All In The Family: 11

"God no don't tell him. It would kill him. He is so proper, just us being stepsiblings is bad enough. Besides, I'm not sure he knows for sure that Dania is his child - the subject never came up and I never told him. It is the only secret I have kept from him. So we have to keep all this between us for now. I will help you - if you want me to - to keep your relationship from dad for the short run only."

Dania and I looked at each other stunned. Did we just hear that her mom, my father's step-sister, my new mom, was going to let us continue our relationship and help us keep it from my dad?

"I just have one request" mom said "don't flaunt it in front of me. I love you kids and all I want is your happiness. I don't have to like it, but I respect where you are coming from. After all, I'm not so far from that same place. I won't pry, but be discrete - even with me. Maintain the game you two have been playing and I think I can control what dad perceives. Remember he isn't blind and he is very observant. Break that promise and I will have to end it - one way or another. And above all, don't get pregnant! Deal?"

"Oh mom" said Dania "I love you so much. Thank you... thank you... thank you."

"Mom" I said, she smiled at me when I called her that "we will do everything in our power to warrant that love, trust and confidence."

"You will make a fine lawyer some day - or a politician" she said and we all hugged each other.

We had a hell of night. All I wanted to do was crash with Dania in my arms. So we all cleaned up and went to bed. Only this time Dania and I went to her room together. As I walked into her room with her, I turned to shut the door and saw mom frowning. Dania and I talked all night about what we were going to do next so we could stay together. As the sun came up, I got an idea that would not only have us living together, alone, without anyone questioning our relationship and meet with my dad's approval. It was simple really. We would rent an apartment at school instead of spending the money on room and board. The institutional food, we had heard, was terrible and expensive so we could cook for ourselves in our own place. Pleased with our brilliance, we fell asleep, after Dania and I made quiet love on the floor. It was like a new beginning - even more so than before.

and they all currently had vacancies

take care of dad. I asked whether everything would be OK and she

I were just getting ready to go to bed, mom came down the stairs. She looked distraught and very, very

she muttered. We

room.

right with dad, is he

certificate and it said that Miranda and Jake were my mother and father. That means that dad and I are not stepsiblings, like we thought, we are half brother and sister!

catch every twist and turn. The next chapter awaits, exclusively on our

around and not do anything around the cabin at any time" answered Dania. "I don't think we want dad to be anything but the happy guy he was last week and if we can make that happen,

of that big ax of dishonesty hanging over his head but he is having a hard time justifying telling you. It may take a while - so play along.

take your lead, mom" I said and we agreed to head up to bed. Dania and

coffee and sat next to dad. We had a pleasant but very superficial conversation, something we weren't used

"Dad, is everything alright?"

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