Chapter 22

“Kimi? What are you doing here? Is everything ok?” Jon asked surprised and a bit worried when he let her into his apartment.

She’d never been to his place before and you could tell the minute you entered the living room that this was a man’s household. Just clean lines, no colourful pillows or accessories, except some framed pics of his kids.

“That probably depends on the view.” She said calmly her eyes still travelling over the dark heavy leather couch. After her shift was over she decided to visit Jon. They needed to talk and she didn’t want to do it on the phone.

“What happened?” Jon asked after he took her jacket.

“Dorothea was at the hospital today.”

Jon’s mouth fell open. “What? Why?” Kim watched him shaking her head.

“Hmmm….let me guess, after her ex-husband told her about the new woman in his life and that she should meet his kids soon, she wanted to get to know the person her kids would spend time with. It’s only natural Jon!” Kim wasn’t able to hide the sarcasm in her voice. Jon sighed.

“Kimi…”

“Why didn’t you tell me you told her about us? I was standing there and had no idea…I didn’t know whether she would be angry or not…Do you have any Idea how intimidating it was?” Kim walked over to the huge windows and stared at the buildings with their lights.

“I’m sorry Kimi…” he carefully put his arms around her waist and pulled her close to his body.

“You were so hesitant about going public...I simply didn’t want to make you feel uncomfortable…and I wanted to tell her before she sees a photo of us somewhere. Sooner or later one of the pap-rats will get a shot of us. I didn’t wanna hurt her. It simply wouldn’t have been right after all these years we spent together.”

Kim looked up at him. She could see he was honest. “Your family is not the public Jon.” She said softly.

“Yeah, I would have been nervous when you’d told me about Dorothea, but I would have at least known that the chances are pretty high she would show up at the hospital.”

“I know…sorry, it was a bad idea, honey.” Kim nodded and snuggled closer to him. It felt good to have someone to lean on.

“What did you talk about?” Jon asked after a little while.

“About you, the kids, work…you didn’t tell me she has a Dojo.” Kim answered.

“She has…for a couple years already.” Jon said watching Kim’s reflection in the window. She looked beautiful and it felt so right to have her here at his apartment and in his arms.

“I did karate as a teenager…stopped with it when I went to college.”

“Really?” Jon was surprised.

“Yeah…Dorothea asked me to come over sometime. She said she would show me around.”

“Will you go?” he asked surprised. Also if Dot said that she wouldn’t put stones in his way. He never expected her to be that friendly with Kim.

“Would that be a problem for you?” Kim turned around and looked at him.

“Hell, no!...I’m fine with it. The better you two get along, the better for all of us, right?”

Kim smiled and patted his shoulder. “I’m not sure it’s a good thing for you, when we get along.” Jon chuckled. “She told me you are very complicated.”

Jon laughed. “Well, that’s no secret, honey.” Kim smiled.

“Do you really want me to meet the kids already?” She asked sitting down at the couch.

“Yeah, why not?” he wondered.

She shrugged her shoulders. “Well, I don’t know…we said we take it slow and I thought we weren’t that far in our relationship…I mean, we haven’t even slept with each other yet and…..I don’t know.” Jon smiled softly and took her hand in his.

“The one thing has nothing to do with the other Kimi. You know I’m serious about us…and sooner or later the kids would have asked…Steph already said a couple days ago that I’m different…happier, more relaxed. I want them to know why I am that way.”

Kim nodded. “Ok, but I would appreciate a little pre-warning this time.” Jon chuckled.

“Sure, honey.” He kissed her softly. “Can you stay?” She nodded slowly.

“Great.” He whispered and pulled her close for a kiss. Kim sighed happily. She really missed him.

When he could feel her relaxing his hands started to move over her body. She opened her eyes and watched him removing her shoes. Her breathing sped up. He looked up at her and smiled. She was glowing and looked so beautiful. His lips found hers again and when they came up for air he said:

“Let me show you something. Let me make you feel good, honey.”

She swallowed hard. “Jon, I’m not sure I’m ready for this.” She whispered.

“I know, honey…I had something else in mind to take care of you.” She watched him surprised.

“Trust me?”

“Yes.”