Free Past & Present Collide by Amanda Kay Page B

She wasn’t sure of the reason, but lately when a letter came from him she dreaded opening it. They were getting married in October and the closer it got the more dread and confusion she felt. The wedding was four months away and she wasn’t sure if she wanted to get married.
    Placing her coffee cup on the table she reached for the letter taking a deep breath as she prepared to read his words to her. She unfolded it and her green eyes focused on the words as she began to read:
     
    My Dearest Kylie,
    I hope this letter finds you well; I miss you so very much. I am comforted by the fact that we will be getting married in only a few more months.
     
    Kylie sighed as she read as usual Derek wasted no time bringing up the wedding. She sighed again taking a sip of her coffee preparing herself to continue.
     
    I have something very important to tell you my love. I am very sorry for the words I am about to write. Please believe me when I say I don’t like keeping things from you, but I felt I needed to wait till the time felt right. Three months ago before I left for overseas I did something that has the guys over here with me thinking I am crazy. I now feel with the wedding approaching that it is time to tell you I bought us a house, a house I know we can begin our future in and build into something wonderful for our lives together.
     
    As the words spilled off the page Kylie’s green eyes fluttered first with complete shock and confusion by his words then it was quickly replaced with anger.
    “How dare him!” She shouted to the empty apartment.
    As the anger subsided a bit the shock took over again, “He bought a house, he bought a house,” she whispered over and over to herself trying to get it to sink in.  As she processed his words she pulled on her strawberry blonde ponytail. Her green eyes slowly returned to the letter bracing herself for the rest of his words knowing he had kept this from her was slowly depleting the air from her lungs. He had never kept anything from her. She knew he had clear reasons behind his choice, and that thought caused her the most unease.
     
    I know my love you are shocked and confused about this news, and I know I should have consulted you. Please know I had my reasons though. Ones you will understand later, but not now.
    Anger took a hold of her again as she stared at Derek’s words realization hit her that he wasn’t going to share his reasons for doing this in this letter. She didn’t understand but decided she needed to give him the benefit of the doubt. Something Derek had always been good about when it came to her and her temperamental attitude. She shook her head pushing her ponytail from her shoulder. She glanced back down at the letter determined to finish reading his words even though her mind was now spinning in a million different directions.
     
    Inside the envelope is a key. I know what you are thinking believe me when I say I wanted to tell you so many other times and that I did this for us. To give us a fresh start one we could use after we get married. My beautiful girl please know I love you and I only want to make your dreams come true and this house is a perfect fit. You have always been a talented home designer, and even though you have only been out of school a year and we are both only twenty-three; I know this is right. The home, the wedding, our future, everything will be perfect.
     
    Take the key, move in to the house get out of your one bedroom apartment, and believe me when I say this house is your dream house. It is old, but with modern touches to make life easier without taking the charm of the house away, the charm that comes from a house built in the late 1930s and early 1940s. I promise my love that is exactly what this house is. I know that once you clear your head you will fall in love with the house, just like I did when I thought about the memories we could make there. Know; please know there is nothing in this world more important to me then you