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Walking back across the street Katelyn looked at her watch…it was only 10:30 California time but it was 1:30 New York time…she reached the entrance of her hotel and walked in, grabbing a banana and an apple before heading up to her hotel room
She threw her purse on the bed and grabbed one of the chairs that was by the window, along with a box of Kleenex…she had a feeling she would need it.
She picked up the phone and set it beside her in the chair and reached for the phone card that was in her back pocket and started to dial the 800-number and punched in her mom's hospital number that her dad had given to her last night.
"Hello?" answered a weak voice
"Mom? It's Katie" he spoke into the phone trying very hard to hold in her tears.
"Hi sweetie…how is your search going?" Monica asked suppressing a cough.
"Not good…I went to that church you suggested…and I talked to one of their reverends…I think he said his name was Reverend Camden…but anyways…he didn't come until the 80s so I doubt he will know anything about him"
"But that's not why you called is it Kat?" Monica asked grabbing another Kleenex
"No...it's not…to be honest mom…I don't know what to tell people when they want to help me…I don't know anything about him except for his name and that's not much"
"What do you want me to do?"
"I need you to tell me everything…how you meet, what made you guys leave each other, etc…there is only so much information one has until they need more" Katelyn told her grabbing a Kleenex to wipe her eyes.
"Oh Katie" Monica started to sob into the phone "I never really thought about it…I thought that maybe someone in that town would know who he was…I guess I thought wrong"
"Mom…you wouldn't have known…sometimes small towns change and sometimes they don't...I guess yours didn't" Katelyn explained taking a drink of water from her water bottle.
"Where do you want me to start?" Monica asked sitting up in bed pulling the sheets closer to her body.
"I guess where you met him…" she trailed off.
"Well it was the summer of 1977 and I moved to Glenoak for the summer…to live with my Aunt Grace…she wasn't doing that well and your grandma or grandpa didn't trust your uncle Rick or your Aunt Sally to move out there and stay with her so I volunteered to go instead…besides they were going to pay me 100.00 for every week I stayed out there and back then 100.00 was a lot of money"
"Anyways Aunt Grace had found me a job at Pete's Pizzeria before I got out there…so I was going to be making twice the amount of money since I was paying for college myself. So a few days later I was waiting on a table and there he was…with a bunch of his friends with him…I felt my knees go weak…I knew right then and there that I was going to be with him" Monica told her taking a sip of water from her Styrofoam cup.
"You worked at Pete's Pizzeria?" Katelyn exclaimed starting to double over with laughter…she had eaten there almost everyday since she got there.
"Yes…and stop laughing Katelyn or else I'm going to hang up this phone and not tell you anymore" Monica threatened her oldest daughter.
"Ok fine" Katelyn sighed leaning back in her chair. "Go on"
"Anyways he started coming back every few days and then every few days turned into every day…pretty soon we started talking back and forth and he asked me out on a date…and since I still didn't know any one that well I said yes. We fell in love that day…and we basically dated until I had to go back home for school to start…so I left and we kept in touch…he wrote to me and I wrote him back…at the end of the Fall semester I decided I wanted to go back to Glenoak and work on our relationship…by that time we had broken up…and I really hadn't heard from him so I figured if I surprised him and that he would be happy to see me" Monica paused for a minute wiping the tears from her face.
"You guys broke up?" an astounded Katelyn repeated.
"Yes…we sure did"
"Why?"
"Kat…long distance relationships don't work…of if they do the other person is always cheating or vice versa"
"But still…"
"There are no buts in love sweetie…"
"Keep going…I need to hear the rest"
"Ok…anyways during Christmas time I came back and stayed with my Aunt Grace again who was getting worse at the time…I kept trying to find Paul but it seemed like he was ignoring me…I'd call his house, I'd go to his house…all I wanted to do was talk to him…later that week I saw him…with another girl…he had moved on which of course broke me to pieces…but we finally saw each other at that new church that I told you about. He came up to me and gave me a big hugged and told me how sorry he was for everything…he met someone else and was madly in love with her and he didn't want to break my heart so he stopped writing to me..."
