Chapter 25. I Won’t Apologize

Matt’s POV

I took a moment to stare at the text before replying.

“No, not yet,” I typed back.

The response was quick. “Why?”

I wasn’t quite sure why I hadn’t.

“I just got here; there’s time,” I texted back before dropping the cell phone.

The moment I began to walk in the direction of the kitchen and came to a pause at the sound of my parents laughing, I knew why I hadn’t told them yet.

It would destroy them.

The little smile that was about to creep on my face vanished when my eyes landed on her.

Celine had told me all about her. The pregnant woman who lived in a shelter and took advantage of my parents.

“Here, have more. It’s good for the baby,” my mom told her, adding more food to her plate.

I felt myself boiling in anger. How do they pay her and feed her that much?

“When Emily was pregnant with our boy, she used to eat for five. Don’t get me started on her weird food cravings. She ate tons of raw okra a