Deep, Dark Secrets
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Summary: Sequel to On Your Mind Abby Rippner knows that the past is better left alone, but when her stepfather suggests that she visit her birth father, she blindly walks into a trap that has been nearly seventeen years in the making…
Prologue
Abby Rippner always had a rocky relationship with her mother. She had always felt that something was missing in her life and she blamed it on her mother.
Lisa Rippner, now Lisa Carter, had been in therapy for most of Abby's childhood and had always been distant around her. Abby had constantly been able to sense that there was some animosity towards her. Being a single parent should have formed a bond between mother and daughter, but there was no bond. There was a line between them that neither of them understood.
In her head she knew that it was all because of her father. Her step-father, Dr. Philippe Carter, had said as much using different words. There was some secret past that he was covering up and that her mother was unwilling to face.
Philippe had done everything in his power to treat Abby like a daughter, but she had refused. She was stubborn-minded and resented him. In Abby's mind, Philippe was the reason why her father was gone.
Abby had never known the truth. She did not know that her precious father was supposedly dead, at least in Lisa's mind. Only Philippe knew otherwise and when she finally turned fifteen, he dropped the bomb that her father was alive and locked up.
Until then, she had just assumed that angering Lisa would reunite her with her father. She had done everything in her power to rebel against her mother and step-father. Now, she knew that he probably did not even know that she existed.
Abby was now determined to meet her father and do anything in her power to bring him back into her life and away from her mother. She was confident that he would fill the aching hole in her heart.
Author's Notes:
Not the best prologue, but it's a quick overview of the past fifteen years. Lisa and Philippe married when Abby was five, and it only widened the rift between them because of Abby's bond with Jackson. She knows nothing about what happened to her mother because Lisa prefers to keep it hidden. Her whole world is about to explode though. Thanks for reading!