Kate was a young girl when this happened... It changed her life
She was one of the few people that dared to live in Freetown. However, she thought that the rumors regarding this little town were very over the top, it would be impossible to paint such pretty place as a bad, scary site
Her house was the closest to the Fall River Forest, nicknamed by the locals as the "Forest of the Damned." Her parents forbid her of going there, not because of the supposed "curse" that haunted such place, but because of people never coming out alive. They said that there were bandits, rapists, people who didn't believe in God... Kate would hear awful stories regarding the forest. But that never fizzled her curiosity, it only made it stronger.
Kate's father worked as a teacher and her mother worked as a policewoman. Both were very busy, so they had little time for her. Sally would spend entire days without seeing her parents, her only company being her house cat, Travis. She was allowed to do anything she wanted save, of course, going to the forest. She would occasionally go a few steps into the dense bushes but when she heard the car, she knew she had to go back immediately.
She was a very good girl, a good student and was part of the church's choir. She loved going on Sunday, she loved to show off her voice and get applause and she loved the amazing sermons that Pastor Kane gave. They were amazing! He had such fluency of speech, you were literally entranced by his words.... The only weird thing is that he was the one to open his Bible. He never asked someone to read the necessary books and it seemed more of storytelling than actual book-reading.
Another weird thing about Pastor Kane is that he never did the Prayer of the Faithful. He would skip to the Communion. When asked why he did this, the Pastor only answered
"We don't need such prayer. We don't need to ask... We need to give. Only by giving, with all our of hearts and souls, we will win our Lord's helping hand. Asking for blessings is simply telling him that you are unable to keep on by yourself."
When the forest became very scary, Kate would always remember Pastor Kane's words. Somehow, they eased her worries.
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