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.

look into this woman. Find out about her background.” I spoke again to my dad.

got her HR file. Her name’s Geneva, she’s from Springvale, married with a kid who doesn’t live with

that name in

with Geneva wasn’t out in the open yet, so he had to go to work like normal, leaving me and my mom alone at

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

some old memories started popping up in my head, and

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

out of control back then, all I cared about was messing up Neil and Bonnie’s relationship, so I didn’t really pay

everything happen all over again.

I knew Geneva must have the original copies, so I had to find a way to get all of them to

there would be others targeting my

to me, I’ll go find her.” I told

Mom dried her

just make her even more upset. But mom insisted on going. This was about her 30 years

life, I tried everything to find Bonnie, but Neil had too

nodded, “Alright, we’ll

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

phone rang a few times before someone picked up.

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

didn’t expect Geneva to agree.

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, using dad

worried, she just nodded

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