S.M.O.M.S. (Ingrid) by DiscipleN
Chapter 9, part 1
When I told Claire the news, she yelled. “How could you?”
I heard myself yell back, “It was you!” I blinked with disbelief. “What sort of sick human being are you?” A swirl of memories coalesced in my head. Andrew had been dating Claire!
“There was nothing indelicate about our relationship.”
“He’s seventeen. You’re twenty eight! How can you even feel love for a child that young?”
“That’s none of your business.”
“He’s my son, Claire. Now I’m twice glad my mother is taking care of him.”
“Why? Because you couldn’t?”
She got to me. Instead of exploding, I gave a peace offering. “Let’s calm down before we say shit like that.”
“Damn you!” She left the library without signing out. Questions came to me. Why were they meeting at the university? Did it really matter where? I told myself, it was to throw Garrick and I off the scent. That evening, I employed his nose.