Echoes of Denial

Chapter 24: Leo's Sick

TRISTAN

The question felt like a punch to the gut as I tried not to show it. "What? No. Why would you think that?"

"Because he was with her at the hospital. And she said she was with him for days and nights. That's what you did with Aunt Audrey. So I thought maybe Mom found her own Aunt Audrey."

Jesus. Out of the mouths of babes. He had said what I had been avoiding.