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“You didn’t sleep with her, did you? Your sister?” George demanded, as if George and Judith being married made them anything but strangers. The step between them was more like a cliff.
“Stepsister, Dad, and it happened before either of us were aware of our connection, which wouldn’t have been an issue if you and your wife had introduced us at some point over the last twenty years. Or maybe I would have fallen in love with her anyway,” Jonas said and knew it was true. He was in love with her. He had been for a long time now.
“But, Jonas, it’s not right.”
“It’s more right than you forgiving that woman. Because she not only abandoned now seven children but also slept with two college students she invited to live in your house! One of which broke your daughter’s heart!” Jonas reminded him of what had driven them apart.
George scoffed. “That wasn’t what it looked like.”
Jonas shook his head at his poor, gullible father. “I think you need better glasses because I saw exactly what was happening.”
“They …” he started to explain.
“You can stop talking. I don’t care what she told you. There’s no excuse for anything she has done. She has a history of abandoning her kids, and you are going to do the same. I never thought you would do something like that,” Jonas told him and watched him pale at the words.
“I am not abandoning them.” George got to his feet in anger.
Jonas followed suit. “Yes, you are. I just hope you follow your wife’s lead and never come back. We will be fine without you.”
“You just don’t understand, Jonas.” George’s shoulders slumped at the words, letting Jonas know that he was choosing his wife and not his kids. He may have been able to deny it when he walked into the office, but not anymore.
“You got that right, Dad, and I never will.” Jonas shook his head at the man. He didn’t know him anymore. “Bye, Dad.”
His dad only mumbled something Jonas couldn’t understand as he walked out of the office and out of Jonas’s life.
