Chapter 11
A thirty five year old Kathryn sat in her room. She was reading the
photocopy of Sebastian's journal. Well, the pages about her!. The pages
were tear stained. Tear stained from her crying over them now, and her
crying over them every time she read them. She could never come to terms
with the way he betrayed her. The only consolation to her was that he never
revealed their biggest secrets - about their childhood.
Annette's shouting suddenly interrupted Kathryn's crying and reading. "CAITLIN!!!!!" Annette screamed as she stood at the bottom of the stairs in their mansion. Kathryn stormed out her room and over to the top of the stairs. "Do not use that tone with my daughter, Madam!!!" shouted Kathryn. Leonie and David came out of the guest bedroom, where they had been staying. "Calm down girls!...now what's wrong?" said Leonie in her usual calm and sweet, tranquil deposition. "We are not girls, mother!...we are 35 years old!!!!!!". "Sweetie calm down, your mother didn't mean that!" said David in the same adorational and worshipping way he usually spoke to Kathryn. And as perhaps usual Kathryn reacted to the same sensitive way "I am not your darling!...or your sweetie!...or your pumpkin!...or whatever of yours!...I have a father and I don't need another one!". "Sorry" replied David. You see nothing much had changed over the years. Yes, Kathryn had been married. Yes, had had children. But now she was divorced. Now her children no longer needed her. Now she was back to living close to the parental units. And never, even in the short time she acted out married bliss, had Kathryn ever forgotten or got over her childhood. The only change in her life since she was a teenager was that now she was a decent person. After various different forms of counseling, drug clinics, eating disorder clinics and general being told off-Kathryn changed!. She never really recovered, but she did indeed become a decent person. She cared for people, she was nice to people and didn't run her life in pursuit of making others unhappy. Not all had changed, but some had. She still didn't accept her stepfather, for example. But she was more tolerant, politer and nicer to him. Now the current 'as per usual events' of the Valmert family and co (ever since they'd become related) consisted of: Kathryn and Annette fighting, Greg trying to break them up, Kathryn trying to hate her stepfather David, Leonie and David trying to make feeble attempts to pretend they aren't only a stepfamily, and Caitlin and Lorna and Nathan constantly fighting!. There would be several tears, several arguments and several nightmares or dreams. Some of these were new 'as per usuals' when Annette came into their lives, and some had gone on since Leonie married David. But, that was the situation now. Welcome to the Valmert family and co saga!.
Kathryn's mother and stepfather now lived with Aunt Helen as her aunt was growing elderly and unable to look after herself. The pair also moved because they wanted to give their house to their grandchild Lorna and her father Greg McConnell to live in since they had returned back from England. They had returned because it was decided it was best to separate 'the twins': Caitlin and Lorna. The twins had never really got along for the last six or seven years. Lorna held a similar secret to Sebastian and Nathan, and yet Lorna simply didn't know how to cope with it. Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. Caitlin missed her dad, and Lorna her mum. Even the recently divorced pair, Kathryn and Greg, missed each other as friends. Fair enough - the twins could learn to get along- but how on earth did Greg and the others expect Kathryn and Annette to get along?. Annette being Greg's new wife!. "Caitlin!!!" repeated Annette impatiently. "Caitlin come listen to her!!" called Kathryn. "I am not a HER!!" shouted Annette at Kathryn. "Caitlin, sweetie" called Leonie and David. Eventually Caitlin appeared. She was a pretty girl, with angelic long blonde hair and angelic deep blue eyes. You could tell why everyone adored her, too. She took after her mother - unlike her sister! - in everything way of perfection. Caitlin's fake smile swapped her face and she tried to look as innocent as apple pie - knowing full well what Annette was going to say!. She couldn't let her crowd down!. "Annette, would like a word, dear" informed her grandmother Leonie. "Annette, would like an argument!" informed Kathryn. "Yes, step mama?" Caitlin replied sweetly. Annette grabbed her by the arm and pulled her into the kitchen. "Oi!" Kathryn shouted at, and Caitlin exclaimed at, Annette. In the kitchen, stood a boy of seventeen also. Blonde hair, blue eyes...in fact! the spitting image of Sebastian Valmont!. Of course, Annette McConnell would have been quite taken aback by the sight of her dead ex boyfriend in her kitchen, if it was indeed he. She of course knew it wasn't. She knew it was her seventeen-year-old son by Sebastian Valmont. The one conceived in their one and only night of passion. "Caitlin!...sit next to Nathan...NOW!.this concerns you both!". As per usual!, another scheme by this dastardly duo. What had they done now?. Conned another sucker?. Ruined the reputation of another society debutante?. Annette knew their games. All of them!. But, she didn't care if her son was deflowering every girl in the state. She didn't care if Caitlin was promiscuous. Because Annette herself had changed!. No longer was she the pride of every parent. The sweet innocent flower. Betrayal and angry had twisted her into a spoilt, gold digging, mouthy, opinionated, selfish, career orientated, practically spineless, bitch!. She didn't care about infidelity - because she was doing it!. But what she did care about was evil games!. What she did care about was there was a mini version of Kathryn running around New York!. She had to stop Caitlin!. She had to curb her on her every devious action!. She didn't care for Caitlin's reason!. Her son did though!. She didn't care if Caitlin cried every night!-Her son did!. Annette never cared because she never considered why Caitlin did what she did?. Her son did though - he asked Caitlin why!.
