Out Of Control:(Incest/Taboo)>Ep70

That night, Christine called a family meeting. Everyone gathered in the living room. Austin, Lexi, and Molly all sat on the couch. James was about to climb in next to them, when his wife signaled that he should join her standing in front of the television. He looked a bit confused.

"Your father and I have been talking and we think it's time for our family to take the next step," Christine said. The siblings all eyed each other warily.

"Oh, Yes,' James said, "Right. That is, your mother and I think we've all been doing pretty well." He looked pointedly at Molly when he said this. "Agreed," Christine said, sharing a similar look with Lexi and Austin. "We're clearly making a huge amount of progress. Now, we're all not in the same place."

"Definitely not," James said.

"But your father and I both feel like we should start to move on. This has been very hard on all of us. But sitting around the house won't make it better. It's time to get back to real life."

"I'll be going back into the office later this week," James said.

"And I'm going to start seeing patients again," Christine said, "We think you three should start getting back to school and work, as well."

"But we want you to know that this doesn't mean the end of things," James said, "We need to keep striving to do our best."

"We've all done a great job," Christine said, "And I know you'll continue to do so."

The kids stood up and the whole family hugged. Then they quickly separated into their own corners again.

do something," Austin said, "Celebrate.

squeezed her husband's hand. "With everything that's been going on, we didn't even realize it, but today is our anniversary.

"Definitely," James said.

money for delivery on the counter. The restaurant is kind of far, so we'll be home late

"After midnight," James said.

really happy for you both," Austin

"Me too," Lexi said.

"Have fun!" Molly said.

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upstairs to get dressed for their

Austin said, still sitting

guess so," Lexi

Molly said,

to

and went to their separate rooms, never looking each other

*

at the ceiling. She no longer felt scared or

the neighborhood, Lexi had been housebound for weeks. She'd started packing for school, but it felt like

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