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had no clue she had a twin. ”
    “FUCKING LIAR!” I yell at the TV in frustration.
    “Don’t worry,” Alec consoles me. “We have it all on film. It’ll be on TV soon enough. The world will see the truth.”
    “Right. And until then, everybody will just think I’m a cold-hearted bitch.”
    The reporter asks my mom a few more things regarding the divorce, and how she’s holding up, but I can’t listen anymore. I get up from the couch, walk outside, and sit by the pool. I dangle my feet in the water, and gently swish my feet around.
    My whole life has been hard. My mom always hated me, my dad always pushed me way too hard, and the one person in the whole world I loved the most ran away. For a split second I thought maybe my life was getting better. Then everything blew up in my face.
    I hear the back door open and look over to see Stephan sit down beside me. He doesn’t say a word. He just holds my pinkie with his. Suddenly, my terrible day doesn’t seem so terrible… My world may be crumbling around me. But there is one constant in my life — Stephan. With him, I can conquer the world. Or, at least the day.

    10:59 AM
    Luke, I am your father.

    “Scarlett, there is somebody at the door for you,” Alec says, poking his head out the back door.
    “Who is it?” I ask. I really don’t want to get up from this spot. I am really enjoying quiet time with Stephan.
    He hesitates before saying, “Your dad.”
    I feel my stomach clench up with nerves. “Why is he here?”
    “I don’t know,” he answers. “But he says it’s important. He wants to talk to you… And Bridgett.”
    Part of me wants to march in there and tell him to get lost. But the other part of me is curious. Curiosity wins. I push myself up off the ground. I know that I should tell him I don’t care what he has to say. But it would be a lie. I care what he has to say, and I want to know what he could have to say to both Bridgett and me.
    Maybe it’s an apology.
    Could I forgive him if it was?
    I want to say no, but the answer is probably yes — I would forgive him.
    “Okay. But Stephan is going to be there.”
    “So am I,” Alec says.
    Stephan get’s up. “Are you sure, Scar?”
    I nod. “I want to know what he has to say. No matter how badly he’s treated me, he’s still my dad. I love him.”
    “Okay.”
    Stephan grabs my hand and we follow Alec inside. We walk into the living room where my dad is standing. Bridgett walks in beside us.
    “What’s going on?” she asks.
    “My dad wants to talk to us,” I answer.
    She turns to him. “What could you possibly have to say to me ?”
    He looks nervous. Like really nervous. I’ve never seen him like this. He’s usually very calm, even in intense situations. “Please, sit down,” he tells us. So, we all sit on the couch, and he sits across from us on the love seat. He closes his eyes for a minute, and takes a deep breath.
    I feel butterflies in my stomach. I’m not sure what he is going to say, but I know it’s big. It has to be. As if my life isn’t full of enough drama, he’s going to add more.
    Please, just let this be something stupid. I can’t take any more bad news, I hope silently.
    Dad opens his eyes and looks between Bridgett and me. “Scarlett, Bridgett… I…” He sighs. “I am your biological father.”
    As soon as the words leave his mouth, the room grows silent. The only sound I hear is the ticking of a clock in a nearby room, and the sound of my own heartbeat. It’s beating fast and hard. What he’s saying can’t be true. Certainly I misunderstood him. “I’m sorry, what?”
    “I am your biological father,” he repeats.
    I didn’t misunderstand him.
    I take a moment to let his words sink in. If he’s my biological father, that means he’s Bridgett’s too. Which doesn’t make sense. “Why would you and Mom just put one of us up for adoption? Why did you keep just me?”
    “Because she isn’t your real mom, Scar. I had an affair twenty years