Our faith will silence the doubt

Kathie slowly opened her eyes and saw nothing. She wasn´t sure where she was at, but she knew it was a cold place. She jumped up startled as she heard drops, of what she hoped was water. She screamed and quickly closed her eyes as the lights went on. She slowly opened them and she frowned as her eyes finally managed to adjust. Standing before her was none other than Tammy, the woman who had killed her parents. Tammy smiled as she stood before her daughter. “You have been a very naughty girl Zoey. I thought your father and I had taught you better.” Kathie stared at Tammy, “I’m not your daughter and you know that.” “You are my daughter; I took care of you every time you were sick. I bought you clothes, fed you, provided a nice home for you to live. I protected you from those whom I thought were going to hurt you. Just like any mom would.” Kathie laughed humorlessly, “You killed my parents!” “It was something I had to do! I am your mom; they wanted to take you away from me!” “Of course they wanted to take me away from you, they were my parents!” “No! Amy wasn’t your mom, I was, and I always have been!” “Liar!” Tammy slapped Kathie as she walked around the room angrily.

“You were supposed to be my daughter! Taylor was my boyfriend. He had been my friend since middle school. That’s when we started dating, six months after we met. We were so happy. I was already planning my wedding. It would be in the sunny beach of Florida. We’d always dream of leaving there. But then she moved into town. I was a freshman and she was a sophomore, just like Taylor was.” Tammy stared at Kathie as she continued. “They became friends. He was always a gentleman, and he just had to offer being her tour guide. He took her to ever corner of the school showing her the classrooms, the main exits, everything. I can’t believe I never saw thought her false smile. We all were best friends; that’s when I met Dave, your other father. But he wasn’t who I was interested in. Taylor was everything to me. I remember the four of us used to go to each other’s houses and study. I can’t believe I never noticed that she liked him, and he was starting to like her. Then again, I suppose it was my fault as well, I made her go with me to his football games. They were seeing each other behind my back.”

“I still remember the night I caught them. It was the last game of the year. I couldn’t go because I had gotten sick so I sent her. She didn’t want to go, but I insisted. I didn’t want Taylor to be alone on his big night. I knew they would win; he was the best on the team. I felt a little better about twenty minutes before the game ended. I got dressed and headed out; I got there just as the game was ending. Our team had won, of course I wasn’t surprised. The crowd was going wild. I walked through the crowd eager to get to my Taylor; I was almost there when I heard people whistling and shouting his name. I was confused when I heard someone say they make a lovely couple. That’s when I saw them, Amy had her arms around him and she was kissing him. I know she had kissed him, because Taylor wasn’t holding her, he just had his eyes closed, clearly enjoying the kiss. I ran home and cried my eyes out. Dave came to see me, he was my best friend. We told each other everything, when I told him what happened. He told me, tried to convince me that Taylor had stopped loving me before Amy had come to town. Of course he was lying. Taylor loved me, but that whore had to get between his legs and take him away from me.”

Tammy looked at Kathie and scowled, “Taylor soon broke up with me. It was two weeks after that, when I found out I was pregnant. I ran to Taylor’s house and told him the great news. Amy was there and she told him to stay with me. He agreed but said he would always love her.” Tammy laughter caused Kathie to get goosebumps. “But she wouldn’t stay away from him, even though she knew I was pregnant with his child! I got mad one day and decided to confront her. I was three months pregnant. She threw me down the stairs, and I lost my baby Zoey. Of course Amy didn’t go to jail, because neighbors claimed that she hadn’t pushed me, that it had been an accident. But only she and I know the truth. I moved soon after, my parents took me away from Wisconsin, so I could forget that I had lost you. But I didn’t forget. How could I just leave my baby’s murder out there alive? Dave and I found each other a few years later and got married. That’s when my plan started to form. I didn’t know she had given birth to you until just a few days before my plan was supposed to take place. I was going to kill you too, but that’s when I saw you running out of your house. And I imagined that was, Zoey, the baby I was supposed to have with Taylor.”

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