Fireproof doesn't belong to me.
Hope
Catherine stood up and walked out of the cafeteria in anger. Who did Anna think she was? How dare she presume to know the state of their marriage? How dare she presume to understand the pain and suffering that Catherin had gone through? The belittlement and inadequacy that she felt every time she found her husband looking at those disgusting pictures on his computer? Anna couldn't understand. No one could.
Anna could certainly not understand how good it felt to have a man look at Catherine with appreciation and even interest. She certainly couldn't understand how kind and considerate Gavin had been towards her. He had actually listened when she told him about her mother's illness and not only that he had given of his money to ease her mother's pain. And he made her feel desirable and important, that had to count for a lot, didn't it?
Anna couldn't understand. She could only sit on her moral high horse and judge her. The Annas of this world would judge her without knowing the exact situation...without knowing what she was going through.
So what if Gavin was making a move on her while she was still married. She would have laughed at Anna's use of the word woo if the situation had been so serious. But still, was there a good time for love? Anyway, Catherine consoled herself, she and Caleb were all but separated and they would soon be divorced and then the matter of Gavin's moving in a married woman would be a moot point.
In her mind's eye, Catherine could see herself married to Gavin and all she saw was happiness. Gavin wouldn't treat her like Caleb had. And she couldn't believe that he would leave her and move on like Anna had suggested.
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Over the next few days Catherine was surprised by the changes in Caleb's behaviour. For one thing, he started to clean and do the shopping and he even did her laundry. It was like having the perfect housemate and somehow Catherine found herself stalling with the divorce proceedings.
Things were not perfect, they had yet to speak to each other but if the past few years had half this perfect she would never have even considered getting a divorce.
Maybe her life wasn't so bad after all. Maybe she and Caleb could sort it out. Maybe...
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