Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

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.

“Dad, have someone look into this woman. Find out about her background.” I spoke again to my dad.

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

I kept that name in

wasn’t out in the open yet, so he had to go to work like

was just after money, we could pay

up

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

Neil and Bonnie’s relationship, so I didn’t really

everything happen

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

would be others targeting my

have Geneva’s contact info? Give it to

go with you.” Mom dried her tears, her face full of

didn’t want my mom to go, I knew this woman would just make her even more upset. But mom insisted

everything to find Bonnie, but Neil had too many tricks up his sleeve,

“Alright,

called, Geneva might not pick up, so I decided

rang a few times before someone picked up. A woman’s

let’s meet and talk,” I said

didn’t expect

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

looked worried, she just nodded her

go out that day, just stayed home and chatted with mom, trying to cheer her up. When dad came home at night, we ate dinner in silence,

didn’t want to share a bed with dad, so she came to my room to sleep with me. We talked for a long time, and it was late into

I went to the agreed