Chapter 4The Custody Battle: Three Families in One House
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I looked at my dad, then at my mom. I was just about to tell them to stop fighting.
But both their phones rang at the exact same time.
I saw the caller ID on my dad's phone: "Vivian."
"Hudson, I'm back in the States," my dad said, reading the message aloud. "Can you come pick me up at the airport?"
Vivian—my dad's "White Moonlight."
The eternal pain in his heart.
My dad was speechless.
My mom suddenly choked back a sob: "Arthur, you're not dead!"
Arthur. Arthur Stone. My mom's first love. Every Memorial Day, she would make me stand in front of his gravestone and call him "Daddy."
My mom's reasoning was that Mr. Stone died without any children to carry on his legacy, and she was worried he wouldn't have any money to spend in the afterlife. So, she had me pretend to be his daughter to burn some paper money for him...