Chapter 8
For a few moments, they just sat there. Richard started up the car and they just drove. A word really could not be picked at this moment by any of them. So, silence...a silence that cut so deep in hearts and fear, that no sane person would dare to break it. Unless you had the courage of Isobel!. "I can't let you take her!!!" Isobel screamed. Kathryn "You haven't much choice" a calm and cunning Richard smirked. Isobel's first word hit Kathryn like a tidal wave. What was Kathryn to do to resolve this?. She did the only thing she knew to do in trouble. She reached down below the seat and pick up her bible. She held in her hands and prayed while holding it. Meanwhile, the arguments continued. Isobel decided the only option she had left was to air all the bottled up feelings left in her. She smirked in her silence, "No wonder you were so desperate to run away!...you found out you got your daughter pregnant!...whoops!". Isobel looked to Richard for a reaction. The only reaction is got was a smirk. So, she calmly questioned him, "What exactly do you think people are going to say when she's ten years old!!!!!!-and she's going to have a baby!!!!!!". "No she's not" he calmly said. He looked Isobel straight in the eye and said decisively and cunning "She's having an abortion!". Isobel was stunned. Of course it was an option!. The only option realistically!. But, she was a child!. And what's more Isobel knew how firmly religious Kathryn was. Isobel made a decision which change part of Kathryn's life. True! She made lots of decisions!. But this was pretty irrelevant. In reality Kathryn needed the abortion. But, Isobel had to say it!. Isobel lost it and start shouting at Richard "What about her religion?...She's Catholic!...She can't have an abortion!". "Don't be so stupid!" he replied. Isobel couldn't quite work out whether the stupidity was found in the religious beliefs that both she and Kathryn held, though admittedly Isobel's were astray!; or whether it was because Kathryn had no decision in the actions taken upon her. It was, Isobel later discovered, the latter. It seems so ironic that in this moment, the badness seemed to have the common sense not to suggest something as stupid as Isobel was about to say. While, the goodie said the one things that would stick in the young girl's mind as she later turned her beliefs around. Isobel said "Of course not!...It is stupid!...because she's going to hell for what you did to her anyway!...she's damaged goods now!...why would God want her?". Why Isobel said it no one knows!. She knew it wasn't true!. But in a way maybe she hoped it would have a guilty effect on Richard. But he just laughed!. And that was when it all went pear shaped for Kathryn!. She'd stopped praying when she heard Isobel she was going to hell. To didn't cross Kathryn's mind to give up on her faith right now...no that was for later!. Instead a sudden stream of power shock through Kathryn. A sudden confidence!. A sudden...angry!. For the first time in her life she showed no boundaries in her angry!. She had stuff to say and she was going to say it!!!. "Hell!!!", she shouted, "I can't go to hell!!!". "Calm down!" Richard said uncaringly. What Richard didn't realize was how much power this little girl had. I'm not talking supernatural power, though she did have that!. I'm talking about the simplest and most powerful weapon in the world. The one Richard himself had been whipping her with himself...Trust/Betrayal-one and the same!. What Richard doesn't realize is that his biggest ally....will be his biggest fall. And fall he will!. Right to the bottom!. But for now, she just shouted. "Don't tell me what to do!!!!". "How dare you!!" he replied still trying to scare her with authority. It didn't work. "You lied to me!!!!!!...I trusted you and you betrayed me!!!!...and now!!!!!...your going to let me go to hell!!!. Maybe if Isobel hadn't of caught Richard's attention back to herself then she'd still be alive...unfortunately, so would he!. But Isobel doesn't care!. She saw Kathryn and let her do it!.
Take this scenario: There was man preparing to walk down an alley. He took along three people for protection, just in case he was attacked. Firstly, he put the person he trusted least right in front of him. So, he could watch them. He suspected that this could indeed be a potential person to rob him of his money!. Then, he took the person he trusted second least!. He put them beside him, because he had a tiny incline that that person may also rob him. He wanted to check that one in the corner of his eye. Finally, he took the person he trusted most in the world. He didn't need any view of this person because he knew this person would never betray him. They walked down the alley and suddenly the man felt a thud. He thought to himself. The thud couldn't have come from the front because I would have seen that person!. The thud didn't even hit the front of me. The thud couldn't have come from the side because I don't feel the thud there. The only place the thud could have come from was the back, and indeed he felt the pain there. His biggest ally was his biggest fall!. And fall he did, right on the floor!.
