Deception by Ordonez April Isabelle

Author:Ordonez, April Isabelle [Ordonez, April Isabelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-08-25T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Monday

April 22, 2013

8:23 a.m.

I spent the weekend looking over the papers my mom gave me. I had her answer some questions that she was able to, but there is still so much that is left unknown. I have to realize that some of it may always remain a mystery. The one thing I wish I could understand is why my dad felt the need to do that to me— or for me, like my mom claims. He almost lost his daughter when I attempted suicide over it, and he made me stay with a man for seven years who evidently didn't really love me. For what? Because I was the one child of his that decided to follow in his footsteps and study law? Or, because I was his baby girl that he always wanted to protect? None of it makes sense to me, and I'm having a hard time coming to terms with it. My mom told me how close she's gotten with Travis over the last year. He's been visiting her a lot since she told him about the truth, even bringing Amanda by to see her. She glows when she speaks about him. It's evident that she adores him—it's like she's speaking about one of her own children. She also admitted that she knew he was the one leaving me the sunflowers. She said that he talks about me often. I can't hold back the smile when I think about that.

I also spoke with Laura on Saturday, and she confessed that she knew about her sister and Rich, but she only found out last Friday when her sister was in hysterics, telling her that she was pregnant. Sarah says that it wasn't planned and Rich was angry when she told him. He tried convincing her to get an abortion, claiming that it would ruin him. Laura said that she called Rich on Saturday morning, demanding that he tell me about the affair, but he told her that he didn't care what she wanted. He said that he wasn't going to tell me anything because it was going to ruin his career. And then he hung up on her. As soon as she told me, the phone call that I overheard on Saturday made sense—it was Laura he was speaking to. Laura was confused as to why he would claim it would ruin his career until I told her about everything that my mom uncovered. She's angry with her sister, feeling like she not only betrayed me but also Laura since we've been best friends our whole lives. I've had a lot of time to think and try to process everything this weekend. I’m certain that I need to get out of the house, I need to move on. The funny thing is that all the anger I felt days ago has seemed to subside. I want to focus my attention on my mom since the time we've spent together this weekend has confirmed that she's very sick.

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