A Better Pair of Shoes, a novel Chapter 32 Surprise Again (narrated by Kayla) Camie had called and ask that we come up for Hannah’s birthday party, so we all cleared our Sunday to be there.  This time Ketly and Shayne were along for the ride.  Aisha elected herself to do the driving.  She was probably hoping she could spare us all of maybe thirty minutes.  Anyway, I was glad to be able to relax, and Ketly was writing and entertaining Shayne here and there.  The long and quiet stretches of road were exactly what I needed to help me sort out all the things I was contemplating.  We arrived early, just a little after noon, and could hardly get to exchange any words with Camie before she was ordering and directing us to carry, hang, or unpack things.  We had officially become part of the decorating team.  Hannah appeared to be in much better spirits, and was running around Erilyn’s back yard chasing the family dog. Eventually a handso...

A Better Pair of Shoes, a novel Chapter 31 Kayla, Without a Doubt My meetings with Dr. Kat were getting easier.  I still thought in advance about where she would lead me and how I would react.  Mostly, I thought about the question she asked me on my first visit, “why was I there”.  Initially, I thought it was about my sexual desires, but more and more as the weeks went by, I could clearly see that I was there for much more reason.  I guess it’s likely to assume that our past would get further and further away from us, as time naturally created space and distance.  Yet, somehow in my subconscious mind, time was just time.  I couldn’t help but to notice, that on more than one occasion, when I was leaving Dr. Kat’s office, she had called in a woman with the last name Johnson.  Given that Johnson had been my original maiden name, I would always think of my father when I heard the name.          ...