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"Break what toon?"

"Becky, before I aze "There was another… lady in ht," I say,divorced and that’s why they’re selling the house I’ to be the product of a broken home

"We lost touch," Dad continues "But recently… events have occurred"

"You’re confusing her, Graha her! Becky, are you confused?"

"Well… a bit," I admit

Mu and the short of it is… you have a sister"

A sister?

I stare at her blankly What’s she talking about?

"A half sister, we should say," Dad adds, nodding earnestly "Two years older than you"

My brain is short-circuiting This doesn’t make any sense How could I have a sister and not know about it?

"Dad has a daughter, darling," Mu about until very recently She got in touch with us while you were on honeymoon We’ve seen each other a few tilances at Dad, who nods "She’s… very nice!"

The kitchen is completely silent I s a few times I can’t quite take this in Dad had another child?

Dad had another--

"So…" I falter "Who was this other lady in your life?"

I can’t believe I’ my own father about his love life Even if it is his love life of thirty years ago

Dad doesn’t flinch at the question

"Her naaze "I was traveling a lot for business then and she was a stewardess on the 7:40 London to Carlisle train"

A stewardess on a train I have a sudden i in a pale 1970s suit with flappy lapels, sirl as she pours hiainst him as she moves the trolley on…