You see, my sister blamed me for taking Margaret away from her, and when Margaret died, my sister vowed I’d by no means be pleased with anybody. She was proper. I wasn’t. She made rattling positive of that. To make issues worse, I turned the very particular person I abhorred, all as a result of I wasn’t sturdy sufficient to guard the one girl I cherished.

John Stanley

“Jesus,” King whispered whereas everybody sat quietly, attempting to soak up what I simply learn. Even Shug was having a tough time with what she heard. Her arms shook uncontrollably. Laying the letter on the desk, I gathered her in my arms, holding her tightly.

“Why did he marry me if he didn’t love me?”

“As a result of grief makes folks do issues they usually wouldn’t, Shug. It’s not your fault. None of that is.”

“Eugene is true, Sugar,” Martha agreed. “Look how I behaved. You had nothing to do with my daughter’s demise and but I took my ache out on you.”

“Martha, can I maintain this letter?” King requested, reaching for it.

“Take it. It’s yours.”

“Don’t learn about you all however I’m considering me and that bitch must have a chat,” Bailey grumbled, and Jessica nodded in settlement.

“By no means met the bitch, however I agree.”

“No,” Shug muttered, sitting up. “Nobody goes to do something. We’re going to depart it alone.”

“Shug, you’ll be able to’t imply that?” I questioned.

“I imply it, Eugene,” she mentioned firmly, attending to her ft. “I’m uninterested in all of this. John is useless. He can’t damage me anymore. Phrases solely damage if I enable them. I’m lastly in an excellent place. I’ve you, my mates, my boys, my store. I’m completely happy. I don’t wish to mess with that. Please. Simply depart it alone.”

No one mentioned something when she headed again up the steps.

She was finished with all of it.

She simply wished all of it to be over with, and the longer everybody talked about it, the longer it could be related. She simply wished to stay her life in peace.

She wasn’t asking for an excessive amount of.

No less than I didn’t assume so.

All of us knew she did nothing mistaken, however for years this city ridiculed and belittled my greatest good friend, all due to one hateful girl. Whereas I wished to offer Shug what she wished, there was no fucking approach I might let this go. I firmly believed in giving nearly as good as I received, and that fucking bitch was going to get every part she deserved.

“Are we actually going to do nothing?” Jess requested nobody particularly as my sister chuckled, shaking her head.

“When pigs fly. My brother could also be many issues however letting go of one thing isn’t in his DNA.”

Yeah.

My sister knew me properly.

Now, the place within the hell did Cameron and Ben run off to?

It was time to plan.

Chapter Twenty-Two

Sugar

“Shug. You want to take a break.”

Sighing, I shook my head.

No approach in hell.

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