The Fisherman Series : Special Edition by Jewel E. Ann

The Fisherman Series : Special Edition by Jewel E. Ann

Author:Jewel E. Ann [Ann, Jewel E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jewel E. Ann
Published: 2022-01-19T00:00:00+00:00


Fisher

Chapter Thirty

After a long ride on my motorcycle, I returned home to Reese in my driveway, hands balled, jaw clenched. She was supposed to be on a plane.

She yelled something as I parked in the garage and removed my helmet.

“What are you doing here?” I asked, returning my helmet to the cabinet.

“Did. You. KNOW?”

I hadn’t seen her so angry, and that said a lot because I had been her greatest source of anger quite a few times.

“Jesus, Reese.” I turned toward her, unzipping my jacket. “What the hell is going on?”

“Did you know that my mom is a lesbian? Gay. Homosexual. Are you understanding me now?” She shook her head and clawed at her hair.

It wasn’t the woman I knew. It was her Bible. A poisoned congregation of judgmental people telling her what was right and wrong. It didn’t anger me as much as it ripped at my heart. She was broken, and I couldn’t fix her. No one could fix her. Only time could peel away at the layers of false ideas, the years of brain washing. I wasn’t an expert on God, but I couldn’t imagine him not loving every single one of his “children.” That was how I was raised.

“Did I know your mom and Rose are together? Yes.”

“How could you?” she seethed.

Oh, Reese, what the hell did they do to you?

“How could I what?” I planted my hands on my hips, eyeing her carefully.

“Not tell me!”

“Rory’s personal life is not mine to share.”

“Rory’s personal life? Are you kidding me? She’s my mom!”

“Your point?”

“I walked in on them. In the shower. My mom and her girlfriend. The friend who just happened to be in Colorado after having been a ‘client’ of hers in Nebraska. She cheated on my dad. That’s why he divorced her.”

Reality could be a bitch. Reese needed to deal with that bitch. That was what adults did. They swallowed the fucking truth and learned to deal with it.

“Is that why you’re losing your mind? Because you think your mom cheated on your dad? Or are you upset because Rory is a ‘lesbian, homosexual, gay?’ Because I’m not sure why you’re freaking the fuck out about this.”

“You should have told me.”

“And what would you have done? How would you have reacted? Like this? I hate to be the one to state the obvious, but your dad died, and that’s terrible. Your mom went to prison … also terrible. But that’s in the past. If you want to be a grown-ass adult, then start acting like one.”

“I’m so tired of the age card.” She shoved my chest. I wanted to grab her and hug all the ugly from her. I wanted to cleanse her of the lies. The pain. The anger.

“Just because you don’t understand my feelings doesn’t make it my fault—a product of my age. Nobody likes being lied to.”

“Nobody lied.”

“Omission of the truth is deceptive … a lie.”

Her youth bled through her words. It wasn’t her fault. She had so many seeds planted in that head of hers.



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