chapter six

 I was not going to tell Katelyn that I had scheduled an appointment for her with my friend Robert. I was going to surprise her, honestly I wanted to find out why she was acting the way that I knew that was truly how she acts when other people are around.

 

Anyway at the appointment Robert said "So one of your friends is worried about you."

 

Katelyn said "Which one? I am fine."

 

Robert said "It is okay. You are safe here."

 

Katelyn said "Oh is this an intervention? Did I do something wrong?"

 

Robert said "No. We are here to see why you are not quite acting like yourself."

 

Katelyn said "We?"

 

That was when I came into the room. Katelyn folded her arms and she looked at me like she was a little bit mad at me.

 

I said "Don't worry. I told him everything."

 

Katelyn said "Everything?"

 

Robert said "Well not everything. That is up to you."

 

Then he handed her something and that was she backed away.

 

I said "It is ok. Just tell him what has been going with you."

 

Katelyn said "Okay. Well the real reason why I left the world of figure skating is because of the fact that I was trapped in a cult."

 

Robert said "Interesting tell us more."

 

Katelyn said "well from the age of 8 I was a part of the Mormon religion. I even got married in the temple."

 

Tears started to stream down her face. I could see that this was a hard subject for her to talk about. She did not like talking about this particular subject. I couldn't believe that she was married before she married Scott.

 

I said "What happened that caused you to divorce from this person?"

 

Katelyn said "He had started beating me. And in that cult you are not supposed to tell the police what is going on. You are supposed to go to your bishop. And I went to him three different times. This person did nothing about the situation. By the fourth time of going to his office and him not doing anything I had left my husband. Three months later I sent him the divorce papers. When my husband had sent me back the divorce papers. I had also gotten a restraining order against him and I also had removed my records from the Mormon church."

 

I said "Whoa I am sorry you had to go through all of that."

 

Katelyn said "You do not have to apologize. It is not your fault. It is mainly my fault for thinking that some like a bishop of the Mormon religion would be the one to do something a situation like that."

 

Robert said "so, that is the real reason why you left the world of figure skating?"

 

Katelyn said "Yes that is the real reason why I have not competed in skating competition since then. And every time I see a pair of Mormon missionaries handing out copies of the Book of Mormon I get these horrible flashbacks."

 

Robert said "Have you ever been diagnosed with anything that is similar to something like PTSD?"

 

I said "Robert can you actually diagnose her with something like that?"

 

Robert said "Well no but I do have a friend that can. Her name is Christina Reynolds. Here I will give you her card but it almost impossible to get an appointment with her."

 

Katelyn said "No you do not have to do that. I can handle it."

 

I said "Are you sure?"

 

Katelyn said "Yes I am sure."

 

Then she left. Scott went on deployment. Katelyn was not at the airport to see him off. The next day was the day of Faith's Skating Competition. So, they all went to the competition. Katelyn bought a video camera so that they could send the dvd to Scott. Katelyn , Gabriella, and Vanessa sat in the front row. As they were watching Faith perform. Vanessa was hunched over in pain.

 

Katelyn said "Vanessa are you okay?"

 

Vanessa said "Yes I am fine."

 

Gabriella said "Should I call 911?"

 

Katelyn said "Yes."

 

So, Gabriella did as she was told. When Faith got done performing she came right over.

 

Faith said "What is going on?"

 

Katelyn said "Your coach is going into labor."

 

Gabriella said "Ok so we have to go out to the parking lot. The ambulance will be coming in 15 minutes."

 

Katelyn nodded. They all helped Vanessa out to the parking lot. The paramedics helped her into the ambulance. Then a soldier show up. This soldier was actually Vanessa's husband.

 

He said "What is happening?"

 

Faith said "My coach is having her baby."

 

He said "Can I follow you to the hospital?"

 

Katelyn said "Sure."

 

So they all had got in their cars and drove to the hospital. At the hospital Vanessa was raced off to the delivery room. Her husband sat out in the waiting room with them. Honesty everybody in the room was on the edge of their seats. Then a nurse came out into the waiting room. She noticed Katelyn right away.

 

The nurse said "Katelyn Young. What are you doing here?"

 

Katelyn said "First of all my last name is no longer Young. That is the name of my ex husband. Now my last name is Gayle. Anyway is something wrong with my friend Vanessa?"

 

The nurse said "Ms Santos has had a beautiful baby girl. I just came out her to get the father and godmother."

 

Katelyn said "Godmother?"

 

The nurse said "yes you are the godmother. Please come follow me."

 

So Katelyn and Vanessa's husband followed the nurse into the room. In the room they saw Vanessa holding her baby in her arms.

 

Katelyn said "She is so beautiful."

 

Vanessa's husband said "Thank you ma'am."