Secret Miracle

Three

Ben stood staring at the sea as he nervously rubbed his chin with his fingers, as Ziggy walked toward him. "Dad, Dad is this for real," Ziggy asked. Ben reluctantly told his eldest daughter the truth "Yes."

"Are you 100% sure?" Ziggy questioned.

"I'm so sick, he didn't even try to deny it," Ben spoke with disgust in.

"I don't understand, when," she said as she couldn't comprehend what was happening.

"Does it matter?" Ben questioned.

"Yes, it matters" Ziggy ushered.

"It was before me and your mother were married, we were on a break." 

"Okay, Marco is your brother, and if you and mum were on a break" Ziggy tried to get the situation to get less worst than what she expected.

"It's not the sex Ziggy" Ben stated.

"Then what," she asked.

"She lies..." Ben spoke.

"I'm so sorry dad" his eldest declared as she looked sorrowful or her dad.

"I thought she was perfect, we've been married for over 20 years and for all that time she been lying to me, I don't know if you come back from that." Ben blurted out as he was in dismay, he didn't know what his life had come too and what his perfect wife had done wasn't what made him angered, it was the deceit.

Ziggy gave her dad a hug as they both began to look upon the sea together as tears rolled down his face.

...

Maggie walked into Salt as Marco sat the bar with the beer in his left hand. Maggie looked at the bar and saw the man that caused her grief, to which she gasped for breath.

"Maggie, you happy now" Marco blabbed as he accused Maggie out doing this on purpose.

"How dare you make this my fault." Maggie justified as she knew that Ben was the only love in her life she would ever have and that her marriage was broken because of their lies.

"How was I supposed to know that you would go blab and blew up your marriage?" Marco asserted as he started to question his sister in law.

"I don't know, maybe I didn't want to be blackmailed any more" Maggie suggested as was annoying with Marco's antics that caused the situation to escalate to what had happened.

"This was not how it was supposed to be" Marco muttered.

"No, you just wanted me to write a cheque to shut you up" Maggie scowled as she criticized him. 

"All I wanted was a little help to save the family business" He specified.

"Well I couldn't do it anymore, I couldn't let you use Ben like that" She snapped as she knew that she was going to have tears rolling down her face as she knew that her marriage was in ruins.

"Like you've never used anyone before" Marco blurted out as Maggie waved her head in a motion that defined no. " Twenty years ago you needed me for one night, you used me and then tossed me aside." Marco angrily responded 

"Well, I messed up, you messed up, some wear along the line our lies had to stop," Maggie told Marco as she knew that she had to tell Ben that it was the right decision because she knew that she couldn't stay in a marriage with her husband and lying to him every day anymore.

"You can spin this any way you want, but you did this, no one has hurt Ben as much as you just did." Marco declared as Maggie left the restaurant and proceeded to leave the surf club.

...

Maggie continued to talk on the phone as her eldest daughter walked through the front door. Ziggy stormed towards her mother in light of what Marco had suggested to her rung in her head, as she needed to question her mother.

"Did you find your father?" Maggie asked concerned about her husband over the recent revelation.

"That depends if he is my Dad?" Ziggy questioned her mother.

What!" Maggie shocked as her face dropped at the question her eldest just asked her.

"Is Marco my father?" Ziggy demanded.