I couldn’t speak. I had expected him to find out at some point but I had not expected it to be soon. I should have known that Charles wasn’t going to take an insult like that lying down. He was a proud son o a b***h, of course he was going to do something insane. I just didn’t expect this. “Aren’t you going to say anything?” dad asked but I stayed silent. I didn’t regret my actions, I just hated how they came to light. “What the hell is this, Hayley? For f***s sake, how did this happen? How long has he been doing this to you? Why didn’t you tell me?” “Wait a minute, Jake didn’t do anything,” I cut him off. “He didn’t come to me, I went to him.” “You are a child, Hayley, he should have said no- f**k. I brought him into our lives, I brought him into our house. You were sixteen when you me

