Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled novel 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.

"I already did. I've got her HR file. Her name's Geneva, she's from Springvale, married with a kid who doesn't live with her." My dad took another drag, looking years older. "Didn't find anything useful."

Geneva... I kept that name in mind.

Even though my dad 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 mom alone at home.

I figured I should meet Geneva, see what she wants. If she was just after money, we could pay her off to keep this under wraps for now, then figure out a permanent solution later.

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

I was so busy revolving around Neil during that time in my past life, I didn't 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 stuff, and some photos were sent to the media.

I was out of control back then, all I cared about was messing 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 ones I was looking at now?

So fate was making everything happen all over again.

I quickly stashed the photos in my bag. I knew Geneva must have the original copies, so I had to find a way to get all of them to end this once and for all. If these photos fell into the wrong hands, it would be a threat to my family.

Even without Neil, there would be others targeting my dad.

"Mom, do you have Geneva's contact info? Give it to me, I'll go find her." I told my mom calmly.

"I do, I'll go with you." Mom dried her tears, her face full of sorrow and anger.