Daddy's secret Obsession
The air between us feels heavier than usual, as if my secrets have weight and are pressing down on the table, on her patience, on my chest.
“Jessy,” she says again, slower this time, cautious. “You okay? You’ve been… talking to yourself for the past five minutes.”
My heart flips.
Talking to myself?
I replay the last few moments in my head — the whisper I thought stayed trapped behind my teeth, the muttered no, I won’t do it, the quiet argument with an invisible voice only I can hear. Had I really let it slip out?
“I’m not talking to myself,” I say quickly, too quickly, and the speed betrays me. I cough lightly, pretending to clear my throat. “I was just… thinking. You know I do that a lot.”
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