Chapter 85. Cut the Chase

As Crystal was putting the First Aid Kit away, she heard Nathan’s feet on the stairs. At first, she thought that was strange because he had just said that he would tell her about her Mother. Maybe he thought we would be more comfortable in the living room – thought Crystal, and she followed after him. When she got downstairs, though, she saw that he’d gone outside.

Crystal frowned as she looked out the front window, and she was shocked to see Carlos’s BMW parked in the driveway. He was getting out of the car, but Joyce was already halfway to the house.

Crystal gasped – What the fuck are they doing here?!?!?! The last time Carlos had been here was more than ten years ago, and the only reason for his visit was to help finalize the divorce and the division of property between her father and mother. Crystal had only been seven at the time, but she’d known why he was there. Why he was visiting today, though, was a complete mystery.

Crystal rushed out of the house to see