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NOTE: This is a postscript add-on to the series "Slow Reality." If you have not read the 14 parts of the original story, this will not make much sense and there would be spoilers here. Author's note: If you finished the last part already, and especially if you liked the ending, then you don't need to read what's below. Nothing about the final outcome changes. Reading the comments after posting the final part, it's clear that I didn't include enough about what happened with Karli and it's for that reason I'm posting these outtakes to hopefully answer some questions and/or fill in some gaps. Below are three scenes I took out of the final part: 1. The Tank and Vicky story--taken out because the timeline didn't work for me. 2. The events during the time between the race and Karli taking her final form---this was just too long and convoluted and I didn't think it read well (but it is the basis for the ending). 3. Brief look at Karli and Lisa's engagement, marriage, and honeymoon--- just didn't add much. If you do choose to read these three scenes, be aware that I did not do much proofing at all since I decided to remove them days before posting the final part. Expect to find even more typos, grammatical errors, etc. than usual. Taking a moment to answer a comment. Jeannie's grandmother adopted Jeannie after her mother's murder and changed her name to Dobson because she could not raise a child with an abusive murderer's last name (referring to Jeannie's father, of course). Special thanks to everyone who commented on part 14 and the story overall, especially those with critical comments and suggestions for improvement. Finally, look for the "Ellipsis of Change" (just a working title) coming sometime to this site. It will be another slow burner set in Fortis Beach with some magical aspects, but it is not the same premise as Slow Reality and, right now, I don't think there will be any crossover with this story. ========================================== Five months after the race: Saturday. (Tank and Vicky's story) It is the big day for Tank and Vicky. The friendship that began as these two co-workers tried to help their friend Karli get through a tough time in her life turned into a romance and the romance today will turn into a marriage. Even though Vicky is a few years older than Tank, they are a good match. Tank's time as Marine had accelerated his maturation and at 22, he was already a crew boss with Fortis Resort Services. After Vicky's painful break-up with Steve, she was wary of getting into another relationship. It was Cindy who saw the sparks first and knowing what Vicky had been through, pulled Tank aside. "I think you guys would be great together, but you can't push things. She's vulnerable. If you pursue her now, you will either get rejected or end up being the short term 'rebound guy.' Tank listened and the big ex-Marine just let Vicky dictate the pace. They were at Karli and Lisa's wedding in Vegas and talked all evening there. Then, when it came time for Vicky to move to Jacksonville, it was Tank who offered to help move furniture and even hauled some fragile items in his Ford Raptor pickup. She showed her appreciation by inviting him to dinner, where they again talked late into the night. Tank wanted badly to ask Vicky out, but Cindy's voice in his ear to take it slow echoed in his head. The big break came when Vicky called her old boss, George Frankel, and asked if he would be interested in doing the landscaping at a condo renovation she was involved with at her new job three hours away in Jacksonville. It was a rush job. The original landscaper had gone bankrupt and they couldn't find anyone in the area with the time available to do the job. George decided to take the job and gave Tank the responsibility for managing it. Tank and a small crew would travel to Jacksonville on a Thursday and work through the weekend. It would mean 12+ hour days, but even with the cost of lodging and transportation, the premium payment for the job would make it very profitable. The job went well overall, but because of a mix-up with a landscaping supply company, two palm trees didn't arrive on time. Tank sent the crew home on Sunday as planned, but he stayed over to plant the two trees. He extended his hotel stay through Monday, but when the trees still didn't arrive, he had to find somewhere else to stay. Tank called Vicky to ask if she had a recommendation for a hotel. To his pleasant surprise, Vicky offered her couch. Nothing happened that night; Tank never left the couch. But in the morning, when Vicky got up to make coffee, she watched Tank sleeping on the too small sofa. His muscular leg hung out from under a light blanket and his impressive arm was on top of the covers, his "Semper Fi" bicep tattoo exposed. Vicky felt a stirring that morning and the little switch inside her head...well somewhere inside her...switched from "Not Ready" to "Ready." The trees were delivered to the site and Tank took his truck, with the little backhoe on the trailer he towed, to the site