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.

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. “Didn’t find anything useful.”

I kept that name in

though my dad was in trouble, this thing with Geneva wasn’t out in the open yet, so he

just after money, we could pay her off to keep this under wraps for now, then figure out a

some old memories started popping up in my head, and I just

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 sent to

I didn’t really pay attention to the news. But the photos in the news seemed similar to

making everything happen all

quickly stashed the photos 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

would be others targeting

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

go with you.” Mom dried her tears,

rest, I’ll go alone.” I didn’t want my mom to go, I knew this woman would just make her even more upset. But mom insisted on going. This was about her 30 years of marriage, and she

to find Bonnie, but Neil had too many

“Alright, we’ll

number. If she called, Geneva might not pick up, so I decided to use my phone

someone picked up. A woman’s voice answered, “Hello,

out, let’s meet and talk,” I said bluntly.

I didn’t expect Geneva to agree.

a time and place, 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,

she just nodded her head.

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