Chapter Two- Homecoming

When they walked in the door, he was standing there. The boy in the picture.

"Hey Dad where...were you." His eyes darted from his father to her.

"Ephram, this is Angel. Angel, Ephram." Andy introduced them.

After a few minutes of awkward silence, she spoke up. "Where will I be sleeping tonight?"

"Spare bedroom." Andy led her to the door. "If your tired you can turn in now. I'll take care of things."

"You don't want me to...?"

"No, go ahead and go to sleep."

Andy walked back into the living room. He saw Ephram, sitting on the couch, white as a ghost. He has to know something is up, Andy thought to himself. It's like he saw himself in the mirror with longer hair. Andy sat across from him, watching his son's every move. Finally, Ephram looked up, pain in his eyes.

"Who is she?" He managed to stammer out through his anger.

"Now Ephram, please hear me out before you get angry..."

"Get angry? I don't have to ask who that is. I can tell. Who did you cheat on Mom with? I can't believe you! She can't be much younger than me. And yet mom never knew did she?"

"Of course she knew Ephram, I..."

"She knew! She KNEW! And yet she stayed, even had Delia with you? Why was she so blind? I should have known. I bet you were glad when she died, so you could go back to the whore and kid you really loved..." Ephram was standing now, screaming his angry words in his father's face. Andy stood up.

"Ephram, stop it! I didn't cheat on your mother. Angel is your sister, full sister Ephram." It got very silent, all they could hear was the rain falling hard outside.

"How, what, what are you saying Dad.."

"She was born nine months and two weeks after you were. We decided to give her up Ephram. I wasn't making enough money, we didn't plan her, or even you, and we knew it would be for the best. She was very sick right after she was born, and your mother got attached. But in the end her adoptive parents took her home."

"Is that why you guys waited so long to have Delia? Because Mom was too heartbroken?"

Yes Ephram, that was part of it. When your mother died I wrote a letter to Mrs. Daniels, Angel's adoptive mother and told her. I knew at some point Angel would want to know about her real parents. That's the last contact I've had."

"But if she has adoptive parents, why did she show up in Everwood?"

"They died. She said she was sent here." Andy replied solemnly.

"Doesn't that seem just a little fishy to you? Don't you think you would have gotten a phone call or something?" Ephram said, raising his voice again.

"I'm gonna let her sleep tonight. We can figure out the details in the morning." Andy said, looking at his son. Ephram looked like he was ready to cry.

"How are we going to tell Delia?" He asked his father in a low, soft voice.

"I'll take care of that in the morning too. Why don't you go upstairs and get some rest."

"Sounds like a plan, and Dad?"

"Yes Ephram?"

"I'm sorry."

"Don't worry about it son."

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