Chapter 9
The house seemed too quiet, so Kate turned the radio on in her bedroom loud enough that she could hear it in the bathroom as she put her makeup on and fixed her hair. Listening to her favorite Christian station always lifted her spirits, but this evening, it seemed to calm them. The last time she’d gotten ready for a first date, she’d been in high school. The last time she’d gotten ready for a date where a man would be stopping by to pick her up was the last time Vaughn had taken her out before their wedding, seven years ago. That had been different, though. There was no question at the time that he was madly in love with her, and she felt exactly the same way about him. Now, as she stared into her own eyes in the mirror, she wondered if Paul even knew how he felt about her. One
