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

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. “Didn’t find anything useful.”

I kept that name in

in the open yet, so he had to go to work like normal, leaving me and

what she wants. If she was just after money, we could pay her off to keep this under wraps for now, then figure out a permanent solution

popping up in my head, and I just froze.

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 and stuff, and some photos were

control 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

making everything happen all over

all of them to end this once and for all If these photos fell into the wrong hands,

be others targeting my dad.

Geneva’s contact info? Give it to me, I’ll go find

Mom dried her tears,

want my mom to go, I knew this woman would just make her even more upset.

to find Bonnie, but Neil had too many tricks

“Alright, we’ll

Geneva might not pick up, so I

times before someone picked up. A woman’s voice

out, let’s meet and talk,” I said

didn’t expect Geneva to agree.

I hung up and told my mom, “Mom, rest up today. We’ll go meet her tomorrow. She’s probably just out to extort some money, using dad as her target

looked worried, she just

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