Dear Queenie,
I got let out of school early one day and when I got home I found my father in bed with a woman who was not my mother. He was not only cheating on Mom, he was doing it in her own bed!
I’ve been saving up for a big fancy TV set for my bedroom and Dad promised to get it for me if I don’t tell Mom what I saw.
I’m mad at Dad for cheating and for where he was doing it, but I don’t want to be the one who breaks up their marriage and our family.
Queenie, what should I do?—Cheater’s daughter
Dear Daughter,
Not only is your father an adulterer, but he is trying to make you become an accessory to his misdeed by accepting a bribe and remaining silent.
If you go along with him there is still a good chance your mother will find out from someone else, and then, to make things worse, what if she finds out that you knew about it all along and did not tell her?
I think that if you can answer my question you will know the answer to yours.
