She has a point, Sally thought, For God’s sake, why does this child have to be so mature in some ways and so immature in others?….Should I tell her? Should she know about what’s really going on? Is it her right? What’s appropriate here for a twelve year old?
“Listen Jordie, I probably shouldn’t be telling you this but I want this to make a little more sense to you – Dad told me he’s been having sex with Melissa….”
Silence hung in the room.
“…You remember when we talked about sex a couple years ago when you asked where babies come from?”
“Mom! I know what sex is!” (the truth was that she only sort of had a vague idea but she at least knew that it was a big deal and from her Christian upbringing, she knew it was only supposed to happen between married people) “And WHAT?”