And that scenario is kind of what happened to Richard!. Isobel continued the fight between herself and Richard. But this time the argument escalated to Richard trying to strangle Isobel with one hand. An interesting concept!. Especially as he was still trying to drive. It had been a miracle so far that he had been able to drive at all!. Through all the arguments!. Through all the times he looked round to other people!. But above all, through all the times he was violent to people!. He could still drive this car!. And this violent occasion was no different!. He indeed perfectly able to drive the car and attempt to strangle Isobel one handedly. Would he have killed Isobel?. We'll never know!. Maybe Isobel knew he'd strangle her dead. And maybe that is why Isobel nodded the way she did t Kathryn. During this strangling incident, Kathryn just stared. Then something happened. After years and years of doing nothing-she took action!. She's not quite sure what made her do it: angry? fear? revenge? supernatural goings on?, etc?, etc?. All she knows is she just felt her hand lift. It was as if she could hear no noise and this time everything was slow motion. She could hear her heartbeat but she couldn't hear her brain's reaction. What made the difference perhaps, was that in that hand she still held that bible. A big leather clad bible. Even though in honesty, it wasn't really pain that made Richard lose his concentration...it was betrayal!. Her arm lifted higher and higher, and anyone seeing Kathryn would know what would happen. Isobel saw her!. And they shared an exchange of eye contact, and even though it may have been over with quickly, it felt like forever in slow motion...as Isobel just nodded her head. Go on! Do it!-Isobel's silent words said. And she did!. When Richard expected it the least, she did it!. When Richard didn't have her in sight's view, she did!. It wasn't the pain that made Richard swerve and lose control when that book hit his head!. It was hardly a hard hit!. It was betrayal!. Because for those spilt seconds Richard lost his attention on the road and let go of the wheel to check ,that he had indeed!, just been betrayed by the thing he trusted and loved most in this world. Beside himself, of course!. The sights and sounds of that swerve were the last thing Kathryn could remember before blacking out as they hit a nearby tree.
For a few moments, they just sat there. Richard started up the car and they just drove. A word really could not be picked at this moment by any of them. So, silence...a silence that cut so deep in hearts and fear, that no sane person would dare to break it. Unless you had the courage of Isobel!. "I can't let you take her!!!" Isobel screamed. Kathryn "You haven't much choice" a calm and cunning Richard smirked. Isobel's first word hit Kathryn like a tidal wave. What was Kathryn to do to resolve this?. She did the only thing she knew to do in trouble. She reached down below the seat and pick up her bible. She held in her hands and prayed while holding it. Meanwhile, the arguments continued. Isobel decided the only option she had left was to air all the bottled up feelings left in her. She smirked in her silence, "No wonder you were so desperate to run away!...you found out you got your daughter pregnant!...whoops!". Isobel looked to Richard for a reaction. The only reaction is got was a smirk. So, she calmly questioned him, "What exactly do you think people are going to say when she's ten years old!!!!!!-and she's going to have a baby!!!!!!". "No she's not" he calmly said. He looked Isobel straight in the eye and said decisively and cunning "She's having an abortion!". Isobel was stunned. Of course it was an option!. The only option realistically!. But, she was a child!. And what's more Isobel knew how firmly religious Kathryn was. Isobel made a decision which change part of Kathryn's life. True! She made lots of decisions!. But this was pretty irrelevant. In reality Kathryn needed the abortion. But, Isobel had to say it!. Isobel lost it and start shouting at Richard "What about her religion?...She's Catholic!...She can't have an abortion!". "Don't be so stupid!" he replied. Isobel couldn't quite work out whether the stupidity was found in the religious beliefs that both she and Kathryn held, though admittedly Isobel's were astray!; or whether it was because Kathryn had no decision in the actions taken upon her. It was, Isobel later discovered, the latter. It seems so ironic that in this moment, the badness seemed to have the common sense not to suggest something as stupid as Isobel was about to say. While, the goodie said the one things that would stick in the young girl's mind as she later turned her beliefs around. Isobel said "Of course not!...It is stupid!...because she's going to hell for what you did to her anyway!...she's damaged goods now!...why would God want her?". Why Isobel said it no one knows!. She knew it wasn't true!. But in a way