"It's not easy to tell you, but it's time. He always warned me that you would be the one who would inherit his side of the family's genes." "Who?" I was super confused. "Your father." My mother replied, crying even more now. Her bloodshot eyes were filled with pain. "When I first met him, we were at the beach. I couldn't see his bottom half; it was covered by a big rock. He said that I was the prettiest girl he had ever seen. He asked me to hang out with him, so I did. We had so much fun that your dad said he had something to tell me even though we hadn't known each other long. He pulled his lower body up so he was sitting on the rock. Only then did I notice his..." She stopped, choked up. "What?!" I asked. This was the first time mom had ever talked about dad. "Tail." She said. "Tail?" I asked. My mom sighed. "It's okay if you don't understand right n..." "No," I cut her off. "I need to know!" "He was a merman." "What?" I whispered. "A merman." She repeated.
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The Mermaid Star [editing!]
Fantasy"He said that when the time was right, one of our children would find one, and become half and half." "Half and half?" I asked. "Crystal," she said "I think you're half-mermaid." Only then did I see the patch of aquamarine scales growing from under...
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