Chapter 33

Thanks JennDur for beta'ing for me.


The conversation was calm until Mom said the 'd' word. As soon as she brought up divorce, the father we had seen a week ago made a reappearance.

"Divorce? I don't think so! We said vows binding us together until death, and damn it, neither of us is in a coffin!"

"You have lied to me for twenty years, Harry! Our marriage, the life we built together… it's all based on your manipulations," I heard my mom say.

"I saved you from throwing your life away!"

"You took away my choices!" she fired back. "And now you're trying to do the same thing to our daughter, but I won't let you. She deserves to decide her life for herself and I'll be damned if I allow you to get in the way."


That's the end of this drabble. The expectations have been broken. Though I am toying with the idea of 2 more follow up drabbles. One for Leah and how she moves past this, with her future wide open. And one for Sue and how she flies on her own without Harry.

Thanks to anyone who read or reviewed, it means a lot to me.