"What a jerk" Katelyn interrupted
"Stop interrupting"
"Fine…please continue" she sighed rolling her eyes over the phone
"Anyways I met Brenda…she was really nice and seemed a lot better suited for him than I ever could have been…he was a firefighter for the Glenoak Fire Department…and every time he went out on call I was always scared but I could tell Brenda wasn't…she was one of those people who knew that whatever happened…happened for a reason. Since Aunt Grace still wasn't feeling well I decided to enroll at Crawford…the university there in Glenoak to take some classes that I could transfer back to NYU...anyways during February I noticed that Paul and Brenda weren't around very much so I called him up and asked him where she was…turns out she decided to go to school out of state…to The University of Colorado for her teaching degree…but she would be back during the summer.
"She he decided to two time her then?" Katelyn replied bitterly.
"Damn it Kat…you wanted to know and I'm telling you so shut up!"
Monica took a deep breath before speaking again "We talked for a little one day and decided that we would be better off as friends…I still loved him but for some reason not the way I wanted to…well sometime in May 1978 someone invited us to a party because Pete's dad the guy who originally owned Pete's Pizzeria was going to retire and since I had worked there they wanted to know if I would like to come…so I did and I brought Paul with me as a friend…anyways there was a lot of people drinking and one thing lead to another and before we knew it was morning…and we were sleeping next to each other"
"You didn't" Katelyn gasped sarcastically
Monica choose to ignore that comment and continued.
"We both decided that it was a big mistake and agreed to forget about it…I really didn't think much of it because Brenda came back to town with news of her own…she was pregnant with Paul's baby and since I knew they both loved each other they got married…I attended the wedding at the end of May…that's when Aunt Grace died and I moved back to New York…and that's where I met Stephen…of course I had only known Steve for a few months before we started sleeping together and that's when I found out I was pregnant with you…but I never really questioned the timing…I always thought you were his until I got Leukemia the first time.
"What do you mean you never questioned the timing?" Katelyn asked sounding confused.
"I was on birth control…so my periods were still sort of wacky when I slept with Paul…so I didn't know I was pregnant until I started throwing up and my clothes weren't fitting real well"
"You were on birth control and still got pregnant?"
Monica laughed at her statement "Didn't you know there is always a slim chance for people to get pregnant while they are on birth control?"
"No" Katelyn said to fast.
"When you, your dad, and Michael, James, Meghan and Alexandria got tested 10 years ago the doctor noticed that everyone's blood type was similar…except yours…as soon as she said that I knew that Stephen wasn't your dad…Paul was…and I never told anyone until I got sick again" Monica spoke softly into the phone letting the tears stream down her face.
"Is that why you told me? because you were sick again and was scared of what might have happened if the truth came out?" Katelyn replied trying to wipe the tears off her face…but she wasn't fast enough they were coming to quickly.
"No that's not why…I didn't know myself until the doctor told me…never in a hundred years would I have guessed…I'm sorry Kat…I didn't know what to do…When I found that out I wrote a letter to Paul myself telling him he had a daughter…and that I was sorry for keeping the secret…but I never got the letter back or a response"
"So…so…he might not even know I exist?" she wept into the phone harder.
"I'm sorry…the only way to find out was sending you out there…for my sake and for yours" Monica replied coughing as soon as she said that…she grabbed a Kleenex but it was to late…she had started to coughed up more blood again…this time it was getting worse.
"Katie…sweetie…I have to go…I'm not feeling well and I think I need some sleep…call me in the next few days to tell me what you found out…remember I love you not matter what happens…you're my little girl and nothing will ever change that and I'll always be there for you sweetie…remember that" Monica told her before hanging up the phone…for some odd reason she had to say those words…like they were going to be her last.
Katelyn slowly hung up the receiver and set the phone on the floor…so Paul Kinkirk might not even know she existed…so great…what was she suppose to do now?
She sat around for a while, staring at the wall when she heard the familiar ring of her hotel room phone and picked it up.
"Hel- Hello?" she cleared her throat answering the phone.