maybe she hoped it would have a guilty effect on Richard. But he just laughed!. And that was when it all went pear shaped for Kathryn!. She'd stopped praying when she heard Isobel she was going to hell. To didn't cross Kathryn's mind to give up on her faith right now...no that was for later!. Instead a sudden stream of power shock through Kathryn. A sudden confidence!. A sudden...angry!. For the first time in her life she showed no boundaries in her angry!. She had stuff to say and she was going to say it!!!. "Hell!!!", she shouted, "I can't go to hell!!!". "Calm down!" Richard said uncaringly. What Richard didn't realize was how much power this little girl had. I'm not talking supernatural power, though she did have that!. I'm talking about the simplest and most powerful weapon in the world. The one Richard himself had been whipping her with himself...Trust/Betrayal-one and the same!. What Richard doesn't realize is that his biggest ally....will be his biggest fall. And fall he will!. Right to the bottom!. But for now, she just shouted. "Don't tell me what to do!!!!". "How dare you!!" he replied still trying to scare her with authority. It didn't work. "You lied to me!!!!!!...I trusted you and you betrayed me!!!!...and now!!!!!...your going to let me go to hell!!!. Maybe if Isobel hadn't of caught Richard's attention back to herself then she'd still be alive...unfortunately, so would he!. But Isobel doesn't care!. She saw Kathryn and let her do it!.
Take this scenario: There was man preparing to walk down an alley. He took along three people for protection, just in case he was attacked. Firstly, he put the person he trusted least right in front of him. So, he could watch them. He suspected that this could indeed be a potential person to rob him of his money!. Then, he took the person he trusted second least!. He put them beside him, because he had a tiny incline that that person may also rob him. He wanted to check that one in the corner of his eye. Finally, he took the person he trusted most in the world. He didn't need any view of this person because he knew this person would never betray him. They walked down the alley and suddenly the man felt a thud. He thought to himself. The thud couldn't have come from the front because I would have seen that person!. The thud didn't even hit the front of me. The thud couldn't have come from the side because I don't feel the thud there. The only place the thud could have come from was the back, and indeed he felt the pain there. His biggest ally was his biggest fall!. And fall he did, right on the floor!.
And that scenario is kind of what happened to Richard!. Isobel continued the fight between herself and Richard. But this time the argument escalated to Richard trying to strangle Isobel with one hand. An interesting concept!. Especially as he was still trying to drive. It had been a miracle so far that he had been able to drive at all!. Through all the arguments!. Through all the times he looked round to other people!. But above all, through all the times he was violent to people!. He could still drive this car!. And this violent occasion was no different!. He indeed perfectly able to drive the car and attempt to strangle Isobel one handedly. Would he have killed Isobel?. We'll never know!. Maybe Isobel knew he'd strangle her dead. And maybe that is why Isobel nodded the way she did t Kathryn. During this strangling incident, Kathryn just stared. Then something happened. After years and years of doing nothing-she took action!. She's not quite sure what made her do it: angry? fear? revenge? supernatural goings on?, etc?, etc?. All she knows is she just felt her hand lift. It was as if she could hear no noise and this time everything was slow motion. She could hear her heartbeat but she couldn't hear her brain's reaction. What made the difference perhaps, was that in that hand she still held that bible. A big leather clad bible. Even though in honesty, it wasn't really pain that made Richard lose his concentration...it was betrayal!. Her arm lifted higher and higher, and anyone seeing Kathryn would know what would happen. Isobel saw her!. And they shared an exchange of eye contact, and even though it may have been over with quickly, it felt like forever in slow motion...as Isobel just nodded her head. Go on! Do it!-Isobel's silent words said. And she did!. When Richard expected it the least, she did it!. When Richard didn't have her in sight's view, she did!. It wasn't the pain that made Richard swerve and lose control when that book hit his head!. It was hardly a hard hit!. It was betrayal!. Because for those spilt seconds Richard lost his attention on the road and let go of the wheel to check ,that he had indeed!, just been betrayed by the thing he trusted and loved most in this world. Beside himself, of course!. The sights and sounds of that swerve were the last thing Kathryn could remember before blacking out as they hit a nearby tree.