and finished the planting. He called Vicky after the trees were planted thank her for her hospitality and for hiring his company for the job. She said, "I need to come down and do a final inspection of the site before you leave." A little surprised at that requirement, he nevertheless stayed until she arrived. Vicky drove up in her Audi and parked behind his truck. Getting out, she was dressed for work, but her outfit was one of her "this will help make the sale" ensembles. Her curves were on full display in the form fitting blouse and barely-long-enough for work skirt. Her D for Day-um! Cup breasts kept the front of her blouse tight. Vicky's long tanned legs were freshly waxed and her 4" heel sandals showed her calves to full effect. She had just had her hair styled in an attractive tousled look that framed her face. She chose a transitional makeup that could be day or evening with emphasis on her bright eyes and full lips. Freshly manicured nails completed the look. Tank had seen Vicky at work many times when she was at Fortis Resort Services and she was always attractive. Today, though, Vicky had gone all out and Tank found himself staring like a smitten school boy. Vicky noticed and said to herself, "Good. All my hard work here was worth it." Vicky made a show of walking around the landscaping, making notes and pointing things out. She looked for something...anything... that wasn't perfect in the job Tank's crew had done. Sadly, she couldn't find anything wrong. Then, she spotted an azalea that didn't look quite as healthy as the rest. She pointed at the shrub and said, "I'm sorry, Tank, that one is going to have to be replaced before you go." Tank was frustrated. "What?! It's fine. It's in shock since it was just planted. It will be just as healthy looking at the rest in a couple of days." Looking at the time, "besides, all the nurseries are closed now. I couldn't possibly get another one until tomorrow." Vicky suppressed a sly smile thinking, "Now you're getting it, Tank." She tried to look serious as she said, "Well, Tank, I guess that means you are going to have to stay here till tomorrow. My reputation is on the line with this project. It's not your fault, but the plant has to be replaced. I'll call George and let him know I made you stay." Tank, looking at the azalea and then back at Vicky starts protesting. "You've got to be kidding, Vicky." At this point, she could no longer hold her serious face, so she covered her mouth with her hand. Tank hands held out in a pleading gesture. "Look, you know I want to make this job right, but..." At this point Tank saw Vicky shaking with suppressed laughter and he finally got it. "...but, you are right. This won't work. I'm afraid this plant may die. I'll get another one tomorrow. Do you know a hotel where I can stay tonight?" Vicky, now giving her best fake innocence look. "I feel really bad about this Tank. The least I can do is offer you to stay at my place again. The only thing is that you are so big that I'm afraid you'll break my couch. We'll have to work out...other...sleeping arrangements." That night, Vicky cooked her specialty, a pasta fettuccine in a creamy red sauce with chicken. They talked over supper and then late into the night. Vicky touched Tank's arm and laughed at his jokes and used every flirting technique she could, but Tank did not make a move. At 1am, Tank walked over to the couch, where the blanket and pillow from the previous night were neatly folded, and dropped them onto the floor, opening up the blanket so he could bed down there. Vicky, seeing this, looks exasperated and says, "I know why they call you Tank. You are as dense as a battle tank. I want you to come fuck me, Tank. Get it?" Now it was Tank's turn to suppress a laugh. "I don't know, Vicky. I wouldn't want to take advantage of your kindness. I have MY reputation on the line. How would it look for a contractor to sleep with the rep for the company that hired them?" Vicky finally sees through the ruse. "Touche, Tank. Touche. Well played. Now get over here and kiss me." The fact that Tank and Vicky lived three hours apart played well in the early days of their romance. It kept the pace under control and Vicky was able to ease into relationship slowly. Within a few weeks, she already wanted more...and so did Tank. He even started looking for jobs in Jacksonville. Just like he had seen with Lisa and Karli, Tank knew, even before she moved to Jacksonville, that Vicky was "the one." They had started alternating driving to each other's places every weekend. When he landed a job as a foreman for a large construction company in Jacksonville, it was Vicky's turn to come to Fortis Beach the next weekend. Tank told Vicky that weekend in Fortis Beach that he had taken a job in another town and that their long distance romance would have to end. She was floored and didn't know what to say. She turned her back, starting to tear up, and when she turned around to face him, he was on one knee, a ring box open and pointing at her. Tank, now trying not to cry himself says, "It's not as big as the one