Same Time Next Week (Ch 69)

“It’s late and your car is small. Take me home so we can pretend we’re not having sex right down the hall from your parents.”

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She felt good. So good, like a dam breaking and the truth gushing forth like a wall of water. She was light as a feather. If she had a preference, she'd never tell that story again.

She’d bury that bitch and never dig her back up.

"God, I wish," she said swiping at tears, first from their conversation and then from laughing so hard. "I saw my attorney and we called a meeting with the family trust." Shelby heaved a giant sigh, squeezed Jackson’s hand and then admitted, sheepishly, “I am going to have to give up some of the money to make Melina go away. I can’t have her digging into my life and exposing my past. I can’t have her bringing up your name. If the money will make her shut up, it’s worth my peace of mind.”

Jackson was dumbfounded. He stuttered for a few moments before he said, “So… so you’re just going to give her the money? After fighting her all this time, uprooting your whole world, creating a fake name and a fake life… you’re giving in? This is what she wants, Shelby.”