80: Confrontation

CHRISTY:

“Kitten…It’s…Oh, great. Don’t look,” Everette said. His face fell and watched me with seriousness followed by a worried expression on his face. “You’re not going to like what is happening right now. It’s better for you not to witness this.”

Those were seriously not helping me at all.

Curiosity kicked in, I looked at what he was watching and gasped at the scenario laid in front of us. Mom kissed the young man who could pass as my brother.

I felt like my knees gave out and before I could fall on the ground, Everette steadied me.

“Hey. Are you okay?”

It felt like I could not feel my limbs.

“Did we see the same thing, bunny? Or did my eyes play tricks on me?”

He looked at me with a sad expression. “It seemed like it was, kitten. We saw the same thing. I could not believe your Mom could do that. I mean…your Dad was only buried earlier.”

“So, it was true. Your Mom’s statement.”

“You can deal with it when you are already fine. Right now…you can pretend that nothing happened. That