Magnolia: Don’t Trip The Bride (Spell Library, #15) by Adams Melissa & Library Silver Springs

Author:Adams, Melissa & Library , Silver Springs
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lost & Bound Publishing
Published: 2020-10-28T16:00:00+00:00

13.

To Catch A Thief

Magnolia

MOM’S REVELATION WAS more shocking than I thought.

I didn’t have the courage to talk to my dad about it but Mom essentially apologized for the double standard she used when raising me.

“Darling, you have to understand. Our community isn’t open enough to accept any behavior that doesn’t fit conventions. Your daddy and I had to hide our ... proclivities for fear of basically being shunned. I didn’t want that for you, so I tried to make sure that you had a “normal” upbringing. I know we were strict but we were trying to give you what we didn’t have. A “normal life”.”

So, a lot of things began making sense. My parents’ monthly “Costco trips” one hour away that I was never allowed to go on? Turns out they went to a swingers club a couple of towns over where no one knew them.

“Those were so tiring. Because after we had our “fun” we still had to grab groceries. I admit things became easier once you moved out. Magnolia, please say something. You look upset, darling?”

“I— I don’t know, Mom. I’m just trying to process all this. Why didn’t you ever tell me once I was old enough to understand? And why this constant demand for perfection? You have no idea how stressed I was at the idea of you visiting.”

The hurt in Mom’s eyes is unmistakable. “Dang it, darling. I’m so sorry. I was strict because I wanted to set you up for a good life. My parents were hippies and I’ve been blaming them for my—”

“Grandma Edith? A hippie? You can’t be serious!”

My mother’s mom was even stricter than my own mother, so again this is shocking.

“Well, yeah. By the time you came along, things had changed. I know I was always hard on you, Magnolia. But I was trying to set you up for success in life and I hoped you wouldn’t have to keep up false pretenses like I did. I guess I overdid it?”

I shake my head, still trying to make sense of this all. “So, just to be clear ... you and Dad meet up with other couples and swap partners? Like, with random people?”

Mom nods. “Sometimes. We’ve had a few long-term relationships with other couples over the years. Remember Alexis and Ralph? We met them at a club and we saw them regularly for about a decade. They were the most fun. We used to swap partners with them but also do girls with girls and boys with—”

“Goodness gracious, Mom, please I get the gist.”

Mom blushes and I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that I find that comforting. At least that’s a normal reaction from this woman who looks like my mother, sounds like my mother but has sent everything I thought I knew about my parents all cattywampus.

“I know this is a lot to take in, darling. But of all people, you should understand? I love your daddy with all my heart, he’s my soulmate. But we don’t think human beings are meant to be monogamous.

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