." Jenny was saying and reached over the seat and hugged her mother. "When dad up and left us, we both thought we all were in very big trouble, and that was it. But you really surprised us and a lot of other people, because you use everything you could and more. To me, no matter what anyone says, I'd have to look back and say you did it perfectly. Even though I know we both were uncontrollable at times, all I can say is thank you." Jenny finished.
"Very nicely put you two. I couldn't have said that any better. She has been a very determined force since you all moved here. She didn't want any help at all, had her mind made up on doing it all by herself and that's exactly what happened." Ross agreed with Jenny and Todd.
"Ok you 3, please stop, all of you are going to make me cry!" Katherine choked out, wiping the tears from her eyes. Ross grasped and held her hand and smiled, and then he shocked all of them a minute later.
"Well I have some great news for you hun and both of you Carrie and Jon. This is your mother decided to give me full custody of both of you. I think she has finally realized that you both were very unhappy there and neither of you liked Guy at all. So dears you don't have to worry about that anymore."