Re: lakeside mansion: Hugh C./Audrey C.
Hugh laughed shortly and shook his head. "I'm no angel, by a long shot. And I can be as selfish and petty as the next person. I think I just - I realized that my mom never said anything and my Dad probably always suspected, and if that'd been me, like if I'd been him, I'd have had a hard time too. I guess. I don't know, I was able to contextualize everything better. It still fucking sucks that he was so hard on me and our relationship was shit, but I get it. And ironically, Mom would say that I get my ability to do that from him, so what's nature, what's nurture? I don't know."
He lifted the coffee cup to his lips took a sip and considered. "I think, it wasn't so much difficult to find out, as things snapped into place. I mean, don't get me wrong, it was difficult - especially when it happened - but like, all the ways I didn't fit into my Dad's views of things, or like I was different from my siblings? I connected to my biological dad really fast, and even if it's not really a father-son relationship like I'd have had if I knew him when I was a kid, the fact that I didn't make sense in my family made sense, and that was a good thing."
He looked over at her, put the empty coffee cup down. "I'm gonna make a pourover now, you want one, or have you had your caffeine fill for the day?"