“I gave him a better life,” Melvin said, trying to justify his actions, “a sixteen year old and her alcoholic sister was no family for him.”

“If I was such a fucking alcoholic, why did you leave Bette with me? Why did you fucking abandon your eleven year old daughter, to be raised by her twenty six year old sister,” Kit said, her anger boiling.

“I do not feel the need to answer any more of your questions.”

“You are speaking as if I am not here, as if I do not exist. You said you did this to give me a better life huh,” Alexander said, finally speaking, “A better life. I was shuffled around from different homes from the day I was born until I was twelve, when I was adopted by family who only adopted children for the government assistance. Growing up I was always teased for being bi-racial, no one could understand my hurt and frustration. Needless to say you ruined any chance of a normal family for me, a loving home with my mother, and the feeling of belonging.”

“A normal family? You think you would have been in a normal family,” Melvin scoffed and took another drink, “my precious Elizabeth was always the light of my life, even after, her mistake, she was my light. I will always be proud of her despite what she’s become. Normal family, she’s a damn lesbian, how is that normal? Ms. Kennard was in a normal, heterosexual relationship until she met Bette. Now she’s just some degenerate masquerading as a productive citizen of the world. There’s nothing right about what they do. Bette has taken a perfect and beautiful woman and completely ruined her. Trust me when I say this, you would have been better off not finding her.”

It was as if the world stopped, her father was the best man she’d ever known. But to hear him speak these words brought great sorrow in her heart. Her heart stopped beating as she heard the words her father spoke. Time stopped and she was able to channel her sadness into utter rage. She could feel the countdown until she completely snapped. Five…my bright and beautiful Elizabeth is a damn whore. Four…an illegitimate child is not precious. Three…he was an abomination and a disgrace to this family. Two…Bette has taken a perfect and beautiful woman and completely ruined her. One…you would have been better off not finding her. She still felt the scotch bottle in her hand and she pitched it across the room. She barely missed Melvin’s head as it whipped passed him and smashed against the wall. Glass flying every which way and the liquid crawling down the wall. In a split second she shifted into hurricane mode and ran towards Melvin, fists in the air. Bette! Stop! She heard Kit say, but she was already moving, she had no way of stopping herself as she felt one fist hit Melvin’s face. A look of shock replaced Melvin’s smirk as her other fist made its way up, she felt strong arms pulling her back. Alexander had Bette by the waist and was pulling her out of the room. Her arms and legs flailing as she tried to break free from his embrace.