Catherine MacKenzie

I never knew what it could be like...to feel the sun on my face...until him. He became the sunshine to my world of darkness. He taught me how to smile. He taught me how to live.

Three Little Birds

"Yes," I answered, meeting her gaze. "We talked about Kaiden." 


"What did he say?" She wasn't looking at me, but at the horizon. 


"Liz..." I started. I was going to deny her. Trust was something...it is something...that I hold to the highest regard. I had never been trusted as I had the night before and I was loathed to break that confidence. 


"Mattie, this is my brother. He hasn't acted like that in a long time. In the beginning, he was so angry all the time. I know he's keeping things from me. I'm not stupid, I always knew there was something. I just never knew what." She wiped her face and asked silently for another drink. I complied willingly, handing the cup over to her. 


"Please, Mattie." I could hear the desperation in her voice. 


"Liz, I love you, but, if he wanted you to know, he would have told you. I can't break that confidence, I'm sorry." And I was. I wanted nothing more than to tell her. But I couldn't. I wouldn't. 


Wednesday Pt. 3