Confession

"I do."

"I-- I went to Julie's for a bit is all. Why? Did you need something?"

"Yeah, I need something." Morris slung the reading glasses at her. "I need you to explain how these got in my apartment."

Kelly dodged the glasses.

"Maybe next time you decide to play detective, you should make sure you don't leave any incriminating evidence. What am I saying? There won't be a next time! I let you off at the bar because you were so out of it, you couldn't even recognize your own husband. I let you off when you found the earring in the car, but I can't let you off with putting your nose where it doesn't belong." Morris's voice roared through the house. His eyes became bulging pinpoints on his furious face.

"What do you mean?" Kelly asked, stalling for time. Time for what, she didn't know.

"What do you mean?" He mimicked, "What do you mean? How stupid can one woman be! Geez, I can't believe I've put up with you all these years. If Georgie hadn't shown such promise, I probably wouldn't have."

Tears streamed down Kelly's face as she thought of the danger she had put her son in. "Don't hurt Georgie. He didn't have anything to do with this. It was all my idea."

"Hurt Georgie? Woman, are you crazy? I could never hurt Georgie. The boy is a moneymaking genius. Who do you think set all this up? Me? I wasn't even smart enough to avoid your paltry advances. Your precious baby masterminded this whole operation." Morris shook his head, as if amazed at how blind Kelly had been for all this time.