Hearing it come out from his lips made a weird feeling settle on Leal’s stomach. It felt so foreign coming from him, the word family. He never called his father his family, but he called them his family – the illegitimate family. He probably called Margaret and their child that too, but hearing him calling them that, it… it just washes away all her envy. Her desire to have a complete family is gnawing inside her.

Before Big Trisha says any more, Leal quickly twisted the knob and stepped ...