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And Now… II 39C

Beatrice shook her head. “I’m not siding with him.”

“I watched her cry for days. Heard her cry for days. She wasn’t eating, she couldn’t sleep alone, she couldn’t think straight, she barely left her room. I kept asking, she kept lying, you were lying too!” She looked at and pointed at Tanner. “And you all thought I was over reacting. All of you! Shane, Sherry, Elias and Travis. Travis thought therapy. Meanwhile it was your idiot son and my foolish son that caused this.”

“Steph!” Beatrice yelled.

“What? He is an idiot. And Tanner is foolish.” She pointed from one boy to the other. “Beatrice they were at lunch! They heard me talking about her! They heard us talking and they did absolutely nothing! Tanner didn’t even care enough to wonder where his sister was for a whole week! He couldn’t even call her and ask her! Does that sound like someone who was sorry?!”

“But mom-“