CHAPTER SIXTY NINE – A FAMILY DIVIDED

"That's not true at all!" Madison shouted back, a lump forming in her throat as hot tears welled in her eyes. "Kyle, you KNOW I witnessed Aiden's unfaithful behavior firsthand! I would never lie about something so serious!" There was a pregnant pause where Madison could hear her daughter's ragged breathing echoing over the line. When she finally spoke, Kyle's voice was thick with accusatory contempt. "I cannot BELIEVE after everything I've been through...my own mother would betray me like this. You're just a bitter, jealous old woman who couldn't stand that I've found real happiness at last!" The slashing words cut through Madison's heart like shards of ice. "Baby, no...no you don't mean that, this is all a misunderstanding!" Tears streamed down her face as Madison clutched the phone desperately. Why was her sweet daughter saying such cruel, twisted things? "Save your fake tears, Mother. After today, I see you for what you truly are," Kyle spat the moniker out like it w