True to My Heart by Christine L'Amour

Author:Christine L'Amour [L'Amour, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

It’s not until I get out of the shower and into my pajamas that I hear a knock on the door. I don’t hear anyone on the other end speak out.

I refuse to speak at all.

“Your mother is gone.” I hear Betty’s voice finally.

"You can come in," I tell her turning on the light, wondering where Eliza is already.

She opens the door and Eliza’s not with her. I look over her shoulder.

"Eliza went to sleep over an hour ago," Betty assures me, giving me a sad smile.

“Was she mad?” I ask, biting down on my lip.

“I don’t think so. I mean maybe a little sad that you left her downstairs with us, but she survived.” Betty laughs.

“You were the one who always took care of me when they went on their trips. I wouldn’t see them for months and then when they were home it was hell. Why is it that you can accept who I am, and they can’t?” I sigh.

"I accepted you for you. That's how I got through it myself. Then when your mother found out, all she did was cry." She claps her hands together and sits down at the vanity table.

I can see that she has more to say. There’s something that she wants to let roll off her tongue, but she struggles with the idea.

"You've known my parents since they were dating and when they purchased this place. Even when they got married," I tell Betty.

"Yes, on most of it," Betty tells me softly, looking down at her hands.

I look down at them too. I see that her knuckles are getting white.

“What is going on? Why are you so tense?” I ask her.

Betty looks around the room as if we're going to get caught talking to each other about something that’s highly forbidden.

"I'm not going to do anything that would make you lose your job," I tell her softly she makes me feel as if someone's listening in.

"They were never married," she tells me, clearing her throat and waiting for me to lose it.

“What do you mean, they were never married?” I ask her. Not sure that I even heard her right.

“It was because your mother was pregnant with you. Neither one of them wanted to be married. Not at such a young age. They wore the wedding bands, but no one ever called them out on it. No one ever asked to see the documentation,” Betty sighs.

“What about my grandparents?” I ask her.

"What about them, Stephanie?" Betty asks me.

It doesn’t matter about my grandparents because they’ve never come around to see me. Which means they knew all along that it was a sham too.

“Is that why I’ve never met them? The reasoning because I’m a bastard?” I ask her. I don’t need her answer. I can see the pain in her eyes.

“It’s all right. I’m going to be okay.” I smile at her.

I'm not going to let the bombshell news get me down. I was only fuming earlier that I wished I

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