What She Forgot by Tammy Falkner

Author:Tammy Falkner [Falkner, Tammy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781634550468
Publisher: Night Shift Publishing
Published: 2020-05-16T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 23

Clark

I’d heard it said once that it’s intoxicating when people unapologetically show you who they are. And fuck if that wasn’t the God’s honest truth. Now that I knew a little bit about Shelly, I Iiked the hell out of her.

Only I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to like her or not.

One thing that I was almost sure of: Shelly was a benevolent soul. She’d been painted as a narcissistic psychopath of a woman with a penchant for murdering people, but I was pretty sure that Shelly wasn’t a killer. Well, aside from that one time with her father that no one knew about. And I doubted anyone ever would know the truth of what happened in that situation, aside from Shelly and her father. Even Lynn didn’t know what really happened, and something told me it was probably better that way.

Now, I didn’t doubt that Shelly was willing to do some shady things at times, but she did them when they were necessary and when they would fix situations for people she loved or cared about.

And that brain of hers. It worked in a way I couldn’t begin to understand, but I really, really wanted to. I wanted to know how she thought and why she thought and what made her think one way instead of another. But I had a feeling, again, that it was something I couldn’t even try to understand. Shelly herself didn’t understand it.

She was unapologetically who she was.

Who was she?

She was smart. She was a fucking genius. She could create formulas and scenarios in her head and work out problems unlike anyone I’d ever known.

She was loyal. She loved Lynn and Lynn’s child with all her heart, and I’d bet she’d even go to bat for Mason if the situation called for it, although she’d give him shit over it at the same time.

She was funny. She had a biting wit and an understated humor that amused the hell out of me.

Shelly could kick ass. She’d taken that thief down in the mall all by herself, without hesitation. And I’d seen the video of her fight with Megan. She was a small, sturdy package that could kick some serious ass.

She was fucking beautiful. She took my breath away, whether she was in her fancy clothes or her teeny tiny shorts. Sometimes when she looked at me from across the room, I could feel myself react. To begin with, I’d thought it was annoyance. But now, now it was so much more.

She was—most important of all—loveable.

MeeMaw had said that Shelly had never had anyone truly love her, and I believed that, now that I’d spent some time with her. Shelly lapped up praise like a cat laps at cream. Tiny pieces of affection were her catnip. She craved them—no. She needed them. There was a big difference.

Shelly had spent her life taking care of Lynn and her friends. But who was she now that Lynn was settled? Was she still just another person

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