Play it back

Chapter 2

We all sat there in silence, not really knowing what to say about the massive weight on our shoulders. A few moments past and the awkward silence kept its flow, Lacy looked broken, mum looked proud and dad looked defeated once again.
"Right I should be off then, bye girls, bye Liam."dad suddenly awoke from his sadness and was off. Liam forgot what had happened and continued to be a fire engine with pants on his head. Mum seemed to have just forgotten what had happened and acted as if today was any normal day, washing dishes, tiding the kitchen. Lacy took it like offence, she stormed off up stairs crying in our bedroom. I just sat there, not really knowing what to say and this was probably the longest I had ever been silent. Then I thought, where would dad go as he wouldn't have the money to buy a new place. I asked mum where dad has gone and mum gave out a huge sigh.
"Jess your so nosy, he's gone to live with.....with," you could tell she was struggling to get the words out," he's gone to live with his new girlfriend Rose and her son Joey."
So both mum and dad had been playing each other, but I can understand dad because mum has always been a player. All I could respond back to mum was 'oh ok'. Silence continued until my phone buzzed loudly and broke it. It was a text from dad,
"Hi love, I know today has probably come a massive shock and u probably not feeling 2 gr8. I don't know wether your mum has told u yet but next weekend u lacy and Liam are coming to my new place to meet Rose and Joey. See you soon xxx"
I was so happy dad wanted to talk after everything happened within an hour of the day. When I went back upstairs, lacy had buried herself in her bed- under the covers and a pillow over her head. All my life, i had always been the more louder twin, the more confident one and the more talkative but now I was speechless. I knew lacy couldn't understand why mum and dad split up but I knew exactly why and I also knew I had to break the news to her. Mum would never have told us, she would just spring it on us one day. I went and sat on Lacy's bed, poking her to get her attention.
"What do you want, I'm not in the mood?" ,she grunted from within her bed. 'Lacy just listen, I know why mum and dad split up. She looked at me with a confused face. I told her it was because mum has been seeing this posh man.
"How do you know?" I hated telling her as I knew she couldn't bear to hear it.