All Chapters of Family Secrets: Chapter 971 - Chapter 980

The conversation didn't end well, with David telling his father he was stubborn and thick-headed. Alan called his eldest a Momma's boy, and told the young man to leave him alone if he was going to take her side after what she'd done.The calls to his other two children didn't go as well as that first one. He had to make quiet an effort to antagonize Carrie enough to take her mother's side and scream at him, but it all worked out. He had effectively extended his no-contact rule to the kids. Mission accomplished.It took a few hours of calls, but he finally found a short-term sublease of an apartment that was cheap enough. It was only for 5 months, but Alan figured that was probably as long as he was going to need.He accepted a few more calls from friends, asking him what was going on. He made sure they all knew that she had him locked up by lying about his hitting her, and that he was going to divorce her and take her to the cleaners. She wouldn't get a penny if he could help it. He d

Becca was worried. Bills were paid, and the bank accounts hadn't been touched. She had moved 80% of the funds out of the joint account, and took 80% of the CDs. Money was deposited into the joint account, and none removed. The day after the papers were signed, apparently he'd cashed out the CDs and whatever remained of their investments.She talked to Sandra, who told her that he'd resigned on Tuesday, effective immediately, taking his accrued vacation and sick leave, nearly six weeks' worth.After the first month, she'd talked to the kids, and they hadn't heard from him. She even called his mother, taking a tongue lashing for the way Becca had treated her son. No, she didn't know where he was, hadn't heard from him since he'd told her about the divorce. Even if she had, she wouldn't tell her. Becca didn't argue when she was called an ungrateful, lying bitch.Christmas came and went, as did the New Year. It was difficult. Sitting at the table with all three of her children who had sho

"You tried to make me hate you," she said.He was getting tired again. He tried to sleep as much as the pain would let him. "Because I love you," he explained.She was crying inconsolably as he drifted off to sleep, the energy of talking too much.Alan woke a few hours later, and they were still waiting with him. The pain was almost intolerable. He reached for the button, then stopped. He needed to be clearheaded."He's awake," he heard Josh say, then they were standing around him again.Alan reached for his wife's hand, and felt her soft skin against his once more. "I love you, Becca. I always have. I'm sorry I cheated on you. Please forgive me," he pleaded. The tears that the pain of his wracked body couldn't force out, came easily."Oh, Alan!" she cried. "Stop this. Let me take you home. We'll find better doctors. We can beat this."It was too late for that, but he nodded. "I'd like that."The kids gave him cards, which he had Becca read to him, and Carrie placed a stuffed animal p

I hit level 56, and went back to my softcore account to do a little farming. Softcore was for learning. I intended to clear Inferno with every class, softcore. Hardcore was for fun. My auctions were almost all done, another 5.2 million in my account, mostly thanks to a 3.1 million ring. Needed to stock up. The economy was shifting. People had gold, and prices were going up. A couple of hours should do it.I logged in and saw the new friend request. CherryBomb.Denied.I was building my valor stacks for improved looting when the messages started.[CherryBomb] No friend? :([AceHole] Sorry. It's a personal rule. Only peeps I know IRL[CherryBomb] Understood. A lot of fake weirdo's online. I'm pretty picky too[AceHole] Yeah. Sorry about that. You do play well. We can party some time[CherryBomb] Your place or mine? ;)[AceHole] Right. Your place is probably your Mom's baseme

[AceHole] Now. Let me swap out gear and we'll hit the loot[CherryBomb] My packs almost full already[AceHole] Should be. Portal to town. Dump pack. Grab MF gear. Loot. That's the way we farm places like thisEverything I'd picked up was pretty trashy, but I did get one decent rare. Probably 40K or so. Not worth the effort so far, but we weren't done. I had picked up maybe 25K in loose gold. I grabbed my MF gear, and portaled back. I had to wait about 5 minutes.[AceHole] Took your time[CherryBomb] I'm not good at figuring what's good or not[AceHole] Link the rares to me, and I'll tell you. Not now though. Let's lootWe ran the level. I picked up 9 rares, including one good one, one very good one, and a remarkably useful legendary. The girl was good luck.[CherryBomb] I'm full[AceHole] We're done. To TownIn town we spent another 15 minutes