Kate

Kate

The midday sun shone brightly against Kate’s face, making her squint into its blinding lights but she didn’t try to move away because she loved it here.

She loved the sound of the water whooshing beneath her feet, liked the way the water slapped against her ankles and the back at the pool walls; the loved the peace and quiet, and the occasional sounds of birds chirping away in the distance,

…but most of all, she loved the tasty goodness of the champagne’s flavor bursting against her taste buds and how each sip seemed to taste differently from the last.

She brought the glass of champagne to her lips again and held her breath, thinking about how peaceful it was and how wealthy people had their own special kind of rest, the kind that she never had the audacity to enjoy when she was nothing but a slave to Gordon.

Now things were different; things were more than a little better and she was no longer who she used to be.

She enjoyed it.

She thought about Phillip too and his blatant show