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Chapter Forty-Six

blind? Or stupid? Or both? I knew this was a possibility. Why
didn’t I see the truth?
I finally find my tongue as broken words end the stillness.
“How long for? How long has this AFFAIR been going on?”
I whisper.
Gord does not move from the foot of the bed. He looks
sheepish and contrite yet still finds a way to explain himself
like he’s giving me directions to the mall. “The physical affair
lasted over a year but that’s been over for a year now.”
He can’t look at me. He just stares down at his feet. “We’ve
tried to break it off many times. Honestly.”
My disbelief is now shifting to anger. Oh, isn’t that kind of
you both? How sweet.
I am finding my strength as my voice becomes bolder. “And
what about HER? What about Bobby? What’s happening
there?” I look straight at him.
“Lenora is telling Bobby right now too.” He still cannot
look at me.
I throw back the covers and cross my legs. “Okay, so now
what? Are you guys leaving Bobby and me to be together and
ride off into the sunset? Is that why you’re telling me this?”
Reality is starting to hit but so is my resolve.
Gord looks like he might throw up. He wipes his eyes but
continues to focus on the floor. “I don’t know. I don’t know,
Kelita. I honestly don’t. We just knew we had to come clean.”
I sit up straight, pushing the hair off my face. My eyes are
boring straight into his.
“Really? After two years you needed to come clean, did
you? Two f-ing years?”
Gord turns and quickly closes the door. I’m sure he’s
scared that Keldon will wake up and hear his mother spewing
profanities. I don’t want that either, so I draw in my venom and

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