Chapter 34

KRISTEN The thought of June's father brought back a barrage of emotions—emotions I thought I had scaled. "My sister was in her third year in college when she got pregnant, and I wasn't aware..." I started, my mind running back in time. Edith listened with rapt attention. "Before that, I had always thought that nothing could go wrong. My sister was in college; my business was flourishing. What could have gone wrong?! But it did. I learned of my sister's pregnancy after June was born." "Huh?!" Edith gasped in shock. "You didn't know until she gave birth?" "Until the child was already eating solid food," I corrected. "Wow! What was her excuse?" "She said her boyfriend dumped her and she didn't want him to know about the baby," I swallowed the imaginary lump stuck in my throat. "So she hid the baby from everyone. It came as a huge shock to me. I was hurt. She didn't bother to tell me... At that time, my relationship with my sister became so strained that I didn't speak to her for some time