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.

a kid who doesn’t live with her. My dad took another

kept that

was in trouble, this thing with Geneva wasn’t out in the open yet, so he had to go to work like normal, leaving me and my

should meet Geneva, see what she wants. If she was just after money, we could pay her

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

pay much attention to 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 my dad, like dodgy affairs and

up Neil and Bonnie’s relationship, so I didn’t really pay attention to the news. But the photos in the news seemed similar to the

everything happen

get all of them to end this once and

Neil, there would be others

info? Give it to me, I’ll go

her tears, her face full

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 had to deal

life, I tried everything to find Bonnie, but Neil

“Alright, we’ll go

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

times before someone picked up. A woman’s voice answered, “Hello, who is this?”

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

expect Geneva

up today. We’ll go meet her tomorrow. She’s probably just out to extort some money, using dad as her

worried, she just

trying to cheer her up.

room to sleep with me. We talked for a long time, and it was late into the night by

went to the agreed place,