Chapter 6

When Emily woke up in the morning, she was alone in bed and the light was streaming through the windows. She knew that Mark had to be up early to go to work so she knew that he had already left. She got up and throwing back on the same light shirt and shorts that she had worn after their shower last night, went to the bathroom, and then out to the kitchen. She wasn’t surprised to see Kat there, already dressed and already dirty.

“Good morning Emily. I trust that you slept well.”

“Good morning Kat. I slept better last night than I have for many years. I must say though I’m kind of surprised being that was the first night that I’ve ever slept with a man.”

“Well, that’s good to hear. Here’s some breakfast for you. Sorry, it’s not much. Just leftover biscuits and gravy that Dad made this morning. You must have done a good job because this morning he was happier than I have ever seen him. And no, I don’t want the details. The last thing I want to hear is details about my dad’s sex life. Yuck!”

Emily just smiled at her. After eating Emily asked Kat:

“What’s on the agenda today?”

“Not much. All the chores are done. I do suppose that we should think about what to make for dinner. Also, we need to contact the DNR about your fish.”

“We?”

“Ya we. I’m not going to do all the cooking around here, and it was your fish.”

“But I’m terrible at cooking. Before if I wasn’t working, I was sleeping.”

“Don’t worry Emily. I’ll teach you.”

During the day Kat taught Emily some of the finer points of cooking and Emily absorbed it as quickly as Kat could teach her. Emily also got ahold of the DNR and they set a meet in the afternoon so that all the evidence could be turned over.

“What time is your dad due home?”

“He said this morning that her would try for about six pm. Seems like he was expecting a mountain of work.”

About 1 PM Emily’s phone rang. Answering it she could see that it was the hospital calling. She was told that a hearing on her malpractice suits would be heard on Wednesday at 11 AM and that she had to be there. This hearing would determine if she would be able to return to work or be let go. Hanging up Emily told Kat:

“I have to be at the hospital Wednesday at 11 for a hearing. Then I’ll learn if I still have a job or not.”

“Don’t worry about it, Emily. I know that you’ll do fine.”

“That’s just it, Katlynn, I’m not worried. Before meeting and getting to know you and your Dad I would have been sweating bullets. Now, I just don’t feel like it’s a big deal. I know the cases are bogus so unless I seriously fuck up at the hearing, my job is safe. And if I do get fired so what. I’ve got enough money saved to last a couple of years.”