Flogging Faith by Ali Williams

Author:Ali Williams [Williams, Ali]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BDSM
Amazon: B0DBLYXH9F
Goodreads: 216989874
Publisher: A&A Publications LLC
Published: 2024-08-14T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

Oh shit. Faith knew there were very strict rules about how you were supposed to respond when someone said a parent had died, but when she looked at Bex, Bex looked like she didn’t really want to talk about it.

Even though Bex was opening up, Faith could feel something coming up between them.

She decided to be honest. “Look, death is shit, but I never really understand if me telling you something you already know helps at all. So, I’m sorry for your pain. Is that okay to say?”

Bex smiled and huffed out a laugh. “Yeah, that is definitely okay to say, pickle. And I know what you mean. It always feels like people are being sympathetic to ease their own guilty consciences—or maybe that’s just my family.”

“Ah,” said Faith.

“Yeah. Dad died and all of sudden they started coming out of the woodwork, keen to help me sort through all of his stuff when they couldn’t be arsed to come and visit him in the two years leading up to it. It had all been on my shoulders, not—” she added fervently, “that I ever begrudged him that. It had always just been me and Dad, and I wasn’t going to let him down.” There was a pause, as if Bex was working out what to say next. “I mean, they’re family, and everyone kept telling me that I needed to be more understanding. Only they hadn’t been there. They hadn’t given a crap about Dad when he was alive, so why would he give a crap about them in death?” Her face set, hard, as if she was bracing herself for criticism. “So I dealt with all the legal stuff, pointed out that no they weren’t entitled to anything just because they were blood relatives, and then I left.”

Bex looked haunted.

“That must have been difficult.”

“I mean, yes and no. Dad had always been home for me. When he wasn’t there anymore, it was harder to stay. It felt wrong without him. But I sold the place, because it would have felt more wrong seeing them there, when they’d never bothered visiting whilst he was alive.” She swallowed and forced a smile. “You’re getting all the emotion from me today.”

“Is that okay?” asked Faith. “I don’t want you to do anything you’re not comfortable with.” These were big emotional feelings and she didn’t know how best to support Bex. Usually that would have sent her into a bit of a spiral, but with Bex, she knew all she had to do was ask. “What do you need?”

Bex looked startled at the questions. “It’s weird, but somehow I’m okay talking about it with you—more so than even with my best friend. And as for need? Well, I could do with a hug?”

Faith was more than happy to oblige with that. It turned out that the two of them slot together perfectly, as if they’d been made to fit next to each other. She shifted so that she leant back against the trunk of the tree whose shade they sat in and lifted her arm.

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