33 We’re all adults here

(Winona)

“Phillip! I never expected you back today.”

“Clearly.”

“This isn’t what it looks like,” I explained.

“Isn’t it?” Jayden pipes up.

“Shush. You’re only making things worse,” I reprimand Jayden.

“Not sure they could get much worse than finding my partner kissing her ex-husband.” Phillip shakes his head.

“Trust me. It could.” Jayden challenges him.

They glare at each other like they are arguing over their prize marble.

“Both of you stop it.”

“You stop it.” They both say back to me at the same time.

I hear the door and footsteps. Who now?

Anne sticks her head through the living room doorway and surveys the situation. “I’ll set the table for three.”

“I’m not staying for dinner,” Jayden says.

“Me neither,” Phillip says.

“Nonsense. We’re all adults here. It’s time you all sat down and were honest with each other.” Anne lectures us. “One day that child will be old enough to understand all this, so you all better have your shit sorted by then.”

Then she heads with her bags towards t