The Fire Within the Passion by Kayla Trautman (best big ereader TXT) 📖

in my room if you need me." They both left. George went upstairs and Jack went into the library. Kattie was reading her book on the couch. Jack walked over and stood in front of her. He softly said, "Kattie. We have to talk." Kattie put the book on the table next to her. She had a feeling that George had lied to her and told him about her dream. Kattie asked, "About what?" "About your dream." Jack replied. Kattie shook her head and looked away, "Not now. I don't want to talk about it." Jack sighed, "George told me everything. I already know." Kattie looked at him with tears in her eyes. She stood up, "I told him not to tell you. He promised." Kattie went to leave to yell at George but Jack stopped her, "Kattie. I'm glad he did. I asked him to tell me. We need to talk now. I need you to know that I won't ever hurt you." Kattie looked him in the eyes and knew he was telling the truth. She didn't doubt him. She didn't think that he would. She was scared though because of what happend between her and Victor. Jack continued, "You're scared because you loved Victor and he betrayed you." Kattie's voice got stern and she looked away, "I don't love that crazy bastard. I despise him." Jack continued, "The reason why someone hates someone so much is because they were able to get so close and touch the person's heart. He touched your heart and then he betrayed you and made you hurt. I can see that. George could see it. He was there when you were with him. Stop denying the fact that you did, in fact, once love him." Kattie looked at him and softened her face, "That was long time ago. I don't want to dwell on that anymore. I love you. Not him. Jack replied, "I know that. But you're scared of going down that road again. I won't hurt you." Kattie hugged him, "I know. But why does it still scare me? I know you won't hurt me. I know that you're nothing like that." "You've been through a really bad time. I understand why you feel the way you do. And I'm not upset with you." Kattie chuckled, George said that you wouldn't be upset and that you'd understand." Jack said, "Don't be mad at George. He wanted to help you. That's all." Kattie shook her head, "I'm not mad. Well, maybe just a little bit because he lied to me. But other than that, I'n not mad. I'm going to go talk to him now. Okay? I love you." Jack bent his head down and kissed her, "I love you too. He's in his room." Kattie left and went upstairs to George's room. She didn't even knock. She went right in and when she did George stood up and walked over to her, "Kattie. I know you're mad at me for telling but let me explain..." Kattie interrupted him, "Don't even think about explaining it to me." George stopped and put his hands in his pockets. He knew what was coming. A good slap in the face. Kattie looked at him in the in the eyes, "I love you." Kattie hugged him, "Thank you." George replied, "I love you too. And your welcome?" George was suprised. He thought that he was in for it, but yet she hugged him. Kattie pulled back, "Thanks for telling him for me. Even though I told you not to. You've lifted a little bit of the weight off my shoulders." George straightened up and itched his head, "I thought I was in for it. Thought I was in trouble." Kattie laughed at that and then turned her face to look at him sternly, "You're not in trouble this time. But please don't do it again. Oh and even though it's true, don't say anything about me loving Victor. I don't want to remember that." George was confused, did she just use present tense? Did she still love him? George asked, "Kattie. Did I just hear correctly? Did you just say that you love him still?" Kattie sighed and answered, "I don't love 'him'. I fell in love with what he used to be. You have to remember, he wasn't always a monster. But I'm trying to get over that and forget it. Don't tell Jack. He doesn't need to know that. That he wouldn't understand." George looked at Kattie, "I understand. I think he would." Kattie looked at him and walked towards him, "If Jack finds out then you will be in trouble. This is something that's unneccessary to tell him. And I won't make you feel better." George put his hands up as if to surrender, "Alright. I won't tell. But he would understand." Kattie hugged him and kissed him on the cheek, "Thank you." Kattie left and went into her bedroom. She sat on her bed and put her head in her hands holding her ears. She felt like someone was yelling at her right in her ears. Her head was pounding with a terrible headache. Her emotions were all mixed up. She didn't want to feel anything for Victor. Not anymore. She definitely didn't love who he was now. She just felt something for the guy he used to be or pretended to be. But all of her mixed emotion made her head throb. George walked out to go downstairs and seen the door open. He looked in and saw Kattie sitting there. He went in and kneeled down in front of her, "Kattie what's wrong?" Kattie's eyes were shut and she whispered, "My head's throbbing and it feels as if someone's yelling in my ear at the same time." "Well come on. Let's see if Jack has any medicine in the castle for a headache." George said and tried to stand her up but she refused. Kattie