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“I’m sorry Kathrine, I don’t see anything.” Sarah was sad for Kathrine, she was one of the few people who could understand what Kathrine was going through.
“Who is this in the background?” Kathrine handed the photo back to Sarah.
“Umm…Wait…I know him. That’s Franklin. Well that was his name after I took him to America. Franklin Cole.” Sarah stared at the picture more intently now. “He lives like two hours from here.”
“S’pose that’s what he meant?” Kathrine asked, she needed this to be true.
“It has to be. We need to take a road trip. I wouldn’t mind visiting Frank. Haven’t seen him in years.” Sarah actually sounded a little excited.
“Cool, think dad will let me go today?” Kathrine asked.
“I think I can persuade him,” Sarah winked.
Sarah walked into the living room, kissed Mark on the cheek and then whispered in his ear. Mark looked excited and uncomfortable at the same time. Kathrine really wished she had turned her head. She didn’t need to hear what Sarah said to get the idea of what she promised Mark.
When Sarah returned she plopped down in the chair arrogantly.
“We can go,” Sarah smiled widely. “Your dad is so easy, I was gonna do that anyway.”
“Sarah! I don’t wanna know!” Kathrine was smiling. She was happy that Sarah and her dad were together.
“Let me change. Don’t want too many questions about my injuries,” Kathrine said as she stood up.
“Good choice,” Sarah replied. “And we’re gonna return that car.” Sarah raised her eyebrows, she knew the car was stolen.
“Yes, Aunt Sarah,” Kathrine whined.
Kathrine headed back to her new home and changed. In about twenty minutes the two of them were headed to Frank’s house.
Chapter 22
Sarah drove while Kathrine sat in the passenger seat. Kathrine’s leg was still not completely healed and neither was her shoulder. After a while Kathrine turned on her favorite station. On the program a woman was asking what it took to get into heaven. This worried Kathrine. She turned off the station and turned to Sarah. She knew what she wanted to ask but figured she should start out slowly.
“Why did you heal so fast and I’m still hurt?” Kathrine asked.
“It has to do with age. The longer you are Asuune the stronger you become,” Sarah responded.
“So I’m still too young to be doing this?” Kathrine pondered.
“No, not at all. You’re very strong. I’ve never seen a new Asuune heal as quickly as you did. If you were a normal Asuune and got as hurt as you did, you’d be dead now. I’m proud of you, honey. Even if you weren’t completely honest about what you were up to,” Sarah pried her eyes from the road to give Kathrine a scolding stare.
“Sorry.” Was all that Kathrine could think to say. She knew how much she had disappointed Sarah.
“Oh, don’t go getting all depressed on me. I know why you did it, I’d have done the same thing. Only I wouldn’t have lied about it,” Sarah scolded.
“You, wouldn’t have let me go if I had told you what I was going to do,” Kathrine explained.
“You do have a point, I still treat you like that teenage girl who was scared to ask a boy out,” Sarah laughed. “I’ll try to do better from now on.”
“I will also,” Kathrine replied.
“I can see it on your face, what’s up?” Sarah asked as she peered away from the road again.
“Well, you might think it’s stupid, but…” Kathrine paused and looked at her lap.
“I probably won’t think it’s stupid. You don’t really say stupid things, not like your father.” Sarah was trying to cheer her up and it was working.
“He does say some pretty stupid shit when you’re around,” Kathrine smiled back. “I want to know, I mean, do you think mom is in heaven?”
“Oh Kathrine, that is far from dumb. And yes, if anyone deserves to be in heaven, it’s your mom,” Sarah replied.
“What do you mean?” Kathrine asked.
“This is a story I haven’t had the guts to tell your dad, so this stays between you and I until I get up the nerve to tell him, ok?” Sarah again looked at Kathrine to make sure she was paying attention.
“Yes, you kept my secret, I will keep yours,” Kathrine responded.
“Ok…when I first met your dad I had no idea that Jen was my sister, I didn’t find that out until after you were born. Anyway, I became friends with your mom and your dad. Gave your dad a job with me. Did everything I could to be around them because I was determined that your mom was no good for your dad, he was to be mine. I deserved him for all that I’d been through. Well after I had known them a while, I think they had been married about six months. It was almost Christmas time and your mom asked me to go Christmas shopping with her so I saw it as a perfect opportunity to plant more seeds of doubt. Get them to break up.” Sarah looked at Kathrine to judge her attitude toward her story but Kathrine wasn’t upset.
