Read She Never Knew for Free Online Page B

life. But what most people did not know was that Kat
continued to live in the past, clinging to memories that were fading as each
day passed.
    As she shut down
her computer, her eyes drifted toward the handmade picture frame Tyler had made
for her in preschool. The frame sat on her desk next to the reading lamp and
the picture was of her and Michael smiling and hugging. They were standing in
the front yard of her house the day they had first discovered it six years ago.
    Good night, my
love, she whispered to his smiling face in the picture. She always bid him
goodnight each evening before going to bed. After a moment, she got up and
walked over to the huge bookshelf. She had just finished a murder mystery the
night before and wanted a new book to start reading in bed tonight. After she
made her selection, she closed the windows, turned off the lights and fan,
checked on Tyler, and went downstairs to her bedroom.

Chapter 5
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    The following
afternoon, Kat came home from grocery shopping to find several packages stacked
against the side of her garage door. When she got out of her car, she was
pleased to see that the packages contained the crafts she had ordered for
vacation bible school that would begin in a couple of weeks.
    After Kat
unloaded her groceries and put them away, she carried the large packages one by
one into her house. She wanted to unpack them immediately to ensure she
received everything she had ordered. But first she needed to pick up Tyler.
    From across the
street, she could hear the sounds of high-pitched shrieks of two little boys,
one of whom came from her son. Smiling, she strolled her way to Rhonda’s front
door and tapped gently on the frame of the screen door. The porch claimed a
ten-foot square space and was decorated with wicker furniture. Seashells clung
from a cast net that was strung across one wall. A ceiling fan spun rapidly,
its blades blowing air onto the pages of an open magazine on a small table.
Curled up in the corner of the porch was Marlowe, a beautiful white and orange
tabby cat that shed hair everywhere she went. When she spied Kat, she meowed
lazily and went back to sleep.
    From where Kat
was standing, she could see Tyler and Eli chasing each other inside the house.
When Tyler saw her through the sliding glass door, he shrieked again. He ran
over to let himself out and unlocked the screen door to let Kat inside.
    “Mommy!” he
squealed, his little arms reaching up to her. Kat bent down and scooped her
soon into her arms, smothering his face with kisses. He giggled with delight as
she hugged him tightly.
    It was a typical
scene she walked in on. The boys had trashed Rhonda’s living room as toys were
scattered all over the floor. The volume on the television was turned up and
costumes of action figures were in disarray on the couches. It was obvious that
the boys had dressed up as action heroes.
    Rhonda came
bounding down the stairs and smiled broadly when she saw Kat. “What did you
feed your child for breakfast this morning?”
    “Same thing you
fed yours, apparently.” Kat retorted. Both women laughed as they marveled over
the mess the boys had made.
    “Guess what just
arrived?” Kat said, motioning to her house through the window.
    “The crafts?” Rhonda
gushed, raising her eyebrows. “Wow, that was fast!”
    Kat nodded in
agreement and said, “When do you want to make the models?” Rhonda was the
director of vacation bible school and Kat was the designated crafts leader. For
their upcoming training session, Rhonda wanted to have a display of the crafts
all students would be making so the classroom teachers could explain how the
crafts related to the assigned bible stories.
    “Soon. You can
help me put together everybody’s training folders too.”
    “Sounds like a
plan.” Kat agreed.
     “Mommy, can Eli
come over to our house?” Tyler interrupted, looking up at his mother with
pleading blue eyes.
     “That’s fine
with me.” Kat