Ch.14
The kiss seemed right to Sydney. She had longed for it all of the days since she had returned. She still couldn't help it but, looking into Vaughn's eyes made her weak in the knees.
All those years since Sydney had vanished, Vaughn had longed for Sydney, He only married Alice because his friends, family, and Alice all pressured him into that horrible marriage. But the kiss. The kiss, Vaughn wanted this moment all along. He wanted that moment to never end. The warmth from Sydney. Then he put his arms around her. Then Sydney pulled away, and said,"Vaughn."
"Why don't you call me Michael?"
"It's just hard to."
"What?"
"Don't you have something to do this afternoon?"
"Oh yeah, I'm supposed to get all of Alice's stuff out on the lawn."
"Well, then you better get going then. While you do that I guess I'll exersise my arms, since I can't jog."
"Okay." Then he gave her a quick kiss and started to get to work.
After Syd wheeled herself around the block a few times, she had gotten tired of that and decided to watch Vaughn get Alice's things together. When she went into the bedroom she saw a photo album on the bed. Sydney decided to pick it up assuming Vaughn wouldn't mind. In it were pictures of Alice, Vaughn, and then Syd came across her funeral. There seemed to be more pictures of her funeral then Alice and her school pictures combined. Then she saw a picture of Vaughn's dog. Sydney remembered she didn't see Vaughn's dog when she came in the house,"Hey Michael, Whatever happened to your dog?"
"It died."
"How?"
"Alice food posioned it because it mauled her to death constantly. The dog never really liked her."
"Yeah." And Sydney continued her search through Vaughn's past. Then she came across the police reports they all said deceased, believed to killed, assumed dead and so forth. Then she saw that in the reports, someone claimed to have seem Bristow in London in the custody of a young blonde man. Sydney was just puzzeled about this. Wondering if her mother or Sloane had anything to do with that. Did they? or was my father involved? "Michael?" And a blank stare came over Sydney's face.
"Yeah Syd?" Then he glanced over at her and saw that something was wrong."What is it?"
"When was the last time you saw me?"
"That night you went into your house right before our vacation to Santa Barbra. Why?"
"Someone was claiming to have seen me in London being accompained by a young blonde man."
"What?"
"That's what I'm wondering."
"Maybe there's something in London, Are there pictures?"
"Yeah one was pinned to it of my last siting, you never noticed this before?"
"No, because I never looked through it that closely I assumed all of the reports said the same."
"Well I'm looking at the picture and it looks like Sark."
"SARK?!?!?"
"Yeah. That's what I'm confused here. I don't remember anything like that. Maybe that's the building Alice got me from?"
"hmm... maybe Sark took you there from your house and Alice was the one who took you to Hong Kong? And that's where Sloane and your father comes in?"
"I dunno. Maybe we should go to that building in London?"
"We have to wait until you can walk."
"No I want to go sooner than that. I'll go to another session with Dr. Kerr and see if I can remember anymore or if that's it. Then we'll head out to London."
"The CIA won't let you go in this condition."
"I know. I'll just say that I need some time off."
"Let me guess I'm supposed to "assist" you because you're still having "problems" getting around and you need my help."
"Yeah. It looks like Alice is here."
"I better get her stuff out there." He gave her a quick kiss.
"Do you mind if I go out there and kick her ass?"
"Yeah I mind. I told Alice that I wouldn't harm her."
"ha ha."
"Well, I have to take this junk out."
"Okay."
Vaughn went outside and talked with Alice. As Sydney watched.
"So is that b---- staying with you?"
"Here's your stuff."
"The b---- help you pack then?"
"STOP CALLING HER A B----!"
"yeah whatever. What are you going to do when you go back in. Make out with that b----!"
"Yeah what the heck? I'll record it and send you a copy and you can to your #$#@ing family, this is how i resolve my problems, my ex-wife's hobbies includes going around shooting everybody, and posion everyone's pets!" Then Vaughn punched her. So then Alice shocked by Vaughn's response, struck back by elbowing Vaughn in the chest. Vaughn winced. Alice jumped on him, as she had gotten a hold of him, he swung her around and threw her to the ground, shocked through all this, Alice just got up and said,"You will pay for this Vaughn."
I kind of got a little carried away on the language here.
oops! Hope you all like it! ~dana