Matters Of The Heart
Chapter 58
A wise man once told me.
Family doesn't end in blood.
Brooke stood there wide eyed. She thought she would be flooding with questions. Anger. Frustration.
But really she was just confused.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Brooke asked.
Glenda swallowed hard. "How could I? After everything that happened involving him."
"I never wanted to bring this up."
"But Mackenzie is older now and she's been asking about her father. I can't keep this from her anymore."
"This is why i've kept my life so private. Why i told Marvin her father can never know she exist."
"Why i stopped dating years ago. You can't let someone into you're life in a real way. Keeping a secret like this." Glenda explained.
"You've wanted Mouth since he showed up on you're door. When you moved back." Brooke replied.
"None of that matters." "Are we going to be okay?" Glenda asked.
"We will be. How did this happen?" Brooke asked.
Glenda looked at her. "He drugged my drink. I think he got rejected alot that night and decided it wasn't going to happen again." She confessed.
The expression on Brooke's face softened. She engulfed Glenda into a hug.
Glenda hugged her back. Sobbing softly.
...
Tree Hill High School
"I might have to get a boyfriend of my own."
"Because being the third wheel to the two of you this summer has gotten old." Mackenzie said.
"What can i say. He's so cute." Mae Taylor said. Sitting on Axel's lap. In the school lunch room.
The two had been dating a year now.
She had her dad's complexion and mom's brown/blond hair. Dark eyes.
Axel leaned over to kiss her.
Being the only person of color in a town like this. Meant a relationship between the two was met with challenges.
And people not liking them and especially going after Axel for being with her.
...
Near his desk was a glass case with copies of his novels through the years. Lucas was an established writer now.
His career was stable and had the level of freedom he loved.
He had a fanbase that followed him.
Brooke kept her promise to her father about keeping in touch.
Their children visit her parents during holidays and summers.
And Victoria and Ted came to Tree Hill on occasion.