Chapter 8
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Chapter 8The next morning, Katelyn was dressed and had fed her children breakfast before Hayley had even awakened. Hayley padded into the kitchen sometime after 11 am. Her hair was mussed and she wore jeans shorts and a thin white tee shirt with no bra. She avoided eye contact with Katelyn who was sitting at the kitchen table trying to put some limbs back on an action figure. The children were playing in the family room and were relatively quiet, but their young voices echoed through Hayley’s aching head. The hung-over blonde poured herself a cup of black coffee and stood at the counter to take a sip.
Katelyn stood up, and Hayley stared into the dark liquid in her mug. She didn’t look up as Katelyn walked out of the room to hand her sons their toy, but the blonde looked up when Katelyn quietly reentered the kitchen and their eyes met.
Hayley could feel her face flushing hotly and she stammered, “Listen, Katelyn, I, I’m really sorry about.....about last night. I had too much to drink and was out too late and....And I’m sorry about how I acted when you came to my room.” She looked back down into her mug.
“Don’t worry,” Katelyn replied. “Everyone ends up drinking too much at some time, and as for what you did when I was in your room....I didn’t mind that at all.”
“You didn’t?” Hayley could hardly believe what she was hearing, and she felt light-headed, but in a good way, almost relieving her throbbing headache.
Katelyn didn’t answer but said simply, “You need to go lie down and sleep this off. Don’t worry about the kids today. Just go lie down, and I hope you feel better when you get up.”
She peered into Hayley’s aqua eyes and a new understanding seemed to pass between them. Hayley just said a quiet thank you and was about to leave the room when Katelyn asked, “You were out so late last night, I um, just wanted to know if you uh, if you slept with your old boyfriend?”
There, I said it, Katelyn told herself. She didn’t know why, but for some reason she just needed to know what Hayley had to say about her date, and she couldn’t let her know about peeking at her dripping crotch.
Hayley’s cheeks colored slightly. “I slept with him, and I’m sorry I did. It wasn’t that great, but we both had too much to drink, and he came on to me when we went back to his place. I was horny because I hadn’t had s*x in a long time, but it just wasn’t that good with him. I would’ve much rather......” but Hayley didn’t finish her sentence, and Katelyn could only guess what she was going to say as she watched the sexy blonde retreat back to her bedroom.
Katelyn sat down on the sofa and mulled over what had just happened. She had surprised herself by saying what she had, but she knew on some level that she was accepting what she was feeling for Hayley, and she had wanted the younger woman to know. She also felt tremendously relieved by what Hayley had said about sleeping with her ex-boyfriend.
That afternoon, Katelyn swam with her children and then stepped into the shower while they were napping. When she strolled back into her bedroom with her hair wrapped in a towel, she noticed the light on her answering machine was blinking. The message was from Mike, telling her he would be another week because he had learned of some potential new clients in Vale and Boulder who he was going to see. He said he would be playing golf and going out to dinner that night and would try to call again on Sunday afternoon. Katelyn listened to her husband’s voice on the machine, and suddenly she felt lonelier in her marriage than she ever had. Mike was almost leading a separate life most of the time. It had gotten worse recently as he had begun to travel more extensively and for longer periods. Katelyn was now feeling alone and desperate for attention.
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