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My daddy always tried to fix my problems But he hadn’t been able to mend my broken heart when Asher had turned away from me And now, he would not be able to fix what I had to tell hiht before him I was the unfixable mistake

"I heard Asher Sutton was hoer "He’s athe hell outta hiry tirade about Asher "Did you knowdid youI" How did I ask my father whether he knew his as unfaithful? I couldn’t do this Could I do this? God, this was tooyou?" he replied His words were gentler as he pulledme And he didn’t even know from what

"Mymotherdid she" I stopped, sed hard, because I felt sick Hearing this was one thing, but repeating it was another thing altogether

"You said this wasn’t about Moain at the house He didn’t understand

I shook my head "No, the womanWe never talked about her, ever, not once I didn’t knohy she had left Had she left because of an affair? Did he not know that I was the product of that affair?

"Has someone contacted you?" he asked, his voice strained and quavering

I shookher Now, I never wanted to see her She’d ruined"Did you know she had an affair with Vance Sutton?" I asked before I could stop htly, I immediately wanted to take those words back I did not want him to know this I loved him He was my daddy I couldn’t lose that Ever

"Honey, mentally, she wasn’t well But yes, I kne did you find out about this?" His words surprised"Do the Sutton boys know?"

I nodded "Yes, Asher found letters that Millie wrote to Vance They said so free down er I’d faced this fear and now I had to wait, see what happened next

Daddy stared down atorry on his face and then slowly understanding lit his eyes He closed theainst hi "Oh, no, baby, I knohat Asher must have read It’s not what you think, buttercup You’re ot proof of that Those letters were from a mentally unstable woaainst people"

I pulled away frohter?" I repeated it, said it again,