The Accidentals

<p><strong>Never ask a question unless you’re sure you want the truth.</strong></p><p>I’ve been listening to my father sing for my whole life. I carry him in my pocket on my mp3 player. It’s just that we’ve never met face to face.</p><p>My mother would never tell me how I came to be or why my rock star father and I have never met. I thought it was her only secret. I was wrong.</p><p>When she dies he finally appears. Suddenly I have a first class ticket into my father’s exclusive world. A world I don’t want any part of – not at this cost. </p><p>Only three things keep me going: my a cappella singing group a swoony blue-eyed boy named Jake and the burning questions in my soul.</p><p>There’s a secret shame that comes from being an unwanted child. It drags me down and puts distance between me and the boy I love. </p><p>My father is the only one alive who knows my history. I need the truth even if it scares me. </p>