A few weeks later, Mark still hadn't told Catie how he felt. He knew she hadn't told the group everything for sure now. Maureen said after she and Catie had gotten together that Catie was hiding something. "But all in all I liked her," Maureen said.
Mark decided to confront her. When she told him, he would deal with it and then tell her his true feelings. How that would go, he had no idea.
She walked into the kitchen. "What's for breakfast?"
"Catie, are you not telling me everything?"
"What? Why did you say that?"
"Because Maureen and I both think you're hiding something. Are you?"
She wouldn't look him in the eye as she said, "Yes."
"What is it?"
Tears were welling in her eyes. What had happened to her? She said, "Remember my parents? Well, it turns out that my dad isn't my dad. My mom was married before, divorced, married 'my father' and didn't tell him about me until she was in labor. My dad has hated us since then and even tried to get my mom to put me up for adoption. I don't know my true father, and I don't want to anymore. Happy?" She was crying as she ran for the rooftop of the apartment building. He ran after her, wanting to help her but not knowing how.