19

WILLOW

Broken? Did she cheat? What does she do to break your dad? A million questions fly in my head but I keep them all to myself.

"How?" I find myself asking.

"She used to cheat when she got married, but my dad still stayed. I used to. I think they were the thickest bond. The best couple I knew until I caught my mom with another man when I was fifteen. My dad made me promise to not tell anyone, even my elder brother," He explains as he takes a right turn.

"So what happened?" I ask, trying to hide my sympathy.

"I told him, if he didn't divorce her, I was going to leave," He says.

"What did he say?" I ask out of curiosity.

"He said, she still loves her, it isn't going to be possible, so at the age of seventeen I left my parent's house," He says.

"Dis she ever stop cheating? Did your brother ever find out?" I ask as my interest piques.

"No, I even know if she ever stopped because two years later she died from a disease, on one of her business trips," He explains.

"I'm so sorry," I g