I was deeply hurt by Dad's betrayal. Why would he tell her? Weren't they supposed to be fighting?

I stayed holed up in my room till Uncle Liam notified me that dinner would be in 10 mins. By then, I was already formally dressed for dinner and was just staring at my disgusted self in my mirror.

When we have family dinner, you are expected to get there five minutes earlier so I left my room five minutes after Uncle Liam's notification.

I meet Riley and his sister already seated. Soon Uncle Ron came in and to my surprise, Dad, who usually leaves the house whenever mum was around, came...