Karli gave Lisa, but my love for you is big enough to make up the difference. Will you marry me, Vicky?" ====================================== Five days after the race: Thursday Haggy and Artemis had been arguing for over an hour with Flora and Ingrid looking on. All of the spells Artemis and Ingrid had created so far reversing Jeannie's evil spells had worked. Karli's body had not changed much; she was still the 32C 25 35 bombshell she had been before the race with the beautiful face she had the Sunday of the salon trip. But, her knowledge and abilities were fully restored and the submissiveness and compulsions were gone. All of her clothes and belongings were in tune with her current reality as a Sales Executive as well. Karli's relationship with Lisa was still a work in progress, but they were on friendly terms again. It was like they both knew they should be together, but the relationship itself was in a no-man's land. Because Lisa had no memory of Karl/Karli during the period the changes were under way, thanks to the distraction potion, there is no equivalent reality of Karli's current persona for Lisa. Karli was still in love with Lisa and was dying to find a way to get Lisa to love her. Karli could see that Lisa was looking at her "funny" and was concerned that she'd never date a "man" who looked as female as she did. Karli had tried to "butch it up" but there was no way she could pull it off. The spell Artemis and Ingrid had created for today would begin restoring Karl's masculine body and identity so that by Monday, all traces of Karli would be gone and Karl would be fully back. And it was this spell that was the source of the argument between Haggy and Artemis. Artemis was determined to restore Karl to the person he was before Jeannie's first spell was cast. But Haggy saw, during the sanctification ritual, that the spell was not balanced. "I don't want to overcorrect the imbalance that Jeannie created. It appears that Karli's current state IS the correct balance. I do not know if this has to do with Jeannie's transformation, but if we fully restore Karl, there will again be an imbalance in the world. Artemis's argument was that it wasn't fair to Karl to leave him in this current version of reality and, like Karli, Artemis worried that Lisa could not love this feminine Karli. "I made a promise to them that they would be together. And if we don't complete Karl's restoration, that promise will be broken." This circular argument had been going on and on. Ingrid and Flora had been looking on, but saying nothing. Finally, it is Flora who speaks up "Why don't we ask Karli? We can raise the veil of reality and let her/him see the differences between his current state and what he would be." Artemis and Haggy simultaneously say "That's crazy." Flora, getting tired of the bickering, says, "Why? We don't have to abide by his choice, but we can see what he would choose. Once the veil is restored, we can block those minutes from his memory and nothing will be lost." Neither the prideful Haggy or stubborn Artemis want to admit that Flora is right, but they are good witches and they need to at least consider Flora's idea. Haggy turns to Ingrid. "What do you think, Ingrid?" Ingrid says, "The spell we have created is not the problem. It will do exactly what is needed to restore Karl. If it is executed, he will be the same person he was the night of the last full moon. Reality, though, is obviously resisting this change. I do not know of any time when this problem has existed." Artemis then asks, "Well, Ingrid, what do you suggest we do?" Ingrid answers "I think, in the spirit of doing what is best, we should consent to Flora's idea. On top of that, I think we need to involve Lisa, too. If Artemis's main concern is that Karl or Karli would lose Lisa, then we need her input, too. Just as Flora suggested, we do not have to adhere to their choices, but at least we will know them." And so it was decided. The question remaining was whether they would consult Karli and Lisa separately or together. After another extended discussion, it was decided that Artemis would invite them to dinner together. She'd send George away under some pretense and they'd go from there. Artemis then calls Karli, "Hey. This is Cindy. I need your help. My niece in Atlanta at Georgia Tech is having a crisis. I've tried to relate to her, but I think I'm too old to understand people your age. Would you come over for dinner tomorrow night? I just want to run the situation by you and get your take. And, hey, can you bring your friend Lisa? She's a psychology major isn't she?" Karli answers, "Um, yeah, I guess. I'm available. I'll call Lisa and let you know if she is. You've got me curious. Can you fill me in on the crisis now so I can think about it ahead of tomorrow?" Artemis, not prepared for this question, "Well, it's a bit complicated. I think it would be easier to wait till tomorrow to go over it. OK?" Karli responds, "Can we talk about it at the office tomorrow? Then I can fill Lisa in before she comes over." Artemis, now pacing around the meeting