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.

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

I kept that name in

the open yet, so he had to go to work like

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

popping up in my head,

I didn’t pay much attention to what was going on at home. All I remember was my parents went through a silent

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

fate was making everything

get all of them to end this once and for all If these photos fell into the

without Neil, there would be others

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

do, I’ll go with you.” Mom dried her

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

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

“Alright, we’ll

phone number. If she called, Geneva might not

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

daughter. Come out, let’s meet

didn’t expect Geneva to

up 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

she just nodded

mom, trying to cheer her up. When dad came home at night, we ate dinner in

to my room to sleep with me. We talked for a long time, and it was

mom and I went to