Northstar Vale I can shoot a shotgun, I can catch a fish

It was going so well until her dad cornered her with the most benign question possible. Of fucking course he would ask that. It was such a normal question to ask… and she was an idiot for not being prepared for it.

Fennec considered lying but that could backfire hard, and honestly, it wasn’t worth the effort. Lying to her parents was probably worse than telling them the truth, even if the truth pretty much sucked.

They aren’t. She replied a little flatly. He hadn’t come back to answer that yet but she’d rather be pessimistic and wrong than the alternative. Especially where Towhee was concerned. She knew how much her mom loved grandkids.

He’s in love with someone else. So I told him to own up to it and go fucking face it. Turns out marriage number two was as much a joke as the first one. She snorted, then shook her coat, as though doing so might shake the tension out of the air. Anyway. It isn’t important.