"Matt, I wonder if you could come over and help me out, it's just so hard not having a man around sometimes." It was Kat calling. Matt was a little taken aback by this second call from Kat, but he felt that if he cooperated and was friendly, that he and Kat could work out the problems that Frank never could seem to get settled.
"Sure Kat, what do you need?" Matt asked in a friendly tone.
"Oh, there's just some things around here that need fixing, just a few little things. It would be a great favor if you could come over." said Kat trying to sound vulnerable.
"How about Saturday, one o'clock okay?" Matt asked. "Oh, that would be great. Thanks Matt, see you then." Kat finished.
"Again, are you crazy?" I lost it on Matt. "She's up to something, why can't you see it?"
"Susie, no, she needs some help, that's all. I don't mind going over there. Why do you always think the worst?" Matt was annoyed at me.
"I know her and you should too. I'll say it again; she's up to something. If you're going, I'm going. There's no way I'm going to let you go over to that house alone." I insisted.
"Fine, have it your way." Matt said blandly.
On Saturday, we went over to Kat's house and she greeted us at the door. She seemed surprised that I was there too, and she focused mainly on Matt. She was exceptionally nice to him and smiled alot at him. She played the innocent, dumb girl role who needed help from a big strong man, which I knew was fake because there was nothing dumb or innocent about Kat. We entered the house and Kat's mother, Mrs. Green came out from the kitchen and said hello to us. My heart sunk even further because as evil as I perceived Kat to be, I know she was just apprenticing at her mother's side. It was Mrs. Green who was the source of the chaos in their married lives.
Kat said "First thing I want to show you Matt is upstairs. The lights keep blinking and I'm wondering if there's something wrong with the plug." Matt followed Kat upstairs and the body language let me know that I wasn't invited. I entered the kitchen where Mrs. Green was washing dishes. There was a tiny chihuaua on the floor that began growling at me. I ignored it, but it escalated to biting my pant leg. I yelled at the dog, but that only made it more angry and it was trying to bite my ankle. I picked the dog up and put it in the cellar door and shut the door. Mrs. Green became very angry and said "Don't you ever touch my dog! How dare you touch my dog!" while she began attacking me, hitting and smacking me. At the same time I had this brilliant realization that the entire thing was a set-up, but I messed it up by showing up with Matt. Kat knew that Matt had taken control over Frank's divorce. She couldn't control Matt the way she could Frank, so there was only one thing to do. Get rid of him. The whole thing was a brilliant scheme to have Matt be "accidentally" electrocuted. I began desperately screaming and trying to escape Mrs. Green's clutches, "MATT, NO! MATT!"
Then I woke up.
I think I had actually woken myself up with the yelling. I looked at Matt next to me in bed and I was furious at him. "See what you did?" I was actually out of breath. It took a few seconds for me to realize that it was just a dream, because it was the most vivid, realistic, detailed dream I have ever had.
Matt rolled over and looked at me, "What?" he said.
"I can't believe what an idiot you are." I looked at him "You won't believe the dream I just had. If I was writing Frank's story for a Lifetime Channel movie, this would be the ending. Kat and Mrs. Green being led out in handcuffs."
"You're nuts, can I go back to sleep?" Matt pulled the blanket up and closed his eyes again.
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