She Never Knew by Simpson CJ

Author:Simpson, CJ [Simpson, CJ]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: CJ Simpson
Published: 2012-10-27T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

Seated comfortably in a pew, Kat bent her head and silently murmured a prayer. When she was done, she looked straight ahead and focused on the cross that was displayed above the altar. Kat studied the figure of Jesus and thought about what it meant to see Him nailed to the cross. Tears began to well up again in her eyes as she realized what her Redeemer sacrificed for her.

Her thoughts drifted back to William and how peaceful he had looked in his hospital bed. As she kneeled, she hung her head and drooped her shoulders.

“Kat?” She looked up to see Daniel standing in the aisle. He became concerned when he saw that she had been crying.

“We meet again, it seems.” She smiled weakly.

“Are you all right?”

Kat sniffled and shrugged her shoulders. “I will be.”

“Want to talk about it?”

“You got all day?”

“I’ll be glad to listen.” Daniel smiled at her warmly.

Kat realized that when she first arrived, there was nobody in the sanctuary, so she wondered where Daniel came from. She also wondered how long he had been standing there.

As if he read her mind, Daniel replied, “Something came up the other day when I was here and I had to leave. So I decided to come back today and finish the job.” He pointed to the sound system in the back of the church.

He sat down in the pew in front of her. “You look like you lost your best friend.”

She smiled sadly at Daniel and described the events of her day, right up to the moment she saw William lying on his deathbed.

“I feel so lost.” She lamented.

“I can certainly relate to that.” Daniel agreed. He appeared forlorn, as if he knew exactly what Kat was feeling at this very moment.

For the next hour, Kat and Daniel talked about past relationships and what they learned from them. Daniel was hesitant to talk about his ex-fiancé because he felt it was inappropriate considering what Kat had just been through. However, she took comfort in his company and insisted on hearing his story. She listened with great interest as Daniel explained how he had found his older brother in bed with his fiancé the night before their wedding was to take place. The maid of honor decided to crash the bachelor party after Daniel left. Much alcohol had been consumed and one thing led to another.

Kat stared at him in disbelief, shocked that a family member could do something so cruel. “And I thought my problems were bad,” she mumbled. While the circumstances of their situations differed greatly, they shared one thing in common. They both had lost someone they cared about deeply.

Daniel rubbed his eyes. “Yeah, it wasn’t a good day for me.” Shaking his head, “It’s something I’ve tried to forget, but it’s kind of hard to do that when the guy she had the affair with is your own brother.”

They sat together in peaceful silence. Then Kat spoke. “You haven’t talked to your brother since then?”

Daniel shook his head.

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