I hold my breath as her face hardens, and she snickers as she drops the biggest fucking bomb I didn't see coming. "Things like a bastard named Tom Chester and how he fathered my son."
A pin-drop silence settles in the room following Linda's words. She goes back to sipping her drink like nothing happened, and I keep staring at her with my jaw dropped. I squint my eyes a little at first before I shake my head sharply, and that's when her words register to me.
My eyes go round before I practically scream. "What!?"
Linda almost chokes on her drink but gathers herself at the last minute. She looks at me finally and laughs a little. "My bad! Information like this should come with a warning, right?"
"Well, yeah. What do you think?" I widen my eyes, trying to prove my point.
I let out a loud sigh, still in disbelief. "But how can he be Rowan's father? Did you—I mean, were you guys together at some point?"
