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cooped up here while Kyle was off god knows where ! Deciding to treat herself to breakfast out she quickly showered, pinned her hair up in a bun and got dressed.
    She paused as she stepped out of the apartment and filled her lungs with fresh air. God, that felt good. She stood there a while, feeling the hot sun on her face. Feeling her mood lift, she decided to head to the mall. It was only a few blocks away and she would enjoy the walk.
    She thought she might treat herself to some sexy new underwear. She didn’t think the bedroom was the problem, but it never hurt to make sure that things stayed interesting in that department! She’d been walking for about 20 minutes, enjoying the bustle and noises of life in L.A. when she happened to glance in the window of a coffee shop as she walked passed.
    What she saw stopped her in her tracks, as if she’d been slapped. Kyle was sitting in a booth with another woman. A very attractive woman at that. Looking away in case they saw her, she turned and quickly headed back the way she had come, all thoughts of going to the mall forgotten. She didn’t feel the tears falling from her eyes as she hurried back to the apartment.
    Fool! What had she honestly expected? She of all people should know what men were capable of. Why had she allowed herself to think that this one was any different? But she had. After everything they had been through to be together it had never occurred to her to doubt him. But now she was.
    Running up the stairs of their building and into their apartment , she slammed the door closed behind her. Leaning back against it she took several deep, steadying, breaths. Calm down! She should have trusted her instincts. She’d known something was wrong, that he was holding something back. But what had she actually seen? All he’d been doing was talking to a woman. An attractive one, yes, but that didn’t mean anything.
    Thoughts were fighting for space in her head now. What should she do? She couldn’t ignore what she had seen, it would eat away at her but she couldn’t let herself jump to conclusions either. She knew she had no choice. She would just have to ask him about it and take it from there.
    ***
    It was a couple of hours after she got home that he returned to the apartment.
    “I saw you this morning .” She tried to keep her voice calm, not to let the fear she was feeling seep through.
    “You went out? Why didn’t you tell me?” He seemed angry. “We agreed, remember? If you leave the apartment you’re to tell me where you’re going. What if something happened to you?”
    Tara had assumed it was concern for her welfare th at had made him tell her to let him know where she was, but now she wasn’t so sure. “How was I supposed to tell you? You disappeared before I woke up and didn’t even leave a note!” She couldn’t avoid the catch in her voice this time.
    “I know. I’m sorry. There was something I needed to take care of.” He was definitely hiding something this time.
    “ In a coffee shop?”
    He sighed. “That’s where you saw me?”
    Tara tried to stay calm. “Who is she?” The fear Tara felt was now rising in her throat.
    “Just a friend. From before I met you.”
    “So what was so important that you had to meet this friend in secret?” She couldn’t stop herself. She had to know.
    “It wasn’t in secret, I just never told you.”
    “You haven’t answered my question, Kyle. What was so important?”
    “Look, it’s nothing to do with you , okay? Some things are my own business and you’ll just have to learn to trust me!” Turning away from her, he stormed off towards the bedroom.
    ***
    Kyle felt bad for keeping secrets from her, but it was for her own good. How could he possibly expect her to understand this obsession with catching his wife’s killer? He loved her but that didn’t mean that he didn’t need to see justice for his family. Would she understand that? He thought she would but it wasn’t a chance he was