"MOM?!" I yell with surprise when I open the door. It's Monday and I'm at home after school. 

"I had to see you after what you found out. I promise that I never meant to hurt you," My mother says. "I should have told you before Augusta did. I'm so sorry." 

"Mom, Aunt Augusta didn't tell me anything." I state.

"She didn't? Then who did?!" She demands, looking shocked.

"I did." Says Colt from behind me.

Oh my god.

All the color drains out of my mom's face. I look at her and then look at Colt. They have quite a few features in common. The same eyes. Just like me. They have the same pale skin tone. The same hooked nose.

"Wh-who are y-you?" She stammers even though she knows the answer.

"Colt! We're not done here! Get ba- Mom?!" Wyatt yells as he runs towards us. "What are you doing here?!" He asks with his eyes wide.

"C-colt? No, that's not possible," She continues to stammer.

"Surprise. I'm alive." He laughs without humor as I nudge him.
My mom is having a full on breakdown by now.

"Come in," Wyatt says, taking her to the couch.

"We can explain." I say.

"Mom, this is Colt. Colt, mom." Wyatt introduces.

"Hello Nadine," Colt says, staring at her. She just stares back.

"I-is this a joke? T-to get back at me for not t-telling you? It's n-not funny." She doesn't stop stammering. By now, I genuinely feel bad for ignoring her for the whole of last week.

"It's not a joke." Colt says. "I'm your son." He adds and tells her everything. 

"Oh, Colton!" She hugs him tightly. Colton? Wow. I didn't even realize that Colt was short for something.

My mom is still in shock. I guess I would be too if I met my dead son. This is insane! My mom is only here for two days 'cause she needs to get back to work with my dad. She just spoke to my dad and he's in shock too. Everybody is in shock! We've decided not to tell Augusta. Not right now, anyway. 

"So tell us about Richard. How'd you meet?" I ask my mom after she's calmed down a bit.

"We met in college. We were both seniors. He was a very charming young man. President of his fraternity. Came from a lot of money. I was young and naive. We dated for about 6 months until I found out that he was a complete psychopath. I had just gotten pregnant with Colt. I met your dad a few months later," She tells us. "We met at Augusta's 20th birthday party." She continues.

"Wait, he was friends with Augusta?" Wyatt intervenes.

"Yes, Wyatt. He was friends with Aunt Augusta." She says.

"Wow. I guess  psychos get along pretty well," Wyatt laughs. I can't help joining in. Even Colt joins in.

My mom looks horrified. "That's not funny!" She exclaims.

"Oh come on mom, we know you hate her as much as we do," I giggle. She responds by face palming and cracking a little smile.

"Oh, Colton. You've grown up to be such a handsome young man." She doesn't stop staring at him. Colt looks happier than ever. The poor guy thought that his mother abandoned him his whole life.

"What about my biological mother?" Wyatt asks and my mom's face goes pale.

"Rachel," She sighs. "I'm sorry, sweetie, you're going to have to ask your father about her."

Wyatt looks disappointed.

Suddenly, the front door flings open.

"Oh, Nadine! Ma sœur chérie! I thought I heard your voice," Aunt Augusta barges in and embraces my mother.

"Gussie, it's so good to see you!" My mom smiles.

"And who is this young man?" Augusta eyes Colt suspiciously.

"That's Colt. Colt is short for Coleslaw. He's a friend of mine from school." All of a sudden, all the eyes in the room are on me.

"Coleslaw? Like the salad? What at odd name." She remarks. I just said whatever popped up in my mind first. It's not my fault that I was thinking about how disgusting coleslaw is!

"Thanks," Colt smiles. "Wait a minute." His smile turns into a frown.

"What is it?" I ask and I go to the kitchen to talk privately with both my brothers. Gosh! That's so weird to say. Both my brothers! I have two brothers. Damn.

"Nadine called her Gussie," Colt says.

"Yeah. Ugly nickname, isn't it?" I chuckle.

"Kat, my dad used to talk about his college girlfriend all the time. Her name was Gussie," He informs me with his eyes wide.

"Holy crap. No way!" I exclaim.

"How many Gussies do you know?" He folds his arms.

"But my mom said she dated Richard in college," I state.

"Yeah, in her senior year. What about the years before that?" Colt suggests.

"Woah, Augusta dated Richard before mom did!" I say.

"Guys, let's not jump to conclusions. We don't know that. For all we know, Gussie could be a completely different person." Wyatt rolls his eyes.

"Oh shit," I say quickly.

"What?"

"Augusta had Macey when she was in college." I state.

"Oh, no. Don't even go there." Wyatt warns.

"What if Richard is Macey's father?" I suggest. It all starts to make sense. The whole mystery behind who Macey's father is. Why nobody talks about it!

"Are you suggesting that that crazy pink girl is my sister?" Colt raises an eyebrow.

"It makes sense! Now we know where Macey gets the whole psycho thing from," I say. "No offense." I quickly add, looking at Colt.

"None taken." He shrugs.

"You guys are insane. We don't have enough facts to believe any of that." Wyatt looks at us like we've escaped from the loony bin.

"I hope you're right, mate. 'Cause the last thing I want is to be Macey's cousin and her brother."

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A/N

Cameron Diaz as Nadine Davis, Kathryn's mom.

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