#Chapter Thirty-Eight
Gunner?
Why did he answer Melanie's door? What was he doing inside her home? The feeling of betrayal coursed through Kitty as she contemplated the possibility that Gunner was sleeping with Melanie behind her back. It was something she could imagine him doing, because Melanie was close to her age. And he did mention that he had a wife but he still fucked her, so that meant that his boundaries did not include marriage. She could almost taste the betrayal but it struck her then that she was a cheater herself, and she had no right to be angry at Gunner.
"Gunner? Why are you here?"
Confusion shone in his eyes. "Kitty? Why - " he said. "This is where I live. Why are you here? How did you find me?"
"You live here? With Melanie?"
"How do you know Melanie?"
She hated where this was going. "I connected with her online." There was a lump in her throat. "Are you fucking her?"
His eyes widened at that and he scoffed. "No, that's gross."
"What do you mean?"
"Melanie is my foster daughter."
The relief hit her hard. "Oh," Kitty said. "I thought - " No wonder Melanie was mad at her. She was fucking her foster father.
"That I was sleeping with someone else?" Gunner said. "Fuck no, Kitty. My mind and body, my very fucking soul is sold to you."
It was then that another form of betrayal started to set in. If Melanie was Gunner's foster daughter, then he knew that he was personally involved in the whole issue with her father messing with Melanie but kept it from her.
"Melanie is the girl my father - "
"Yes," Gunner said. "I couldn't tell you, Kitty, I'm so sorry. There was a gag order."
"Oh, you're right," she said. "But where is Melanie?"
"She just went to grab some coffee at her usual cafe."
"Okay, wait here," Kitty said to him and turned around to run to that cafe.
There were things she had to settle.