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A/N: Yes!! I finally updated this story...even though I sort of hate it I still will update it for those who love it...I think I have another 3 more chapters to write and then this story will be complete...oh yeah sorry for not updating all my stories in a while...life has been busy and I had to publish our interivew with George Stults on our website.
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She felt her eyes fluttering…like they were trying to open…like they were trying to tell her something…
She sat up with her eyes still closed and started to rub them before opening them up...she couldn't remember why she was on the ground…
Opening her eyes, she quickly had to shield them again because of the bright white light…when suddenly she heard a voice…
"Katelyn you're going to be ok"
"Mom? Is that you?" she struggled to get the words out while trying to stand up at the same time.
She peered into the white light before she jumped back almost three feet when two figures started to move towards her…they looked like they were gliding across the room…actually they looked like they were floating.
She wanted to scream…and when she opened her mouth nothing came out…she started to breathe a lot more heavily now…she was starting to get scared…
"Mom? Is that you? Please whoever it is…just say something" she begged the two figures that were still coming towards her.
She needed to get out…she felt like she was being suffocated…but that was before she heard another voice…this time it was a males voice…
"Katelyn…don't be afraid...were here…both of us" the male voice spoke softly to her.
Startled Katelyn held her breath before speaking "Who are the both of us?" she questioned.
"Your mom and I" the male voice said, suddenly he appeared out of no where
Katelyn's eyes got wide when she saw him…immediately she knew who he was…it was Paul
"Paul?" she questioned before she knew what she wanted to say.
He smiled at her, nodding his head "I'm the guilty party" he replied
Stunned Katelyn started to stutter "but your….your…dead" she finally got out
He just smiled and shrugged his shoulders when the other figure appeared.
"Hi sweetie"
Katelyn gasped…her mom was standing right there in front of her…but didn't Meghan say that she had passed away?
"This can't be happening" she moaned closing her eyes and counting to ten before she opened them hoping that what she was seeing would go away…
Yet, neither of the figures had moved and they were standing in the same spot before she had closed her eyes.
"Mom?" Katelyn questioned. "I...I thought you were dead."
Monica smiled tenderly at her daughter before replying "Well, I am honey. I just wanted to tell you how much I love you, and how proud I am of you."
"How can you be proud of me? I screwed up" Katelyn sobbed.
"No honey you didn't. You married a wonderful man, and you have a beautiful baby girl whom I love very much."
Paul spoke up then, "Katelyn, I know you don't really know me, but I've been watching over you your entire life."
"My entire life?" she repeated.
"You entire life" he smiled.
"How? I mean my mom never told you about me"
"I know, but I always just knew you were mine," he sighed. "I don't know how, but I just knew."
"How did you know if you never saw me?" Katelyn pressed.
Paul looked guilty for a minute before he spoke "I ran into your mom one year down in New York City…I was at a firefighter's convention and was walking around and I ran into your mom…she was walking with you in the toy section…you were so little and so beautiful I just knew at that instant you were mine but I didn't say anything…."
"You knew? And you didn't say anything? Not even to my mom?" Katelyn yelled jumping up from the ground.
"I'm sorry, but I knew she was married. I didn't want to ruin that for her," Paul explained. "I'm really sorry sweetie. Even though I wasn't around, I've always loved you."
"I forgive you," Katelyn said. "It's just so hard. Mommy, please don't leave me."
Tears started to flow down her cheeks and Monica stepped forward and wrapped her arms around the sobbing woman.
"It's alright, honey. It's my time to go, but I'll always be there watching over you."
"You can't leave…I still need you…I need you to help me raise my daughter, I need you to be there for me…mom…please don't go" Katelyn sobbed harder into her mother's shoulder.
"I just told you Katie…I'll never be gone…I'll always be here watching you" Monica told her softly, before kissing her lightly on the cheek and removed her arms from around Katelyn.
"Mom?"
"I'm sorry Katie but it's time for us to go"
"Go? You can't go now mom…please stay with me…" Katelyn begged.
Katelyn watched as her parents faded away slowly. She screamed for them to stay a little longer, but as she sat up they weren't there. Kevin's mother was leaning over and shaking her. She was saying something about scaring her, and screaming.
Katelyn tried to focus, but she couldn't. It felt like someone was sitting on her chest. The only sound to escape her throat was a squeak, and then she burst into tears. Kevin's mom felt bad for the girl. Her mother just died, and she knew what it was like to lose someone you loved.
"Do you want me to call anyone?" she asked her.
"Mitch. M...my hus...band?" Katelyn sobbed.
"Do you know where your cell phone is sweetie?" Brenda asked searching around Katelyn trying to find it before she had fainted.
"I thought it was in my purse" Katelyn replied through her sobs.
Brenda shook her head a little bit and started to search around Katelyn where she had landed…a few moments later she spotted it to the right of Katelyn and picked it up.
"Is there a certain number I should try first?"
"I…I…I…"that was all Katelyn could say before another round of fresh tears started to pour.
"Never mind…I'll see what I can find" Brenda muttered under her breath before she started to search Katelyn's phone book for a number to reach Mitch.
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Mitch was walking around the kitchen like a crazy man…He had just received a call from a distressed Meghan and heard the awful news about Monica. Meghan was going to call Katie next... the right thing was for Katie to hear it from her own sister.
He just wished that she would call him and tell him that she was coming home so they could go over to her parent's house and stay with the rest of the family…they would need her right now and she would need them.
"Katie where the hell are you?" he said out loud to no one in particular.
Just then he heard a whimper over the baby monitor…little Elizabeth was waking up from her nap and she wanted the whole world to know.
Smiling to himself as he jumped up the stairs two by two he reached her door and stood there and watched as she cooed herself back to sleep again.
Shaking his head he walked towards the master bedroom hoping that he could also coo himself back to sleep.
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Brenda finally found a number labeled "Mitch" and dialed it. After about four rings a man answered groggily.
"Hi, um is this Mitch?" she asked him.
"Yes," Mitch told the lady. He heard a woman sobbing in the background and then his heart sank. He knew that cry. It was Katelyn.
"Is Katie there? I hear her. Who are you?" Mitch asked, but cut her off before she could reply.
"Let me talk to Katie! Put her on the phone!" he demanded.
"I would, but she's in hysterics. Can you come get her or something? She's at the Buffalo Cemetery," Brenda told him.
Mitch just sighed…that was the last thing he wanted to do was go and pick his wife up at a cemetery.
"Sure…I'm in the outskirts of New York City right now so it might take me a while to get there…do you think you could meet me some place?"
Brenda thought for a moment and looked behind her towards Paul's burial plot and the unplanted flowers that were still in the plastic pots…she didn't want to have anything else to do with Katelyn but for Paul's sake she would make a sacrifice.
"Yeah…I live about a good two hours away from the city so if we could meet half way that'd work:
Mitch sighed with relief…at least it wouldn't take him forever to get there and forever to get back to her parent's house.
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Brenda eased Katelyn off of the ground and guided the sobbing woman towards her car. Katelyn's motor skills were working on autopilot and allowed the older woman to lead her into the passenger's seat. Before she knew it, Mitch had his arms wrapped around her
Mitch mouthed 'thank you' to the woman and held his wife while rocking her back and forth. Brenda looked down and saw a stroller with a beautiful baby in it. She glanced back up and realized she had to tell Kevin about Katelyn. It wasn't fair to him not to know about his...other sister.
