Chapter 12
SO, IT WASN’T JUST my mother who’d cheated. He had as well. I couldn’t blame one and not the other. That would be hypocritical of me.
“Oh. Well, that sucks.”
Matlock c****d his head to the side. “Why do you say that?” he asked, seemingly confused.
Was he serious? I couldn’t think of anything but the pitfalls. “Because... what if you fell in love with someone else? My mother certainly loved you. What are you supposed to do in that situation?”
What I really wanted to know was whether he loved my mother too. Was he just as heartbroken as my mother when she left each time? Or was this the perfect scenario for him – a woman he could fool around with, who would leave for long periods of time?
When I looked into his face, there was nothing but pinched discomfort. Oh.
I clenched
