Chapter 123

Craig's face was dark. "What is all this nonsense? Impotent?" "Dad-" Matthew looked panicked as he took a couple steps toward Craig. "Dad, don't listen to her! She's making stuff up just to ruin me! I mean-what I was trying to say is that she tried to get someone to hurt me like that before! But there's no way I'd let that happen!" Vanessa rushed to back him up. "Exactly, Craig. If something really happened to Matthew, do you think he'd still be standing here acting like everything's fine?" Before Craig could say anything, Delia suddenly burst out laughing. "Hahaha-" Everyone's attention snapped to her, but she didn't look at any of them. Instead, her hand rested lightly on Curtis's shoulder, her gaze locked with his. "Babe, some people seriously came over today just to embarrass themselves. I mean, how blind do you gotta be? Something that serious, and he still claims he's 'fine'? What a joke." Curtis looked at her, warmth in his eyes, and patted her hand with a smile. "Yeah." Matthew