Victoria Garcia's gaze fell on her slender white fingers, her pupils slightly constricting.
"Actually, when I was thirteen, I already knew he was having an affair with Aunt."
In Victoria's words, he was her biological father, and Aunt was her mother Josephine's cousin Clara Brown.
"That day, I happened to come home from school early. Mom was chatting with them, and when she turned around to get something, he patted Clara's buttocks. After that gesture, Clara's smile towards him was full of deep meaning. At that moment, I was surprised, but I didn't show it. I pretended not to notice and appeared in front of them. They quickly concealed their expressions and resumed normalcy."
Victoria knew very well in her heart what that gesture between a man and a woman meant, even though she was young at the time.