Emerald Cove

Chapter 14

We pulled up outside of the house. Winston put the parked the car and got out without even a glance in my direction. It wasn't always like this. He use to be madly in love with me. We use to be inseparable. Now we barely spoke and he was always working.

I went inside hearing Winston's office door close behind him. Why am I not surprised? I walked into the kitchen looking for my daughter, Katherine.

Katherine is the only thing that binds Winston and me together. The only time we talk is to discuss her and the only time we spend time together is for her or either for public display of what we should be.

I sighed to myself seeing that the kitchen was empty and didn't look used at all. I checked the clock. It was almost noon. I swear that child would starve if someone didn't make her eat on the regular.

I headed up the stairs to her room. It has been a while since the two of us had a mother daughter day. I know she hates shopping, but I could use some retail therapy and I enjoy dragging her along with me. Perhaps we can grab a sandwich at that cute restaurant near the mall over in Gulfport or if she hungry now we can go to that diner that she fancies so much in town.

I opened up her bedroom door. From the door I could tell she was still sleeping. I was a bit surprised because she is usually a neat freak and there was a bit of clothes on the floor.

As I made my way to her bed I realized she wasn't alone. No, she was snuggle up to a very naked brunette girl.

My world shifted. I felt faint. Why is my daughter naked in bed with... Charlotte. I muffled my gasp and made my way silently from Katherine's room, pulling the door closed behind me.

My daughter a lesbian? No. This can't be. We worked so hard to make sure that she is a successful woman. Where did we go wrong? Lord, what will everyone think of us.

I felt like a zombie as I made my way downstairs and into Winston's office. He was sitting behind his desk typing on his computer. I made my way over to his liquor cabinet and pulled out the bottle of aged scotch and a glass. I quickly poured myself a glass and chugged it a d then poured another. I turned to him with tears in my eyes.

"Whatever it is, I don't have time for it right now. I have a meeting in the morning with a new client that I need to prepare for," he stated without so much as glancing up from his computer.

I slumped down in one of the chairs in front of his desk. Swirling the cup and it's contents. "Where did we go wrong?" I asked him. "Did you know our daughter is a... is a... lesbian?" I could barely say the word.

This got his attention. He stopped typing and looked at me over the top of his computer. "Have you lost your mind?" he asked me.

I laughed at him. "I wish! Our daughter is upstairs right now... Naked... In bed with that whore Charlotte.... What are we going to do? What if people found out?" I was sobbing in my hands by this point.

He leaned back in his chair and bit on the end of his glasses in thought. "No one will find out. We end this now. Tomorrow she leaves for Harrigton Military Boarding School outside of New York. After that she will go to college and come back here and run the business knowing that we will not tolerate such disgraces," he said as he began typing away at his computer again.