Summary:
The section begins by Cathy explaining how Kate's bleeding stopped although it continued for a few more days but she decided to stay for more time than she was suppose to just in case it started again. During that time she and some others went to re-do a church. She explained how she didn't mind getting dirty and she would happily strip the church. While she was there, she thought back to when she was a little girl and how she would talk to God and Jesus. She referred to them as her brothers and when she wasn't talking to them she would be talking to her husband Charles as she got older. She looked at Jesus as her hero because that was the person she was able to go to when she needed someone to talk to. She lived a lonely childhood but she was never lonely when she could speak with them. Jesus would understand her when she needed him to and sometimes he would involve humor. When she would go out at night with Elizabeth, Thomas, and sometimes Kate, they would have to do most of the dancing because Kate wasn't well. They would spend most of the night dancing with him. She and Elizabeth would switch off but it was hard for her to keep up with Elizabeth because she was younger. Some nights when she wished she could stay in by the fire place like Elizabeth, she would have to go out at night and freeze. She noticed how Thomas forced Elizabeth to sit down on his lap but she didn't resist. He would grip her around her waist and listened to who was on the stage. Kate didn't notice but Ms. Ashley noticed and she gazed but didn't say anything. Cathy didn't understand why he would be doing this after all the rumors going around that he had interest in Elizabeth because it didn't make it look right especially with Kate sitting in front of them. One day Kate was talking with Cathy and Thomas joined them but they all decided to go back inside and Thomas kissed Cathy on the back of her neck. She couldn't believe that he'd done that but found herself kissing him later that day in the dark. This caused her to cut her trip with Kate short because she couldn't believe that she actually done it and she didn't even want to think how it would affect their relationship as best friends.
Quote:
"I'll rephrase: it's not beauty that I have anything against, but the covering up of the truth." (Dunn, 120)
Reflection:
When I read this quote, it made me think of a female automatically and the girls that surround me because they try anything to cover up their looks if they don't feel beautiful. In regards to what happened in the story, I’m in complete shock because it doesn't make sense that Cathy would be so concerned with whether he's cheating on his wife with Elizabeth but she would kiss him? I'm not sure what to think and I'm both curious and anxious to find out what's going to happen.
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