room, "Uh, sure. That would probably be OK." ====================================== Author's Note: I never wrote the discussion at work or Karli calling Lisa to invite her, so just assume that Cindy continued to dodge the fake niece question at work and Lisa accepted the invitation to dinner. Also, Cindy asked George to not come home until she called him, so Vicky could talk with the girls. My thinking is George went to sports bar. ====================================== Karli follows Cindy home from work and Lisa joins them a few minutes later. Cindy puts a frozen homemade lasagna in the oven and then pours everyone a glass of wine. George is "still at the office." They then sit down in the den while the food cooks. "You guys, I really appreciate you coming over...and I'm a little embarrassed, too. I got a call from my sister on the way home. My niece is on the way back home from school and it looks like the problem she is having will be resolved without my involvement. I'm sorry to have drug you guys over here, but since you are here, let's still have dinner." Lisa chimes in, "I'm glad the problem with your niece is going to be OK and I'm happy to spend time getting to know you. Karli has told me so much about you. And by the way, you have a beautiful home." Raising her glass, Cindy says, "Thanks, Lisa. Same here. Karli talks about you all the time. It's nice to sit down with the girl who Karli...um...Karli thinks so much of." Karli inserts "It's great that you were willing to be involved and help your niece this way, even if you ended up not being needed. You really are a good person...and I'm not just saying that because you are my boss." The three ladies drink their wine and continue to chit chat. An hour and a bottle and a half of wine later, the oven timer goes off and they enjoy a salad and delicious lasagna. After dinner, Cindy serves coffee and they sit down in the den again. Once they are seated, there is a knock on the door. Cindy opens the door and Flora and Granny Ingrid come in. Cindy makes introductions. "Lisa, Karli, I'd like you to meet my friend Flora and I think you may know this lady, Lisa" referring to Granny Ingrid. Lisa, surprised to see Granny Ingrid says, "Oh, hey Granny Ingrid. I didn't know that you and Cindy were friends. It's a small world." Cindy says, "Yes, we belong to a monthly, um, wine club. I've known Ingrid for years." Awkwardly, Lisa asks, "Granny, have you heard anything from Jeannie? I still can't believe she just decided to pick up and go that way. Is she OK? I've texted and called and all I get is voicemail and no texts back." Ingrid looks a little pale and glances at Cindy briefly, "Yes. She is safe. The day of the race she heard something about her father possibly being out of prison and it sent her into a panic. I'm sure she will be fine. I will let you know when I talk to her again." Cindy says, "I asked Flora and Ingrid here tonight to show you something. It's kind of a magic trick. So, close your eyes." The girls, though confused by the appearance of the two women and the odd request, nevertheless close their eyes. Flora stands in front of Karli and Ingrid stands in front of Lisa. They pull a small vial of gray powder from their pockets and pour it into their palms. Simultaneously they quietly recite a short chant and then blow the powder into the faces of Lisa and Karli. Ingrid then says, "The veil is lifted." Karli and Lisa both open their eyes, a sudden rush of information hits them and they look around the room overwhelmed. Lisa starts to panic as she is dealing with several similar but different memories, all conflicting. She sees Karl and also various versions of Karli. She remembers the afternoon and evening of the race. She remembers Karli in her post race form. It's all a jumbled mess. Karli, for her part deals with each day's changes in both directions. She has memories of Karl and then the hair, the voice change, the shrinking...basically all of the physical changes. Adding to that, she sees the loss of abilities and the feeling of obligation and need to please. Karli sees her reflection in Cindy's car mirror and the moment Lisa told her that her father is dead. It is all like watching several movies at the same time at ten times normal speed. She gets dizzy and her head starts to pound. Ingrid says, "Girls, give it a minute. You are dealing with a lot of information. Close your eyes and try to breath deeply. The information will settle into place." Sure enough, after a couple of minutes, Lisa and Karli have a grasp on several different realities. Each day, basically is a different reality. Karli, speaking in Karl's male voice once again says to Flora and Ingrid, "I know you, don't I? I saw you at that place in the country. You gave me tea." And then, Karli looks at her self, her body and her clothes, knowing it's not her "normal" self sitting there in a short skirt and blouse. She doesn't have to ask what happened. She knows." Lisa, too, though her body has not changed, sees the blank spaces in her days when she was unable to think about Karl. After the two