“Dad cheated on you!”

The words hung in the air like dust mites on a sunny day, barely visible but just out of reach. You knew they were there, but there was no way to get rid of them.

“Oh.”

That was all her shell-shocked stepmother had to say, mouth agape like she couldn’t believe what she had just heard.

Fable panicked.

“I’m sorry- He told me not to tell you, and I just found him by accident, and at first it ...