Scene 35

Secret Headquarters of the KLF

I had borrowed a notebook computer and I was working with it when I heard a knock on the door of my room.

“Yes,” I called out.

The door came open a little and Diane stuck her head through. “Can I come in?” she asked.

“Of course.” I saved my completed work and pulled out the flash drive, putting it in my sporran.

“What are you working on?” she asked.

I continued to shut down the computer. “Just a little project for later. What can I do for you?”

She sat down on my bed. “I wanted to apologize, for this morning.”

I waved my hand in dismissal. “No apology necessary, you didn’t know the truth.”

“But it must have been so embarrassing for you. I know it is for me.”

“I’ll admit I was a bit surprised when you woke me up the way you did.” She blushed when I said this. “But you thought I was someone else. Let’s put that behind us, okay?”

She nodded in agreement. As she sat there staring at the floor, I knew she had something else to say.

“Is there something on your mind?” I asked her.

She started speaking softly. “I know he wasn’t the best man, but I loved him. And I know he wasn’t faithful. I even know what he did with Julie, after we were married. She never told me, but I knew.”

“Then why did you stay with him?”

“Because I really did care for him. Plus, in case you couldn’t figure it out, we really are a small community here. I didn’t have a lot of options. And I guess a part of me thought I could change him.”

“Men like that seldom change.”

She nodded and looked up at me. “But you seem so much different. How can you look so much like him, but be so different?”

“Who knows? Maybe at one time, when we were younger, we were the same. I don’t know what events shaped his life, what choices he made, that led him to the life he led.”

She shook her head a little. “I may never completely understand this alternate worlds thing. Well, I really just wanted to apologize for this morning. I’ll let you get back to what you were doing.” She got to her feet and started for the door. “I’ll see you this evening.”

“Thank you for helping us, Diane.”

She nodded in acknowledgement and stepped out the door, closing it behind her.