Annette's shouting suddenly interrupted Kathryn's crying and reading. "CAITLIN!!!!!" Annette screamed as she stood at the bottom of the stairs in their mansion. Kathryn stormed out her room and over to the top of the stairs. "Do not use that tone with my daughter, Madam!!!" shouted Kathryn. Leonie and David came out of the guest bedroom, where they had been staying. "Calm down girls!...now what's wrong?" said Leonie in her usual calm and sweet, tranquil deposition. "We are not girls, mother!...we are 35 years old!!!!!!". "Sweetie calm down, your mother didn't mean that!" said David in the same adorational and worshipping way he usually spoke to Kathryn. And as perhaps usual Kathryn reacted to the same sensitive way "I am not your darling!...or your sweetie!...or your pumpkin!...or whatever of yours!...I have a father and I don't need another one!". "Sorry" replied David. You see nothing much had changed over the years. Yes, Kathryn had been married. Yes, had had children. But now she was divorced. Now her children no longer needed her. Now she was back to living close to the parental units. And never, even in the short time she acted out married bliss, had Kathryn ever forgotten or got over her childhood. The only change in her life since she was a teenager was that now she was a decent person. After various different forms of counseling, drug clinics, eating disorder clinics and general being told off-Kathryn changed!. She never really recovered, but she did indeed become a decent person. She cared for people, she was nice to people and didn't run her life in pursuit of making others unhappy. Not all had changed, but some had. She still didn't accept her stepfather, for example. But she was more tolerant, politer and nicer to him. Now the current 'as per usual events' of the Valmert family and co (ever since they'd become related) consisted of: Kathryn and Annette fighting, Greg trying to break them up, Kathryn trying to hate her stepfather David, Leonie and David trying to make feeble attempts to pretend they aren't only a stepfamily, and Caitlin and Lorna and Nathan constantly fighting!. There would be several tears, several arguments and several nightmares or dreams. Some of these were new 'as per usuals' when Annette came into their lives, and some had gone on since Leonie married David. But, that was the situation now. Welcome to the Valmert family and co saga!.
Kathryn's mother and stepfather now lived with Aunt Helen as her aunt was growing elderly and unable to look after herself. The pair also moved because they wanted to give their house to their grandchild Lorna and her father Greg McConnell to live in since they had returned back from England. They had returned because it was decided it was best to separate 'the twins': Caitlin and Lorna. The twins had never really got along for the last six or seven years. Lorna held a similar secret to Sebastian and Nathan, and yet Lorna simply didn't know how to cope with it. Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. Caitlin missed her dad, and Lorna her mum. Even the recently divorced pair, Kathryn and Greg, missed each other as friends. Fair enough - the twins could learn to get along- but how on earth did Greg and the others expect Kathryn and Annette to get along?. Annette being Greg's new wife!. "Caitlin!!!" repeated Annette impatiently. "Caitlin come listen to her!!" called Kathryn. "I am not a HER!!" shouted Annette at Kathryn. "Caitlin, sweetie" called Leonie and David. Eventually Caitlin appeared. She was a pretty girl, with angelic long blonde hair and angelic deep blue eyes. You could tell why everyone adored her, too. She took after her mother - unlike her sister! - in everything way of perfection. Caitlin's fake smile swapped her face and she tried to look as innocent as apple pie - knowing full well what Annette was going to say!. She couldn't let her crowd down!. "Annette, would like a word, dear" informed her grandmother Leonie. "Annette, would like an argument!" informed Kathryn. "Yes, step mama?" Caitlin replied sweetly. Annette grabbed her by the arm and pulled her into the kitchen. "Oi!" Kathryn shouted at, and Caitlin exclaimed at, Annette. In the kitchen, stood a boy of seventeen also. Blonde hair, blue eyes...in fact! the spitting image of Sebastian Valmont!. Of course, Annette McConnell would have been quite taken aback by the sight of her dead ex boyfriend in her kitchen, if it was indeed he. She of course knew it wasn't. She knew it was her seventeen-year-old son by Sebastian Valmont. The one conceived in their one and only night of passion. "Caitlin!...sit next to Nathan...NOW!.this concerns you both!". As per usual!, another scheme by this dastardly duo. What had they done now?. Conned another sucker?. Ruined the reputation of another society debutante?. Annette knew their games. All of them!. But, she didn't care if her son was deflowering every girl in the state. She didn't care if Caitlin was promiscuous. Because Annette herself had changed!. No longer was she the pride of every parent. The sweet innocent flower. Betrayal and angry had twisted her into a spoilt, gold digging, mouthy, opinionated, selfish, career orientated, practically spineless, bitch!. She didn't care about infidelity - because she was doing it!. But what she did care about was evil games!. What she did care about was there was a mini version of Kathryn running around New York!. She had to stop Caitlin!. She had to curb her on her every devious action!. She didn't care for Caitlin's reason!. Her son did though!. She didn't care if Caitlin cried every night!-Her son did!. Annette never cared because she never considered why Caitlin did what she did?. Her son did though - he asked Caitlin why!.
