Kitty was laying on top of the bed crying.
She couldn't believe Red cheated on her nor could she believe he knew about Chet and the worst part of all of this was that Red was right.
It was her fault.
She was just hurt that he had a child with this woman.
That was supposed to be the connection that only she had with him.
She ended up crying herself to sleep.
Red came inside and went upstairs.
He saw Kitty asleep so he went into the bathroom and took a shower.
He got into bed and eventually fell asleep.
The next morning they barely spoke to each other.
They sat down with the kids and ate breakfast.
The kids could tell that something was wrong.
Their parents finished their breakfast and left.
The kids looked at each other and Laurie said "that was weird."
Kitty came home from work first and got out of her uniform.
She went downstairs to the kitchen.
She began making dinner when Laurie came in the room.
Laurie said "mom is everything alright between you and dad?"
Kitty felt trapped "everything is fine."
Laurie rolled her eyes "mom you and dad are not talking!"
Kitty was getting upset and snapped "that's because your father has another child that we just found out about!"
Laurie was shocked "what!"
Kitty said "yes he has another daughter looks like you're not the only little girl in his life anymore."
Laurie was hurt to know her father had another daughter.
Laurie was speechless.
She decided to go into the living room
because her mother clearly didn't want company.
Kitty realized what she had just said and felt awful.
She didn't mean to blurt out Red's secret or hurt Laurie.
When she and Red fought she couldn't think clearly not until she and Red made up.
She wished he would hurry up and get home so they could make up and figure everything out.
As if on cue Red walked through the door.
Kitty immediately ran to him and hugged him tight.
She whimpered "I'm so sorry; you were right it was all my fault. I have felt so guilty every time I thought about being with Chet but I swear Red I never slept with him."
Red wrapped his arms around her small body "I'm sorry too and I believe you."
She sighed with relief and kissed him.
After a few minutes they pulled back for need of air.
She said "I missed that."
Red smiled.
Kitty got serious and said "Red we need to talk about your daughter."
Red looked at Kitty and said "is Laurie alright?"
She said "I'm talking about your other daughter."
Red said "Kitty, I only have one daughter and that's Laurie!"
She sighed "Red like it or not you have a child with another woman. We can't just ignore this?"
He got upset "why the hell not? Emma just wanted to mess up my marriage and she did a damn good job!"
Kitty lovingly said "Red, she didn't mess anything up. We are still stronger than ever. Nothing can come between us."
He sighed "Kitty I don't want to meet Rachel."
Kitty said "is that her name?"
He nodded.
Kitty said "why don't you want to meet her?"
He said "Kitty my family is already complete."
"Red you can't punish Rachel because you don't like her mother. If you're worried about hurting us the kids will get over it and who knows Laurie may like having a sister."
He looked at her "and what about you?"
She shrugged her shoulders "Red this is just as much my fault as it is yours. I'll be fine; it was just a blow to me because I was
supposed to be the only mother to your children."
He said "so you think I should meet her?"
She cupped his cheek and said "yes, Red I do."
He kissed her hand "you're amazing do you know that?"
She smiled but then frowned "Red I did something awful. I snapped and told Laurie about Rachel."
Red said "you what?"
She looked at the ground.
He put his finger under her chin and made her look at him.
He said "Kitty it's okay I'm not upset."
She sniffled "really?"
He nodded.
She was relieved and said "you really need to talk to Laurie."
He agreed and said "how should we tell the boys?"
She said "I'm not sure."
They heard something break in the other room and heard Laurie yell "ouch!"
They both ran to investigate.
They saw a vase in pieces on the floor.
Laurie was rubbing her knee.
Red said "are you alright?"
Laurie just glared at him.
That's when Kitty stepped in "Laurie honey are you hurt?"
Laurie was nice to her mom and replied "no, I just bumped into the desk."
Red and Kitty looked at each other and back at Laurie.
Laurie got uncomfortable and decided to grab something to clean up the mess.
She quickly walked past her parents.
Red sighed "great she's mad at me."
Kitty felt for Red "honey, she will get over it she just needs time. This is a shock to her. I mean she thought she was your only
daughter."
He huffed "so did I."
Kitty gave a small smile and touched his cheek "don't worry everything will be fine...eventually."
He really hoped for everyone's sake that she was right.
