Texting your sister during the family's Labor Day barbecu...

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1. You invited Dad to the barbecue?!
2. He's here, by the grill, and I'm live.
3. You didn't tell me, we're still not speaking.
4. I couldn't keep it secret after his message.
5. Message? From him? What did he say?
6. He sent a letter and wanted to read it out loud.
7. You let him read to our whole family?
8. I forced him to, he kept changing his story.
9. This is public humiliation, delete the story.
10. I can't, it's already shared everywhere.
11. Why would you pull him back into our lives now?
12. Because he finally told the truth about the house.
13. What truth? Tell me now.
14. He said he signed the sale papers after Mom's hospital.
15. He used the money for someone else's bills?
16. Yes, for 'Rebecca'—a name he kept secret.
17. Rebecca who? Some charity?
18. He admitted Rebecca was his partner for years.
19. You're saying Dad had another family?
20. He turned to me and said, 'Rebecca is your mother'.
21. You knew or you found that now?!
22. Found out last week; I needed everyone to hear.