Catherine gave Ryan some hot coco, and they both sat down.

“How are you holding up with the new responsibilities?” Cath asked Janice.

“Well it’s hard, but I won’t let them take him away from me. At least I have Marc, and there are lots of girls out there who are raising children on their own. So I will manage. But how are you doing, Sara?”

“I’m fine, I feel like I’m grounded I can’t go anywhere. But besides that I’m pretty fine, well at least I’m as fine as you can be with a broken leg and contused ribs.” I said while I smiled. “By the way, can we get some crutches tomorrow, ‘cos this sitting around is driving me crazy?” I turned to Catherine while I asked her for the crutches; she looked worried.

“Yeah sure no problem.” she said while her hand slowly moved towards mine. We loved these slight touches, caressing each other showing how much we appreciate being together.

Chapter 25

Keeping a secret

Janice and Ryan left a little while after that, but not before I promised Ryan to visit him sometimes. That little guy stole my heart; he’s so adorable. And yes, it is really me thinking this.

That day Cath got me some crutches and at least I was more mobile again, but it was hard. My contused ribs were still hurting. Catherine started working fulltime again, and Catherine’s sister picked Lindsey up at night. Catherine told Jennifer about us and she totally supports ‘us’ which is great to hear as a first reaction. I spent a lot of time with Jenn and we talked about me, and Catherine. She even told me some stories about them growing up.

I notice so many things that had been changing in these last couple of weeks. Ever since Eddie’s murder it has been harder to avoid my feelings for Catherine. Every time I saw her I wanted to comfort her. Pull her into my embrace, and tell her that I love her. And now I was able to do that whenever I wanted. But Catherine was the one helping me, putting me back together, and dragging me into a social life. I wanted to surprise Catherine, and I asked Jenn for help. I wanted to cook diner like I promised Cath. but of course I couldn’t get the things that I needed. So I started planning and Jenn told me that she would think of a reason to get Cath out of the house whenever I wanted.