The first lie Dakota told Mona was that Liv was her mother. It wasn't long after that she told Mona that Kevin was her uncle, he was Liv's brother (another lie.) It felt the lies were multiplying.
She felt so guilty, but the lies were more lip service than anything. She just wanted Mona to feel she was normal.
Although, meeting Kevin at the pool wasn't exactly normal, especially when Mona's Aunt showed up with her toddler. Dakota had a very bad feeling about this.
Still, Kevin was all smiles and even nice around Stacy. He even played with the baby.
"You're looking weird," Mona said after they got in the pool to splash around in the heat.
"Oh," Dakota looked at her wondering what to say. "Maybe, maybe there's a storm coming." She thought it was awful humid. "Maybe even a tornado."
Mona held in a laugh. "Why are you worried about the weather?"
"Just, just because." She knew whatever happened with Kevin and Stacy was not her problem, even though she thought he was trying too hard. "Does, does your Aunt have a boyfriend?"
"Not anymore," Mona said they broke up long before Sally was born.
Dakota nodded, thinking she really didn't want Kevin seeing Stacy, but she guessed she would just deal with it. Although, she doubted anything came of it, even if Kevin was doing all the talking. She just wanted to get out of the pool and kick him. He didn't even know what to do with a toddler, but she would just have to see where this would go. Probably nowhere.
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