History

Bethany

"What about your mother?" Bethany leaned back in her chair as the server deposited her enchiladas in front of her, the smell overwhelming.

"Damon caught her cheating on our dad several times before she got sick. He wanted to tell Dad, but Mom would beg him, plead with him, not to." Matt shrugged, sadness creeping across his handsome features. "He went to tell him one night, finally. That was the night that Dad broke the news that Mom was dying. I think Damon felt trapped. He hated her by the time she died."

Bethany lifted her napkin to her eyes, tears spilling onto her cheeks.

"He hated her because of the cheating?"

"Because he had suffered for several years holding her secrets so that Dad didn't have his heart torn from his chest."

"And then it happened anyway because of her getting sick?"

"Exactly." Matt reached for a chip, his eyes diverted from her. "I didn't know any of this until after Mom died. Damon kept all of it to himself."

"How did he keep catching your mom? Were t