Flashback: Cousins, Epilogue

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April, 2001: Southern California

I pushed the car faster and shifted into overdrive. Interstate 5 hummed beneath me as I hurtled south. To my right the sun was sinking into the ocean. It was a beautiful afternoon in more ways than one.

I let my mind wander back.

Leaving Jake was easier than I thought. I think he realized I was unhappy with him and he was more married to his business than me. Not long after I got back from that wild weekend in LA I told him that I wanted out. It was like he was almost prepared for it and he didn't argue. In fact, it was almost painless.

Of course, it did take its toll on both of us, but I knew it would be for the best. I wanted my freedom and he was stifling me. He moved out of our house and into a place in San Jose. I put the house on the market and gave my resignation to the advertising firm I had worked at since I graduating college. I had a harder time leaving that place than leaving my husband.

After the house sold, I moved all of my furniture and stuff into a townhouse in the LA area. I was going to take some time off from working. In fact, I didn't need to really work anymore if I wanted. I had plenty of money from the divorce, my savings and that good old trust fund. I was looking forward to my new found freedom.

That was two months ago.

I returned my attention to the present and looked at Robert dozing in the car next to me. I smiled at him and replayed in my mind the first night we spent together in my new place. We had no illusions that we could live together as husband and wife. We could never do that. In fact, we had to live almost a secret life so our families wouldn't find out. The only one that knew was Brett and as long as he could participate in our fantasies, I knew wouldn't tell a soul.

What I was doing wasn't easy, but I wanted Robert more than anything and he felt the same way. We discussed many times how we were going to handle this and we were willing to take the consequences.

He stirred next to me and opened his eyes and yawned.

"Sorry, love, I was just so tired," he said sleepily.

"That's ok - I am wide awake. In fact I haven't been this awake in years."

I smiled and as the sun dipped below the horizon, the desert closed around us and we sped closer to Mexico for our first real vacation together.

The End.

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