Chapter Sixty-Three

The next call Cat made was to Dawn. Cat’s foster mother was concerned about her once she had heard what had happened yesterday.

But Dawn was also staying open to the fact that they could get back together and work things out. “It could just be one big misunderstanding. Marriage is about work, Cat. You don’t just get that piece of paper and stop trying to work at your marriage. There are going to be fights and misunderstandings. You just need to come to an arrangement about how you will manage it.”

“But mum, I have never heard you and dad fight ever.” This comment from Cat made Dawn laugh.

“Not that you witnessed no. We did… do fight even now, but never in front of you. It’s almost impossible for two people to live together and not fight sometimes. When we first married, boy, did we disagree about almost everything? But over time, we got to understand each other better and accept each other’s differences. When that happened, the disagreements became less and less. Our rule was we never