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WHY DID SHE RUN FROM MICHAEL? THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS SHE PRAYED CONSTANTLY ABOUT. SHE WANTED TO RECONCILE HER FEELINGS FOR HIM. BUT BEING SO CLOSE TO HIM AT GOD COUNTRY. SHE WAS TOO FEEBLE TO MOVE LET ALONE SPEAK.
AS SHE WALKED ALONG THE PATH LEADING BACK TO CRYSTAL LAKE.
WHEN SHE REACHED THE OLD WOOD FRAMED HOUSE, SHE STOOD OUT FRONT ALMOST AFRAID TO ENTER. BY RIGHTS, SHE DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE HERE. SHE WAS NO LONGER APART OF THE JACOBSON FAMILY, SHE MADE SURE OF IT.
INSTEAD OF WALKING TO THE FRONT DOOR, SHE WALKED BEHIND THE HOUSE, WHERE SHE SAW KATHY, HER FRIEND, SITTING ON THE BANKS OF THE LAKE FLIPPING THROUGH THE PAGES OF A MAGAZINE. KATHY LOOKED UP WHEN SHE SAW HER AND SMILED, "HOW WAS YOUR WALK?"
FELICIA LICKED HER LIPS, TRYING TO RECOVER FROM THE TURMOIL OF EMOTIONS WHICH WERE PLAGUING ALL OF HER THOUGHTS, "IT WAS FINE. UM, ANYTHING NEW HERE?"
KATHY LOOKED UP AT FELICIA. HOW COULD SHE TELL HER THAT SHE INTENTIONALLY SENT HER TO GOD COUNTRY BECAUSE SHE KNEW THAT MICHAEL WAS GOING TO BE HERE TODAY? IT WAS HIS FINAL INSPECTION BEFORE HIS CHILDREN FOR THE WEEKEND, "AREN'T YOU SURE THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO STAY WITH RICK AND I THIS WEEKEND?"
FELICIA SHOOK HER HEAD AS SHE SAT NEAR HER ON THE EDGE OF THE BANK. SHE ALLOWED HER EYES TO TRAVEL TO THE LAKE, LOOKING IN THE WHITE CRYSTAL WATER. SHE LOOKED DOWN AND SHOOK HER HEAD IN AWE. EVERYTIME SHE LOOKED IN TO THE LAKE, SHE WAS SO OVERWHELM HOW BEAUTIFUL IT WAS, "I LOVE BEING HERE. I KNOW I JUST HAVE TO BE HERE THIS WEEKEND."
KATHY WATCHED HER CAREFULLY, AS SHE LOOK AT THE LAKE, THE ROCK IN THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE WAS SO WHITE AND PURE, SHE ALMOST WEPT, "THIS IS MY FIRST TIME COMING HERE. I NEVER KNEW HOW BEAUTIFUL IT WAS HERE."
"I KNOW. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU AND RICK DIDN'T COME HERE OFTEN. I MEAN, THIS PLACE BELONGS TO HIS FAMILY. WHY?"
"IT BECAME TOO FAMILIAR. HE FELT AS THOUGH HE HAD GROWN TOO OLD TO APPRECIATE THE BEAUTY THAT IS HERE. BUT HE WAS WRONG, THERE IS SUCH A RAY OF PEACE. I CANNOT EXPLAIN IT, BUT IT MAKES FEEL AS THOUGH I CAN ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING."
FELICIA KNEW EXACTLY WHAT SHE MEANT. SHE ALWAYS FELT THAT WAY. SO MANY TIMES GROWING UP, SHE WOULD JUST LEAVE HER HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, JUST TO SLEEP UNDER THE STARS COMMUNING WITH GOD. AS SHE LOOKED OVER THE TREES WHICH SURROUNDED THE LAKE, SHE COULD SEE THE ILLUMINATING GLOW WHICH SEEMS AS IF IT WERE MILES AWAY. "DO YOU SEE THAT BRIGHT LIGHT OVER THERE?" SHE POINTED PAST THE TREES, CAUSING KATHY TO LOOK UP. "THAT IS GOD COUNTRY."
KATHY MOVED CLOSER TO THE EDGE, HOPING TO GET A BETTER VIEW. SHE HAD HEARD HER HUSBAND TALK ABOUT GOING TO GOD COUNTRY EVERY YEAR JUST TO GIVE THANKS, BUT SHE ALWAYS FOUND AN EXCUSE NOT TO GO, BUT AS THE LIGHT BEGAN TO GET BRIGHTER, SHE FELT COMPELLED TO FOLLOW IT, "I NEVER EVEN SEEN IT. WHAT IS IT LIKE?
WHAT COULD YOU SAY ABOUT GOD? FELICIA THOUGHT. THERE IS NOTHING CAN COMPARE ABOUT BEING IN HIS PRESCENCE AND POURING OUT EVERYTHING YOU THINK YOU ARE TO HIM. ONE MUST EXPERIENCE GOD, JUST TO KNOW HIM. "IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU MUST EXPERIENCE FOR YOURSELF. WHY DON'T YOU GO WHY YOU ARE HERE?"
KATHY STILL WASN'T SURE, THE MORE SHE LOOKED AT THE LIGHT, SHE WANTED TO KNOW MORE, "MAYBE, I CAN GET RICK TO GO WITH ME THIS WEEKEND. HOW DID MICHAEL GET YOU TO GO?"
FELICIA FROZE. SHE KNEW SHE DID NOT KNOW KATHY LONG, BUT SHE DID NOT THINK SHE KNEW ABOUT THE HISTORY BETWEEN HER AND MICHAEL.
KATHY NODDED HER HEAD, AS IF SHE COULD READ HER THOUGHTS, "YOU ARE SURPRISED THAT I KNOW ABOUT YOU AND MICHAEL. DON'T BE. HE AND RICK ARE BROTHERS, SO YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT I KNOW. WHAT I DON'T KNOW IS WHY DID YOU LEFT RANDOLPH?"
"IT IS A LONG STORY, AND YOU PROBABLY WOULD NOT UNDERSTAND IT, IF I TOLD YOU."
KATHY PUT THE MAGAZINE COMPLETELY AND LOOKED STRAIGHT AT THE OLDER WOMAN. EVEN THOUGH, FELICIA WAS FOURTEEN OLDER THAN HER. KATHY HAD ALWAYS HAD A WAY OF FIGURING OUT THE MOST IMPOSSIBLE SITUATIONS.
"TRY ME."
FELICIA STOOD UP AND AFTER LOOKING ONE FINAL TIME IN THE LAKE, "I THINK THAT I AM GOING TO TAKE A SHOWER AND LIE DOWN."
"FELICIA, YOU CAN'T JUST RUN AWAY FROM THIS. WHO KNOWS MAYBE IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO FACE YOUR PAST?"
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