whispered, "No. I can't move. It hurts. If I just stay here I'll be fine." George got up and went downstairs to Jack's office. He went right in and Jack stood behind his desk, "Ah, George. Kattie didn't give you..." George cut him off, "No, she didn't give me a hard time. Do you have any medicine for major headaches? Kattie's head is throbbing and she won't come downstairs. She says it hurts." Jack nodded and got some from his desk, "Get a glass of water. I'll take these up to her." George did so and followed Jack up to the room where Kattie was holding her head. Jack kneeled down in front of her, "Kattie. Take these." Kattie whispered, "Shhh! And thank you." Kattie took the pills and drank some water that George gave her down with them. Jack moved Kattie's hair out of her face and whispered, "Lay down here. Take a nap. When you get up the headache should be gone." Kattie didn't move at first but she did in a moment. Jack covered her up and left with George. "Man. How she'd get the headache?" George knew why. He looked past him and thought about what Kattie had told him. He couldn't tell him. Jack knew that he knew something, "George. What do you know?" George looked at him and shook his head, "Nothing. I don't know nothing." George tried to go into his room but Jack grabbed his arm, "George. What made her have a terrible headache?" George looked at the door where Kattie was sleeping and sighed, "Come in here and I'll tell you. But you're going to get me in serious trouble with Kattie." Jack followed him in paying no attention to the last thing he had said. Jack sat at the table by the wall on the other side of the bed. George sat across from Jack. George hesitated on telling Jack Kattie's little secret. Jack insisted that he'd go on and tell him, "George. Tell me. Don't worry about what Kattie's going to do. I need to know what's causing it. If I don't know what's causing it I can't help her get rid of the headaches." George chuckled, "I'm afraid with this niether you or me can help her with. I think her emotions are getting all mixed up. And not just because of her dream. Well, she still feels something for Victor." Jack was confused, "She made it very clear to me downstairs that she didn't love him anymore." George raised his eye brows, "She still loves him. She doesn't love what he has became. He wasn't always like he is now. She may not have told you, but she almost married him. He had propsed to her and she said yes. That's when everything changed. He started to get controling and abused her when she didn't do what he wanted her to do. She loves you to death, but there's still something there. And she'll never go back to him so don't worry. That's why she had the dream that she had. Everything changed after she said yes. And now she has said yes to you. She's scared." Jack went into a deep stare at the floor and didn't say nothing. He hadn't realized how serious their relationship was until now. She almost married him. She almost married Victor. Jack couldn't ever picture Victor being nice and a gentleman, but he had to have been for Kattie to say yes to his proposal. George asked, "Jack. Are you okay?" Jack looked at him, "Yes I'm fine. I just can't picture Victor ever being nice enough for Kattie to agree to marry him. Or even nice at all. I never realized how serious it was between them. I knew they had something but not something so serious as marrige." George nodded, "And it made it so much harder for her to get past it. And so much harder for her to handle it now. Don't be upset with her about it. She won't ever go back to him. She doesn't love who he is now. She just have feelings for him because of who he used to be. Pretended to be." Jack shook his head, "Of course not. I'm not upset with her. I'm just starting to understand it more clearly." George nodded. It did make things more clear for him. Now all he had to do was confront her about it and make it clear to her that he would never change. Jack walked out and went into his office. George read his book in his room.
About 5:30 Kattie woke up. Her headache was gone. She got up and went over to the crib where Anna lay sleeping. Kattie smiled and left. It seemed that Jack or George has been taking care of the baby while she slept. Kattie went into George's room. When George saw her he stood and walked over to her, "How's your head?" Kattie smiled, "Better. Thank you." George thought it would be better to tell her himself that he had told Jack about her secret now and suffer the consequences, than to have Jack talk to her and then she get mad at him then. George smiled, "Good. And Jack knows why you've gotten that terrible headache." Kattie frowned, "George. What did you tell him? Tell me everything that you told him." George hesitated, "He knows how serious you were with Victor and he know about your feelings for him." George stood there and waited for her to do something. Kattie's eyes widened and her heart skipped a beat. Why? Why had he told her secrets to him? She told him not to. Kattie raised her voice but not too loud so she didn't wake up the baby, "Why the hell did you tell him?! I told you not to!" George answered, "He made me tell him. He could tell that I knew something of why you had gotten that headache