appear calm, Cindy says, "OK. I know this is weird, but I promise you that it will make sense, but you have to trust me. Lisa, think back to last Saturday. Remember our discussion. This is part of making things right. Do you trust me?" Lisa nods. "Yes Cindy...or is it Artemis?" Continuing, but talking to Karli this time, Cindy tries to give Karli the short version of the facts. "Lisa already knows all I'm going to tell you. But basically the facts are..." After over an hour and questions from both Karli and Lisa that Cindy, Ingrid, and Flora patiently answer, the two girls seem to understand the seemingly incomprehensible moment they are living in. It's like having your feet in all 50 states at once...if the states were realities. Then Flora takes the lead saying, "We have two responsibilities when it comes to this situation. Our first obligation is making sure the world stays safe. And by safe, it means that the forces of good and evil, left and right, north and south, etc. have to be in balance. It's a complex thing, so let's just say the world has to be in balance. Our second obligation is to the people that have been effected by the magic cast by, " then looking at Ingrid. "Jeannie. As we sit here, the world is almost perfectly in balance. However, you, Karli...or Karl, are not restored to your original form, persona...reality." Flora looks at Karli and Lisa "Does this make sense?" Karli and Lisa both nod slowly. "No one in our coven and, as far as we know, no one in history has had a situation like this. If we leave the world in balance, then you, Karli, will be in the form you are right now living the life of a female with a um, male parts. We think that the mysterious force that allows reality to adapt to magic is asking us...telling us to leave things as they are. Flora gives the two girls time to say something, but hearing no comments then moves on. "So, the reason we have brought you here and revealed all this is to ask you, Karli, if you are happy living in this form. Try to isolate who you are now from the other realities. Think about your past, Karli, growing up, all your experiences, and then compare them to Karl's past in the same way. Try to think about how you viewed your future as Karl and compare it to today and how you view your future. I'll give you a minute." Karli closes her eyes and focuses and then says, "I was happy as Karl and I am happy now except for one thing. Before the night at my apartment with Vicky, in both realities, I was happy with Lisa as my love...as my ideal mate...as my entire future. Then, after that night, Lisa was gone in both realities...in all the different realities. Nothing else matters. I want whichever reality allows me to have Lisa love me again and want to be my wife." Lisa nods. "I want that, too, but in all the realities, you betrayed me with Vicky. I still know that and can't get past it. I am still angry with you and I don't think I can trust you. I've been suppressing that anger as, without Jeannie, I need a friend. But I was never going to allow you to hurt me again. I don't see a future with you as Karl or Karli." Cindy, who knows the truth about that Friday at Karl's apartment, still asks Karli, "Did you cheat on Lisa with Vicky that Friday night Lisa walked in and found you on the couch?" Karli shakes her pretty head "No. I did not...in any reality cheat on you, Lisa, that night. You were my only love. I never got to explain what happened. I will admit to being stupid for having her there, but cheating was not part of that stupidity. Please. You have to believe me." Cindy then turns to Lisa. "Do you trust me, Lisa? I asked earlier tonight, but I need to hear you say it again right now." Lisa nods. "Yes. I don't know for sure why, but I do trust you Artemis." Cindy then takes Lisa's hand between hers and says, looking deep into her eyes "Karli is telling the truth. That Friday was a mistake in judgment having Vicky at the apartment, but there was nothing going on. They were there working on a project. I would have normally been there, too, but it was the night of the full moon and I was with the rest of the coven. As silly as the reason, Vicky was there to watch a baseball game while they worked." Lisa still not looking convinced asks, "What about Vicky? I heard she had broken up with her fiance to be with Karl...Karli." Ingrid then speaks for the first time in almost an hour. "Who, child, told you that? It was Jeannie, wasn't it?" Cindy says, still holding Lisa's hand, "Vicky and her fiance Steve did split up, but it was because Steve found someone else. It had nothing to do with Karli." Lisa still needing a final push says, "But I saw them huddled on the couch with their heads together and Vicky's are around Karl...Karli. It looked like they were going to kiss." Karli in a moment of unparalleled surrealness looks at her phone. "Um, if I pull up something on my phone, will it be from this reality?," pointing at herself. Cindy laughs. "That's a good question." Flora says, "Yes. You two are the only ones seeing the different realities. We are still in the one