Kit and Melvin

What previously happened:

Marina talking: “Your father told me some of his past. It is very sad. I don’t think it’s my job to tell you what he told me but listening to him, I can understand where he came from. But he will tell you himself. He’s very eager to make amends.”

“I hope it’s not too late.” Kit answered.

“I don’t think so. If there’s anything you need, just press this button and I’ll come.”

“Thank you, I’ll manage.”

Kit walked back to her father’s room and Marina walked to the other room. Both women thinking about what was just said.

After Kit walked back into her father’s room, she took the blanket, pushed a chair to her father’s bed, sat down and watched him sleep. Within minutes she also fell asleep.

She woke up because she felt like someone was watching her.

“Hey sleepy head”, she heard her father’s voice.

“Hey daddy.”

“I can’t imagine you slept well in that chair.”

“To be honest, it was the second best sleep I had. Knowing you were in the same room. How did you sleep?”

“Somehow I had the best sleep in my live. I felt safe because my girl was with me and my other girl is on her way.”

Kit looked down. How would she tell her father that her husband was on his way to try and find Bette. Sonny didn’t call yet so she didn’t know if he found her.

“Daddy, I need to tell you something about Bette………”

But before Kit could say anything her father beckoned her to come and sit on the bed.

“Kit, before you say anything I have to confess something. It is something I’m very ashamed off and if you would walk away, I can understand. If something bad happened to your sister, it’s all on me. I banned her out of the house. She was drinking, partying and worst of all, she was expelled from school. In those days, I felt like she made a laughing stock out of me. I felt like I was all that! So instead of sit and talk to my girl, my ego was offended. And the only way I knew how to handle an offended ego was by kicking your baby sister out of the house. Now thinking back, I guess the drinking and the partying had to do with her mother’s dead and me being indifferent about it.”