Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 69

Chapter 69

My old man looked like crap, and he was puffing away on his cigarettes like a chimney, which was so not his style. He didn’t say a word, just stared at my

mom.

My mom was wiping away tears, her voice full of venom. “He’s messing around with that floozy of a secretary”

Floozy secretary? I picked up a photo and gave it a good look. Yeah, I knew her alright. I remembered bumping into her once when I was out dining with Stella, and my dad was there too.

I remember thinking back then, wasn’t my dad’s secretary a dude? When did he switch to a chick?

But I trusted my dad. I knew he wasn’t a player, so I didn’t tell my mom.

“Mom, chill. You know how dad is. He’s been a good guy for almost 30 years now. Sure, there might have been women who tried to seduce him, but he never let loose. This could all just be a big misunderstanding.” I sat beside my mom, patting her back to comfort her.

“Right, I’ve been framed. My dad finally broke his silence, sounding pretty worked up. “I was wasted, there’s no way anything could’ve happened between us!”

My dad was in a tight spot. He’s always been careful, never messing up. He wouldn’t screw things up when he was about to retire and threw everything he’d worked for down the drain.

Mom started sobbing on my shoulder. My heart was heavy and I was frowning, didn’t lighten up at all.

have someone look into this woman. Find out about her background.” I spoke

HR file. Her name’s Geneva, she’s from Springvale, married with a kid who doesn’t live with her. My dad took another drag, looking years older.

I kept that name in

wasn’t out in the open yet, so he had

see what she wants. If she was just after money, we could pay her off to keep this under

started popping up in my head, and I just

to what was going on at home. All I remember was my parents went through a silent treatment period. And when Neil destroyed my family, one of his main weapons was some dirty laundry about my dad, like dodgy affairs

back then, all I cared about was messing up Neil and Bonnie’s relationship, so I didn’t really pay attention to the news. But the photos in the news seemed similar

was making everything

in my bag. I knew Geneva must have the original copies, so I had to find a way to get all of them to end this once and for all If these photos fell into the wrong hands, it would be a threat to my family.

be others

you have Geneva’s contact info? Give it to me, I’ll go find her.” I told

you.” Mom dried her tears, her face

her even more upset. But

tried everything to find Bonnie, but Neil had too many tricks

we’ll go

not

up. A woman’s

Hutchins‘ daughter. Come out, let’s meet and talk,”

didn’t expect Geneva to

mom, “Mom, rest up today. We’ll go meet her tomorrow. She’s probably just out to extort some money,

she just nodded her

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