where you just ate a delicious lasagna dinner after listening to Artemis lie to you about her niece. If you open your phone, then you will see this reality." Karli then says, "Well it's different here than it was as Karl because he couldn't afford this, but here is what we were huddled together looking at on the couch." Karli then turns the phone so Lisa can see. On his phone screen is a design for a 2 carat diamond engagement ring with an intricately engraved platinum band." Karli, then looks at Lisa saying, "Just that day, that ill-fated Friday, I had paid a jeweler in New York to make the ring. I was going to propose as soon as the ring was here. Depending on the reality, it was going to be on the mountain bike trail where we first talked as Karl or at the beach near the trail as Karli. It's so fucking confusing, but anyway, I was going to ask you to be my wife." Looking in her purse, Karli takes out a small box. "I have the ring right here." As Lisa is about to reach over to Karli, Cindy holds her back. "Wait. We need to ask you both something before we all start crying, here. Looking at Karli Cindy asks, "Which reality do you want to live in, Karli? We could still return you to being Karl." Cindy looks at Ingrid and Flora with a "keep your mouth shut" look. Karli says, "I already told you. I want to be the Karl or Karli that Lisa can love. I'm happy to be anyone that makes her happy." Cindy turns to Lisa and asks, "This may be the strangest question anyone has ever asked, but which version of this lovely human being would you want to be with for the rest of your life?" Lisa doesn't hesitate "I want to say yes to the beautiful person sitting here now. I told you that I had suppressed my anger about what I thought had happened, Karli, but it wasn't the only thing I suppressed. I have been longing for, lusting after you Karli. I think you are the most beautiful creature I have ever seen." Flora then says, "Well, it's settled then. We can leave the world in balance and leave these two love birds to live a happy life together." Then Ingrid sadly says, "I wish it was that simple. When we lower the veil and return them to this single reality, the conversation that these two just had will have to be, um, erased. They cannot know of us, of the coven, and it would be impossible to alter their memories to just remember their reconciliation." Cindy says, "I have an idea, but it's going to be tricky..." A few minutes later, Ingrid and Flora again stand in front of Lisa and Karli, sitting just as they were when the veil was lifted, but now asleep, a very small amount of the magic tea doing its job once again. Pulling out the bags of powder to lower the veil, the ritual is performed. A second ritual is performed by Ingrid and the memories of the time since Flora and Ingrid arrived are erased. Waking them up, Cindy says, "I guess my conversation is boring. I put you both to sleep." Lisa, coming back to full consciousness says, "I'm so sorry, Cindy. I must not have gotten enough sleep." Karli says, "Maybe it was the wine. Anyway I'm so sorry I fell asleep, too." Cindy says, "Maybe it's good you had a nap because the next conversation is going to require you to focus and listen." Taking a deep breath, Cindy says, "The story about my niece was a lie. I don't have a niece in Atlanta. I asked you here because of true love. Lisa, you have to know that Karli loves you with all her heart." Lisa interrupts, "No. Karli is a cheat. She broke up Vicky and her fiance and then started an affair with her." Karli says, "No. I've been trying to find a time to try to explain what happened that night, but I was so happy to have you speaking to me that I didn't dare bring it up for fear you would walk away again...maybe for forever." Cindy holds up both hands and says, "Listen to me Lisa. Karli didn't cheat on you with Vicky that night. Vicky's fiance started an affair with another man and the engagement ended. Karli had nothing to do with it. They were at Karli's apartment to complete a project. I had been at all of the other project meetings with them, but had to go to another engagement that night." Karli says, "It's true. Vicky asked if we could meet at my apartment because her brother was playing in a baseball game that night and she wanted to watch it on TV." Lisa says, "That's bullshit. I saw you two on the couch, her silky sleeveless blouse and those huge breasts of hers leaning into you and your heads together getting ready to kiss with her arm around you." Karli, trying to recall that moment exactly says, "No. That's not what we were doing." Picking up her phone, she unlocks it and, surprisingly, the picture of the ring design is already pulled up. "I was showing her this," and Karli, with a strong sense of deja vu, points the phone at Lisa. "I had just ordered that ring to be made. I was going to propose to you on the beach near the parking lot where we first talked. Vicky leaned in to get a good look at the picture and Karli continue. "She did put her arm around me in a supportive shoulder hug...but that was it. Nothing was going to