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I wish he’d shut up like right now.
“Just like you knew with Mom?”
“Your mother and I were young when we got married. Probably too young.”
“Does Mom know about this?”
“I wanted to tell you first.”
“Have you thought about how this is going to hurt her?”
“Kee-Kee, I didn’t dump your mother. I’m not the bad guy here. Our divorce was a mutual agreement.”
I saw her crying by herself when she thought no one was looking. I don’t know how mutual it was.
“Are you sure she wanted it too? It didn’t feel like it.”
“Trust me, we both were ready to move on.”
“Some quicker than others,” I bite back.
“Kennedy.”
“Who is she?" I can't keep the bitterness from my voice. “Where did you meet this woman?”
“This is the funny part.”
“Funny?” Nothing about this shit is funny.
“I met her at your Final Decision Day event during the presentation in the auditorium. We sat next to each other and struck up a conversation. I guess it was fate.”
“Wait, thekidmoving into our house is my age?”
“You thought he was a child?”
“I’m not sure what to think, Dad. How is this even going to work?” A majority of VCU students are from the Nevada or California area so I just assume his newboois from there too. “Is she moving here all the way from the West Coast?”
"Her name is Kate, and she's a wonderful woman," Dad says, sitting on the edge of my bed. “She’s an educator, and she lives near us.”
“She’s from Philly?”
I haven’t met any VCU freshmen from the area, although that doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t there.
“She’s actually from New Jersey. You might have heard of her son.”
I get a queasy feeling.
“He's on a hockey scholarship at the university, and I heard he might be a big deal. Might go to the NHL. His name is Shane.”
My stomach bubbles.
Seriously, I’m going to shit myself.
The reveal hits me like a sucker punch. The guy I’ve been flirting with for months may become a permanent resident of my house. The absurdity of it all makes my head reel.
"Shane Sullivan?” My voice is a whisper, choked with a mix of disbelief and shock.
"Yes, that's him! Do you know him?" Dad asks, clueless of the storm raging inside me.