"Katelyn? This is Lucy…I wanted to know if you were free to have dinner tomorrow night"
"Sure! What time?"
"Well Kevin is working a double tomorrow and I don't really want to be alone so I was thinking of around 6ish?"
"That works…need me to bring anything?"
"Yeah…yourself and a couple of your favorite movies" Lucy spoke into the phone.
"That I can do…anything else?"
"Nope…I think I have it all covered…hey wait a sec…what do you like on your pizza?"
"I like cheese and pepperoni…but I'll eat anything if it's on there…I'm not a picky eater usually"
"Ok that's fine with me…pepperoni and cheese is what our pizza will be made of…I have to go…class starts soon so I just wanted to call and see if you were free…I'll call you tomorrow to give you directions to our house" Lucy told her hanging up.
Katelyn looked at the clocked…it just now turned noon and she still had some more research to do…that's when she got the idea to go to the town library.
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45 minutes later she was standing outside of the main entrance staring at the Glenoak Library sign.
Sighing she walked in and went start for the receptionist that was working.
"Excuse me…I'm trying to look for someone "she started to say before the women who's name tag read Mickayla interrupted
"Are they dead? Obituaries are in the back with the magazines"
"No…they aren't dead…they are still alive…I'm looking for someone who lived here in the 70s"
"Well…we have stack of books in the back near the magazines, Rob who's the assistant back there will help you if needed…just find the letter of the last name and grab the book" she replied before standing up and walking into the back room.
Rolling her eyes, Katelyn walked towards the Adult section of the library and went near the magazines and found the book she was looking for and sat on the floor and started to flip through it.
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15 minutes later she slammed the book in frustration…nothing…there was nothing about a Paul Kinkirk in this book and that was the only book she saw…
She got up but before she could walk away and older mans' voice spoke to her "Did you need some help miss?"
"Actually I do…I'm trying to find someone" she started to say when an idea came to her head.
"Actually I'm trying to find birth records of babies that were born in 1978…do you guys always keep a copy?"
"We sure do they are in the back what year did you need again? Actually if you can tell me what month it would be ever better"
She thought for a minute and counted the number of months before she spoke up "Bring me August, September and October if you don't mind…I think I'll need all three of them"
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Almost an hour later of her searching through every book on birth announcements she slammed September's book closed almost when something caught her eye.
In a very small announcement it said that Paul and Brenda Kinkirk had a baby boy on September 23rd, 1978 in Buffalo, New York
She couldn't believe her eyes…she was searching in the wrong city, the wrong state and hell even the wrong side of the country…her dad was only 2 hours away and she never knew it.
She quickly got up and went to the information desk and signed in to use an internet computer for an hour.
She quickly typed in the name Paul Kinkirk in the database and waited for the page to load…she also had to make sure she put in Buffalo, New York so she would get the right person.
5 minutes later she had a screen pop up with only one address 12359 Oakstone Lane and she quickly wrote it down and clicked on his name…there for 9.95 she could purchase something that would tell you everything that you might need to know about him.
Eagerly she reached into her purse and grabbed her credit card and typed in the numbers and hit submit…
10 minutes later a screen popped up and it gave her everything she needed to know…including that he had three children…Kevin, Benjamin and Patricia Mary.
Puzzled she clicked on Kevin's name and gasped out loud…right there in black and white was Kevin's full name and his current address…which was Glenoak, CA and next to his name was a little certificate that showed he was married…so being curious she clicked on it and the name Lucy Michelle Camden popped up as his wife's name.
Stunned, she grabbed her purse and ran out of the library, anxious to call her mom she reached for her cell phone and dialed the same number she dialed yesterday when an unfamiliar voice picked up the phone.
"Hello?" an older sounding woman answered.
"Hi…um I'm looking for Monica Hepler"
"I'm sorry deary…there is no one here by that name" she replied hanging up the phone leaving Katelyn standing in the middle of the parking lot looking stunned.
She quickly composed her self and dialed her husband cell phone hoping that he wasn't in a meeting.
"Hello?" Mitch answered walking out of Beth's room after putting her to sleep.
