Montgomery Family 03 - Turned Around By Love by Vikki Vaught

Author:Vikki Vaught [Vaught, Vikki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: McCombie Publishing
Published: 2013-11-24T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Twenty-four Hours Before the Wedding

When Kathryn went back into the house, she returned to the drawing room, told everyone that she was retiring and that she would see them in the morning. As Sarah helped her get ready for bed, she thought about Jonathan. He treated her as if she was a fragile piece of glass, and it made her feel very special. He was such a gentle and kind man, she was so grateful she had agreed to marry him. She realized she wanted to be his wife. It was comforting to imagine growing old with him.

Kathryn imagined he would be a sensitive lover, but then she remembered all the pain and humiliation that she went through with her uncle. Kathryn hated her uncle even more than she had before, knowing he’d ruined any chance she had to have a complete loving marriage. If it weren’t for him, she realized she would gladly give herself to Jonathan. The tears started rolling down her cheeks at all she had lost because of that depraved man.

Someone knocked on her door, and she asked, “Who is it?”

The voice at the door replied, “Kathryn, it’s me, Helen.”

“Oh, come in.”

When Helen saw her crying, she ran over to her and asked, “Kathryn, what’s wrong? Why are you crying? Did Jonathan do anything to hurt you? If he has hurt you, I’ll go get Henry, and he’ll take care of him for you.”

Kathryn shook her head. “No…No…Jonathan is wonderful. That’s the problem. He deserves to have a wife that will be his in all ways. Not someone who can never be a true wife to him.”

“What do mean a true wife? What haven’t you told me? Why can’t you be the wife he needs?”

In a halting voice, Kathryn replied, “It’s because of our uncle that I can’t be his wife in truth. Every time I think about being with a man, I remember what he did to me, and then the thought of being intimate repulses me.”

“Oh Kathryn, don’t let him ruin this chance at love. I was so pleased when you wrote me and told me about your engagement. I can tell that you both care about each other tremendously.”

“Jonathan is the most gentle and kindest man I’ve ever known. It’s not fair to him that I promised to marry him. I can’t expect him to live his life without intimacy. I think I need to call off the wedding, but I don’t want to. He needs me…to help him with the children, and he says that if I don’t marry him, he won’t marry anyone else, and then the children won’t…have…a mother. Oh Helen, what am I going to do?” By this time she was sobbing, she was so upset.

Helen put her arms around Kathryn. “Honey, does Jonathan know how you feel about…intimacy?”

“Yes…he knows. We’re to be married in name only. That’s the only way that I would agree to marry him. Oh, it’s so unfair to him!”

“It’s his decision to make, and if he’s willing to marry you in name only, then I think you should let him.

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