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“You caught me off-guard. And I’d be fine to call you dad again if you can show that you can be a father to me.”
“Of course I can be a father to you. I’ve always been a father to my little girl.”
I hear Elle snort.
“Your little girl? I hate you calling me that. And what sort of father are you that you chose your side piece over your family? You certainly weren’t a good husband.”
“Megan is not a side piece, Elle. She’s your stepmother.”
I don’t need to see Elle and Carly to know that they’re grimacing.
“Megan will never be my stepmother. I was an adult when you two married, and she’s not much older than me. She will always be known as my father’s wife. Nothing to me.”
“Don’t talk like that, Elle.” Kevin’s voice sounds as if he’s trying to tell her off. “You shouldn’t be so disrespectful.”
“You mean like you and Megan disrespected Mom by having an affair, getting married on the day of the funeral and moving her in? You think I’m disrespectful after that?”
“Elle,” I hear Carly’s voice. “Calm down. We’re not here to discuss that.”
At least Elle has her friend with her. She needs a calming influence right now. And I wish it was me right now.
Elle lets out a heavy sigh.
“Okay, fine. You said you wanted to talk, Kevin. So talk.”
“Were you ever going to tell me about Amy? That I had a granddaughter?”
“I’m not sure. If you divorced Megan, I would have reached out, but you’re still with her. I wasn’t going to have anything to do with you if she was still about.”
“You’re so cold, do you know that?”
“Given what you did, can you blame me? I lost my mom and I find out my dad’s been cheating on her. How do you expect me to react?”
“I expect you to reach out and we can talk about it once you calm down.”
I almost burst out laughing at that. Why did it sound like he was trying to blame his actions on Elle instead?
“Don’t give me that, Kevin. You and Megan were in the wrong. You don’t get to have me in your life after what you did, and I’m not about to have that woman pretend she’s a mother to an adult daughter who’s closer to her age than her own husband.”
“Megan’s not a bad person, Elle.”
“I don’t care. I want nothing to do with her.”
“Well, you might have to.”
I sit up. What did that mean?
“What are you talking about?” Elle sounds guarded. “What do you think is going to happen? I’m not ready to forgive or forget what you did. You betrayed Mom as well as me. That’s not something I can move past.”
“Can you at least listen to what I have to say? Don’t go rushing into anything.” Kevin’s voice makes me feel like I’m listening to nails on a blackboard; it was very grating. “This is important.”
There is a moment’s silence, and I’m tempted to look over the top of the divider to see what was going on. But I stop myself, although I’m sure I look like an idiot eavesdropping on another conversation when I should have left already.
“Okay, fine,” Elle huffs. “Talk. What do you want?”
“Megan and I…we’ve been trying to have children together, and Megan is infertile.”
“I know about that. Grandma told me.”