"Mitch…where is my mom…I just called the hospital and some women answered the phone telling me she wasn't there…is she home? She asked sounding worried.
"You didn't get my message?" he asked softly leaning up against the wall.
"What mess-"she began to say when the familiar beep of her phone let her know she had a voicemail.
"Is everything ok?" she demanded.
"Katie…after your mom talked to you last night…she went back into a coma and the doctor's don't think she's going to make it to the end of the week.
"You're joking right?"
"I'm afraid not…but Kat…she doesn't want you to come home…she wants you to find him…she told your dad that last night"
"I'm coming home Mitch…not because of her but because I've been looking in the wrong place…he was living in Buffalo the entire time…" she managed to get out, sitting on a bench that was outside of the library.
"Are you kidding?"
"Nope…I read his kid's birth announcement...it said that they had him in September in Buffalo, New York"
"Oh good lord and you are all the way out in California" he replied walking down the steps into the kitchen.
"Yep, so what I'm going to do is call Northwest tomorrow and get a ticket for the red eye for New York on Thursday…that way I'll have a little more time to do some research"
"All right"
"I'll call you tomorrow ok Mitch" she said softly into the phone.
"I'll call you if anything changes with your mom" he replied
"I love you"
"I love you to Kat…" he said hitting the off button on his cell phone before pouring himself another cup of coffee.
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"Ugh" Lucy muttered to herself shifting through her closet trying to find something to wear.
"What's wrong Luce?" Kevin appeared in the doorway with shaving cream still on his face and a razor in his left hand.
"I can't find a single thing to wear that's what…nothing fits me anymore…"
"What happened to all of your maternity clothes from…"he started to say letting his voice trail off.
"I loaned most of them to Mary…and to a few women at the church and never got them back"
Kevin rolled his eyes and walked over to the dresser and grabbed his wallet. "Does this mean you need more money?"
"You mean your going to let me buy something for myself?" she replied sarcastically.
"Well I can't have my wife steal all my clothes now can I?" he teased.
"I guess I could get a few things…maybe even a little more?" she pointed out innocently taking the money from his hand.
"Wait a sec…what happened to all your money?" he asked her looking confused.
"I…spent it?" she said innocently.
"On what?"
"I'm not telling" she replied with a giggle. "You will have to just find out later"
"So your not gonna tell me?"
"Nope" she giggled again.
"How can you tease me like this?" he replied teasingly
"Because I'm allowed to that's why…besides you can always go to the ATM later"
"Why can't you go to the ATM?" he asked.
"Because I'll be to busy shopping to remember that's why…remember women shopping= bad news" she chuckled
"You can say that again" he replied sarcastically.
"Because I'll be to busy shopping—"she started to say.
"I was being sarcastic Luce"
"I know I just wanted to annoy you" she replied sweetly giving him a sad puppy face.
"That's not going to work this time"
"Yet, every time I make it you seem to cave Kevin Kinkirk"
"I know I know…I'll have to stop"
"Fine but don't stop today…give me my money!" she demanded laughing holding her hand out.
"Oh all right…take all of it…but spend it wisely or else I might just go broke myself" he laughed, handing her taking the rest of his money and putting in her out stretched hand.
"I will" she said softly giving him a quick kiss on the lips.
"Aren't you broke already since you handed me over all your money?"
"Yeah…well…I didn't…you got me there" he said helplessly defeated.
"One point for the pregnant one" she laughed
"Hey…why didn't you kiss me on the cheek?" he said looking devilishly.
"You have shaving cream on your face…I'm not gonna kiss you there"
"Awww…first you steal my money and then you hurt my feelings by not kissing me?" he said sadly trying to give her his impression of her puppy face.
"That's not going to work on me" she declared.
"I didn't say I was trying"
"Yet, you were…so I get another point…its two points to none Kevin so you better stop trying" she laughed walking out of their bedroom.
"I LOVE YOU" she yelled from the bottom of the stairs
"I LOVE YOU TO AND DON'T FORGET TO BUY MY SOMETHING" he yelled from the room laughing.
