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 again

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

kept that name in

in trouble, this thing with Geneva wasn’t out in the open yet, so he had to go to work like

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

up in my head,

was my parents went through a silent treatment period. And when Neil destroyed my family,

really pay attention to the news. But the photos in the news seemed similar to the ones I was looking at now?

was making everything

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

Neil, there would be others

do you have Geneva’s contact info? Give it to me,

I’ll go with you.” Mom dried her tears, her face full of sorrow

make her even more upset. But mom

In my past life, I tried everything to find Bonnie, but Neil had too many tricks

“Alright, we’ll go together.”

she called, Geneva might not pick up, so I decided to use

someone picked up. A woman’s voice

let’s meet

expect Geneva

We’ll go meet

worried, she just nodded her

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