Song- now or never - halsey
Katherine walked into work the next day with a spring in
her step. She smiled at security, waved at her office mates
and when she turned the corner into her cubical and
found james standing there looking pissed of she flashed
him a smile and sat down in her chair.
"Hello james how may i help you today?" Her voice was
chirpy and sweet. It supprised her. The lack of hostility
towords him was a shock to him to.
"I want to know why the fucki just got a letter from
my private investigator saying that you had a child" he
roared. Suddenly Katherine didn't feel so happy. Her face
drained of all colour. And she could feel herself becoming
unsteady on her feet.
"I don't know what your talking about James"
"I hired a private investigator to dig into your past after
we got divorced. Sort of. And well i dug that up." His face
was red with rage and Katherine felt eyes on her. she
looked around the office and saw people staring at them.
"James lets take this somewhere private" her voice
was shaky but thankfully he agreed, she led him into
the conference room where they held meetings. When
the door was closed firmly shut she turned to face
him. Raising an eyebrow at him. What was he thinking
the gossip is probably already spreading about her.
She tended to keep her marriage to James out of
conversations so that would be new information for them
all.
"Why didn't you tell me i have a daughter?" His question
is sharp and straight to the point
"James if you hadn't realised you kicked me out with
nothing to my name, you used to be so sweet James i
loved you but now you're filled with hate and i'm afraid
of you. I was afraid to tell you. You are intimidating and
you had already dragged my name through the dirt.
What would you have done tell me. It's not lile you had any
right to be in contact with my daughter after the way you
treated me. And what the hell why did you have a private
investigator on me?" she bites back. He opens then closes
his mouth for a minute obviously thinking.
Katherinestood fuming at the hunk in front of her. He used to bring her flowers. Kiss her cheek while she made dinner. Then on Saturdays he took over in the kitchen treating her like a queen giving her breakfast in bed. What happened to
the man she used to love?
what did he mean sort of divorced?
"You're right Katherine" he breaks the silence. Katherine
looked up surprised at his answer. "I was blinded with
rage i would probably have kicked you out anyway and
left you both." He runs his hands through his hair. He
looks shattered and broken but Katherine wasn't done
she needed more of an answer not this half assed excuse.
she was tired of being shrugged off she needed to know
what he was trying to say.
"So what James you thought you would come in to the
place i work and make an absolute fool of me in front of
colleagues and clients? Telling them you divorced me" she
yells at him.
He looks up from the floor and into her eyes this time
Katherine sees something. Guilt. Oh god what now she
rolls her eyes internally. she could feel tears welling up in
her eyes but she refused to give in to them.
"Um katherine i need to tell you something" he rings his
hands, then fidgets with the button on his grey suit jacket,
she nods signaling for him to keep going. "I um possibly
didn't um put the divorce papers through" he blurts it out
so quickly Katherine thought she heard wrong
"Are you kidding?" Her eyes widen at the thought of still
being married to him. this couldn't be possible she had
signed them and left the house. why would he not submit
them?
"No i'm not Katherine. I thought you would come back
and talk to me. Stupid I know but after a few days I felt so
lonley and heartbroken had we talked I would have loved
to have back with you. Then after a while I just forgot
about then where processed but i might have especially
after i found out that you um, didn't cheat on me. I felt
like such a dick head."
Katherine ran her hands through her hair, this cannot be
happening right now. "Are you fucking serious!" her voice
was so high that it was possibly beyond hearing range of a
human and edging towards dog whistle decibels. His head
hung in shame James nodded.
"You have to understand Katherine when you left it
felt like i had nothing. I drank all my problems away. I
worked all the time heck i even slept in my office trying
to forget you. And then i found out you hadn't cheated. II
felt guilt the only cheater in our relationship ended up to
be me. For that i am solely responsible. I'm sorry" he met
her eyes, she couldn't bear to hold the contact "Katherine
i cheated on you, i couldn't face you. when i found out I
was mortified played by that hag whats her name shelly."
Katherine stood there watching him mouth gaping wide.
How did they end up here. Happily married and then
within the space of a few hours boom its done its over.
They are divorced. well not really apparently.
The most surprising thing out of all of this was the fact he
admitted it. Though it may not be enough he said sorry he
didn't sit calling her all the names under the sun, he took
her criticism and apologized.
"Well what are you going to do now?" She asks him.
He stands looking at her before smiling. She looks back at
him and knows that whatever he says is going to be the
death of her.
"First i want to meet my daughter. Fuck i dont even know
her bloody name" he states shaking his head
Katherine nods at him "If you really want to but don't act
like such a piss head from now on. Her name is Ella. you
are not allowed to swear in front of her, smoke or drink
and you are certainly not allowed to raise your voice"
"Deal" he grins cheekily "i also want to buy a fish for
dinner because im hungry. I want to get the cleaner in to
clean the house up. Get it decorated and then ask my wife
to come home" he smiles after he finishes his to do list
Katherine looked at him jaw gaping open. Did he realise
he was saying this out loud.
"James id-dont think so not yet anyway" katherine
stutters out in shock.
"Come on katherine please it doesn't have to be today let
me meet my daughter first and then think about it. Plus
the decorator will take atleast a week because he is so
hard to book"
He begs her his eyes pleading her to say yes
"Fine but only if Ella likes you" she groaned. She felt weak
spined but she couldn't really deny ella of meeting her
father when he was willing to do so.
Katherine smirks a little, James saunders you don't know
the challenge you have. Ella is very protective of her
mother and it will be hard to get on her good side. She's
deffinitley her mother's daughter
James leaves the room after saying goodbye. Katherine
stands at the door staring at the Handle. Once she walks
out this door she will be bombarded with questions from
the office staff.
After a deep breath she opens the door and steps out. The
walk to her cubical is long and now her secret or one of
them anyway is flying in the air its even longer or so it
felt.
"Katherine" a high pitched voice calls her name. She rolls
her eyes and turns to look at the tramp infront of her.
With skyscraper heels and a skirt that barley covers her
ass. "Yes shelly?"
Shelly joinee the firm about 3 months ago and climbs
up the hierarchy by sleeping with boss after boss funmy
enough she used to be Katherines best friend. But now
everytime katherine looks at her she feels angry. Shes
one of the reasons katherine wants her own firm she can
chose who she works with.
"Are you and jamsey still having problems" shelly
snickered a little. This bitch tricked them both and
katherine wasn't going to let her walk over her again
Katherine felt her blood boil. And before she could think
straight blurted out "nope"
"Well you must not be satisfying him if he had to come to
the office to give you a mouthful, I mean it's not the first
time someone else had to accommodate his needs " she
grins evily
Katherine looked her up and down then laughed "shelly
sorry to burst your slutty bubble but james and i are
still together we took some time apart but on paper
we are married. We also have a daughter together and
im moving back in with him. In future it would be
apperciated if you kept your legs closed because i heard
you weren't a good ride anyways" with that katherine
flipped her hair over her shoulder and walked away
leaving shelly behind all she heard was an applause from
office staff she didn't even know where watching.