FITCH MANSION
"So much loss," Katherine says, leaning
back against Nick. "So much, all in one night. If only I could have prevented
it ..."
"That would have been impossible,"
Nick says evenly.
"I suppose so." She sighs wearily.
"I don't know that I can handle this, Nick. I don't know that I can--that
I can even live without this house. It's so much a part of who I am--"
"You're much more than a house, Katherine."
"I know that." She steps forward,
holding onto the yellow tape and still staring out at the rubble. "But
there were memories in there, memories I can never retrieve. My husband
breathed his last breaths in there. Andrew grew up in this house."
Nick places a firm hand on her shoulder.
"And Andrew also drifted away from you in this house."
Now she turns sharply to him. "What?"
"I'm just saying," Nick says, coming
forward and drawing her back into his arms, "that the past is powerful.
And maybe this isn't the most pleasant way to do it -- and maybe it's happening
at the expense of a lot of other things -- but this might be a chance for
you to escape from the past."
"What are you talking about?"
"The situation with
Andrew, for instance.
It's still eating away at you and it isn't getting any better. Maybe being
separated from such intense memories will be healthy for you."
Katherine stares at him silently
and then turns back to face the house. "Maybe."
"I know that this hurts. But it can
be good for us," Nick says. "It will be. We can build a new life together,
a new life with new memories."
Katherine sighs again. She takes
in the scene all over, eyes sweeping over the burned carcass of the mansion.
Nick's hopeful proposal continues to swirl through her mind.
But Brent Taylor's warnings from
the night of the fire sting her ears, as well: ... Your husband's business
dealings may have led to your shooting.
Despite the summer heat and the warmth
of Nick's hand on her arm, a shiver courses through Katherine's body.
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