Katrina's Reaction – Part 2

Katrina packed her bag without Lizzie knowing a thing- there was no way that she could tell her friend what she was about to do.
It was now roughly a year after she had read the letter telling her that Archie was marrying Lexie, since then she had also heard that Lexie had run away from the first wedding. But to her dismay they had got back together and were still engaged.
If Lexie had run away from the first wedding, what was to say that she wouldn't run from the second one as well - Katrina knew deep down that there was still a chance for her and Archie.
Archie had gone to Lexie way to fast, Katrina had known that all along, there was still the chance that he could love her instead of Lexie, and that Lexie had just been in the right place at the right time.
Either way, she was going to find out for herself, she'd had enough sitting around contemplating the issue when other things didn't occupy her mind. She would find out once and for all if Archie McDonald had or did love her as much as she did him.

The add in her old local paper had inspired the idea- they we're looking for a new head teacher for the school. Who else was better qualified then her? And the town knew her; she had grown up there- that was a very important factor when applying for a job in a small community.
She could fairly imagine Archie's face when he saw her at the interviews; imagine his reaction at seeing her again. Only once did the notion that Lexie might also be there appear in her mind, before she resolutely squashed it back down to insignificance.
Lexie hadn't turned up to her wedding. That was all there was to it. She had got Archie MacDonald to propose to her somehow and then had let him down- embarrassed him in front of his friends and family, the thought was just too much.
Lexie didn't deserve Archie, and she was going to find out the truth about his feelings towards her. Katrina seriously doubted that Archie did love Lexie- how could he?
Thoughts about how close the two had been when she was still there, again tried to fight their way through the turmoil in her mind, but again she suppressed anything that wasn't complementary to her cause.
She would know soon enough. And then everything would flow from there, she was sure of it. No one would stop her going home and laying claim to all the things that were rightfully hers.