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a smile, a familiar tactic he used when I pointed out that I had done nothing wrong. He would flip it around once I was calm and say that he forgave me and we could forget about it. I never noticed until right now just how he managed to manipulate me into the daughter he wanted.
    “How can you ask me to calm down? Yes, I lied, but you brought your lover here and then tried to blame it on me,” I cried as I stepped away from him. “You disgust me. How are you going to tell Mom? You can’t just hide this from her, because I sure won’t,” I stated as I placed my hands on my hips and glared at him.
    “Lauren, don’t start anything you can’t control,” he warned.
    “I shouldn’t lie, should I?” I questioned, silencing my father for a moment. He glared at me, and waited to see if I would say anything else. Parker stood awkwardly next to me, pulling on my shirt in an attempt to get my attention, but I wasn’t going to look away until I was sure he knew I wasn’t messing around. He was going to tell Mom, or I would.
    “Lauren,” Parker said, a hint of urgency in her voice, but my father interrupted before she could tell me what she wanted to say.
    “Your mother doesn’t need to know,” he stated. “You will not tell her. You’ve lied before, you can lie again.”
    My jaw dropped. I stood there stunned as his words connected in my head. He wouldn’t say anything. He seemed determined to make sure I didn’t say anything either, if he could help it. I didn’t know what to say without repeating myself again, but luckily I didn’t have to because my mom’s voice broke our stare down.
    “What don’t I need to know, Kyle?” I turned to see my mother turn the corner, revealing she had been listening on the other side of the wall the entire time with her arms crossed over her chest and an angry gleam in her eyes. Her usual cheerful smile had been replaced by a scowl, and from the glare she cast toward my father she already knew what he wanted to keep from her.
    “Rachel,” he stated awkwardly as he tried to think of a way out of this situation. A long pause resonated through the room, which only upset my mother more, before he finally spoke again. “It’s nothing. Lauren is just overreacting.”
    I turned my head so fast that my neck cracked, sending a wave of hot pain emanating from the spot. I rubbed the back of my neck in an attempt to soothe the pain as I glared at my father. He flashed me a sheepish grin when he caught my hateful glare. I couldn’t believe he lied to her face like that. If I had done that he would have grounded me.
    “Lauren, tell me what happened,” my mom ordered as she shook her head in disgust at my father. She definitely already knew the truth, but had been hoping he would be honest. “Tell me the truth.”
    I froze for a moment, unwilling to be in the middle of this fight, but if Dad wasn’t going to tell her, then I would. I took a deep breath to calm my nerves. I was shaking, whether from anger or fear I wasn’t sure. My mom’s eyes didn’t leave mine, and I could feel my father burning a hole in the side of my head. I was refusing to look at him. I knew I would only see him telling me once again not to tell her the truth. I warned him, and he was going to see that he couldn’t get away with this.
    “Well?” she pushed, waiting for me to respond, but I was at a loss for words.
    “We caught Mr. Scott and his mistress in your room, but we aren’t sure if it was before or after they did it! I’m sorry, I can’t handle it anymore. I have to go home,” Parker blurted out, giving me an apologetic look as she ran past me and out of the room. She slid past my mom, trying to avoid making eye contact with her, and quickly ran down the hall. A few seconds later the front door slammed shut. I wished I could have gone with her.
    “I’m glad Parker can tell the truth. Do you want to try again, Lauren?”
    “Dad is cheating on you with a woman I’ve never seen before,” I