Truths Unveiled by Kimberly Alan

Author:Kimberly Alan
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Christian - Romance, Fiction - Religious, Christian, Fiction
ISBN: 9781601544391
Publisher: Wild Rose Press, The
Published: 2009-04-30T22:08:16.138000+00:00

Truths Unveiled

Chapter Twenty-Nine

“I hope I’m not scaring you away,” Rebecca said to Pam.

Pam shook her head. “No.” Providing Tom kept his head together about all this. How embarrassing it must have been for him. Just down right humiliating. She mentioned his willingness to relocate to Boston or Chicago.

“Maybe you two should really consider it,” Rebecca suggested, sounding truly sincere. “A change of scenery might do Tom some good. We’d miss you terribly, but at least it would keep both of you out of the line of fire.”

Again, Pam shook her head. “No. His family and career is here. All that’s he’s worked for. And his kids are here. By the way, what’s up with them?”

Rebecca’s expression turned perplexed. “Depends on who you ask. According to Susan, Tom abandoned them. Everyone who knows the whole story disagrees.”

“So what happened?”

“I’m no shrink, but from what I’ve been reading in one of my advanced psychology courses, it sounds like a classic case of alienation on Susan’s part. Though she seems tough on the outside, inside she’s desperately insecure and paranoid that everyone is out to get her.”

“So she gets them first?” Pam asked, familiar with a personality type she’d met occasionally through her medical practice.

“That seems to be the bottom line,” Rebecca nodded. “If she can’t pin you down under her thumb and make you do everything she says, she panics and does really bizzare things. Which she did...at least where Tom and the boys are concerned. He tried to work with her, and spent thousands of dollars going to court, but eventually he just gave up.”

“Can you give me details? I mean, I don’t want you to betray any confidences, but…”

Rebecca sighed. “There are no secrets. Susan made certain of that. It’s just sad. The boys are really good kids. And with Susan, I’m sure they’re perfect.”

“To avoid any repercussions?”

“Most likely. She sees everything as a reflection on her. So when they stayed with Tom, they’d sort of go wild to counter that military-type behavior she expected of them. But Tom handled it pretty well. He knew how Susan was. Eddie and I hung around a lot of the time helping him out. So did his parents. Tom thought it was very important for the boys to know their family. Susan doesn’t have much, and what’s left she doesn’t bother with. To this day, Jennifer swears Susan swindled her when buying her out of her portion of their father’s estate.”

Rebecca paused to take a last bite of her tuna melt sandwich. “It’s funny. That’s one of the things Susan both liked and resented about Tom. That he came from a close-knit family and she didn’t. She liked the closeness. The ability to have someone to rely upon. To share everyday experiences, along with the big holiday celebrations. But at the same time, she resented that she didn’t have that herself. Like it made her look bad. So she rebelled against it. I’ve actually heard her taunt Tom. Calling him a mama’s boy, that kind of thing.

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