happen!" Lisa considers what Karli has said. It all makes sense but she was so convinced, especially after she talked to Jeannie that night, that Karli was the cause of Vicky's breakup and that they had been having an affair. While Lisa is pondering all that she has been told, Karli says, "If you let me, I can prove it to you." Opening her purse, the ring is sitting right on top. Strange. Opening the box, Karli shows Lisa the ring. "I am not going to propose to you here. This is not what I planned, but I do want you to hold the ring...to look at it closely." Taking the box from Karli, Lisa examines the beautiful ring. The 2 carat brilliant cut diamond is huge and gorgeous. The platinum ring itself has an intricate design around it. Karli says, "The ring was my grandmother's engagement ring, but the inscription is mine. Look inside." Lisa holds the ring up to the lamp and reads the inscription. It's tiny, but she makes out: "True love comes but once. Never let it go. KS and LM." Lisa turns to Karli unsure and contrite, finally believing. "I am so sorry. I should have given you the chance to explain. I was so convinced...I should have known better. Can you forgive me? Karli smiles and stands up. Lisa stands up and they kiss passionately. Karli whispers, "There is nothing to forgive." They stand there holding each other for what seems like hours...not wanting to let go. Cindy finally says, "Kids, it's getting late and we have to be at work tomorrow." Karli looks at her watch. "My god, it's 1am! Where did the time go?" ====================================== Author's Note: Below is more of a detailed outline than a story scene. Karli took Lisa out to that beach spot the next day, got down on one knee, and proposed. Feeling like they had lost so much time being apart, even though it was only a couple of weeks, they decided to get married right away. Karli called her dad and told him they were flying to Las Vegas to get married the next Saturday and if he wanted to join them, that's where they'd be. Her dad wasn't thrilled with the idea, but Karli sounded so excited that he didn't say anything. Lisa's call with her parents wasn't quite as amicable. They never approved of Karli. Lisa had explained Karli's unique body and they, as good Christians, thought he was a freak...an abomination. Lisa had made peace with that and, with the support of her two sisters, just believed that if they wanted to see their grandkids one day, they would have to change from their prudish mindset. With no time to buy wedding dresses, Karli and Lisa got married in matching slinky white cocktail dresses. Lisa looked good in hers with her athletic trim figure, but Karli, with her C cup breasts narrow waste and full hips packed into her compact 5 ft 1 inch frame was where the eyes were all drawn. Karli tried to match Lisa in height with 4 ? inch stiletto open toed shoes while Lisa stuck to 3" narrow heeled closed toed shoes. Wearing her sainted grandmother's pendant, Karli felt like she had the blessing of all of her father's side of he family. Her dad didn't make the wedding after United canceled his flight at the last minute, but he footed the bill for the wedding and the honeymoon that followed. On their wedding night in the honeymoon suite of the Bellagio Hotel, Lisa asked Karli, "Remind me your time in the half marathon." Karli says, "Um, it was 2 hours 17 minutes." Lisa, starting to undresss asks, coyly,time with a 1 hour 58 minute finish. I believe that means that I own you for 3 months...and I'm starting that ownership right now. So, missy, get that gaff off and get on your back. I'm going to ride you like a roller coaster." =================================== Karli and Lisa checked into the Jacksonville Hilton the day before Vicky and Tank's wedding. Lisa was now four months pregnant and was in that part of the pregnancy where she had that healthy glow, but had only begun to show. They had just told their families the good news and everything seemed to be going well. Karli had closed the biggest contract in Fortis Resort Services history and earned a bonus that was almost 1/3 of the salary he had earned as Crew Boss. They decided to start a college savings fund for their son or daughter with half of the bonus and were using the rest to buy a home a couple of blocks from the beach. Every day, Karli has to pinch herself. The tumultuous weeks after the race behind them, their marriage off to a blissful start, they were living their best lives. ================================== Author's note: This is where the final beach scene, well an altered version of it, would have been. I know the timing of the pregnancy doesn't work here; that's part of why it was deleted. Following that scene would have been, more or less, the same exact scene at the coven with Artemis and Haggy. That's it. I hope this rough draft upload gives those of you who wanted more at least some of what I left out. If you have any questions, please add them to the review comments for this upload. I'll post any answers in a few days, so check back in to the reviews. Cheers. Beau