“Yes, but sometimes the truth can hurt,” I said. “And I didn’t want to hurt you.
Now that I’ve spoken to your dad, it turns out that, in a strange way, it was true. I believed he knew about you and simply didn’t care, but he honestly had no idea you existed. I’m not sure if that even makes sense.” I placed a hand against my forehead.
“What does that even mean, Mom?” Kael asked as he pushed his plate of mostly untouched pizza away from him.
“Okay. You’re still my baby, but you’re not a little child anymore. This story is partly about you too, and you deserve to know the truth.”
Then I told my son everything. I explained every detail, starting from the moment Orion left town up until the conversation we had outside on the porch. As I spoke, the anger on Kael’s face slowly disappeared.
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