Moving Forward {S.M.}

Chapter 6 | Secrets Revealed

"Hey, where is Dad and Emily?" I asked Alex. She was on her phone while drinking a cup of coffee.

"They went to work," Alex said, sipping her mug. A thousand thoughts were racing through my mind right now. I was wondering why Dad was acting so weird. When he lived with us, he nevered offered us money, trips to California or Alaska, or dogs either.

Without even hesitating, I asked, "Why is Dad offering all of those expensive things so us?" Alex looked at me as in if she knew something. Then she looked down back at her phone and said,

"He's trying fix what he did, Allison," Alex looked at me and gave me that 'duh' look.

"Well, what did he do?"

"You don't know, do you?" Alex frowned, and I shooked my head. "You don't know why our parents divorced, huh?"

"N-no." I stuttered. Alex was about to give me the answer that would break my heart into millions of pieces.

"He cheated on Mom, Allison."

I stood there in awe. He had an affair with Mom. He went behind her back and cheated on her. A tear dripped down my cheek.

I couldn't stop asking questions, even though the more information I knew, it would only hurt me more. "W-with who?"

"Emily." Alex said,still not looking at me. I was just starting to be okay with Emily.

"Is Dad Emily's first serious boyfriend?"

"No, she was married before. She also has kids."

"SHE HAS KIDS?" I screamed. Tears flowing out of my eyes like a waterfall. "H-how do you know about all of this?"

"I found out on my own. I was your, age I think,"

"You didn't even think to tell me?!" My tears were unstoppable at this point. I couldn't take it. I went upstairs, and locked myself in my room.

I stared at the ceiling fan and thought. I thought about every feeling I was feeling.

I was angry.

Upset.

Furious.

Alone.

Sad.

I felt terrible for my mom.

Most of all I was disappointed.

Even though it was 10:30 in the morning, I still managed to cry myself to sleep.

~~**~~

I woke up to Shawn's voice. "Allison, are you okay? I was worried when you didn't come over at twelve." I rubbed the sleep of my eyes and looked at my clock 1:15. "Your eyes are all puffy and red, what happened?" Shawn sat down at the edge of my bed.

I couldn't get the words to come out of my mouth. All my lips would do was quiver. I bit my tip as the tears fell once more.

Shawn inched closer to me and wrapped his arms around me and cooed, "Shhh, Allison. It's going to be okay. Please tell me what's wrong." He rested his head on mine.

"Shawn, I found out." I sobbed.

"Found out what?"

"I found out why my parents divorced." I cried even harder. He looked at me with sympathy in his eyes.

"Allison, I-I don't know what to say, I'm so sorry. His strong arms wrapped around me tighter, pulling me closer to his chest.

"He cheated on her. He had sex with a different woman while he was married to someone else! Did he even think about his own three children? We moved from house to house, my mother had to give up everything once she settled, she let go of so much for him, and he goes and has freaking sex with someone else!" I gripped onto Shawn's maroon sweater.