Page 5 of As Long As You Kiss Me

“And then he died before you split up.”

“That was a hard year.” Sully wiped at a tear that was building up and about to spill from her eye. “I lost my marriage and my brother all at once. Not that it was entirely bad to lose a marriage when it was that rotten.”

“I can agree to that,” Aubrey said.

“Yeah, but losing a marriage is always hard. Because you don’t go into it expecting things to fall apart. You think it’s going to be sunshine and rainbows and butterflies. It’s later that you find out it won’t be.”

“I’m sorry you had to go through that. We should go toilet paper Mason’s house to get back at him,” Aubrey said.

“Not a bad idea,” Sully said. “But, I don’t know where he lives.”

“We can find out. My mom probably will hear something. She always knows everyone’s business.” She wiggled her eyebrows.

Sully laughed. “That is true. Your mom is a wealth of information on this town. I’m just hoping I did a good enough job of running him off tonight.”

“Kissing Jackson was a bold move. I’ll give you that. Hopefully, it does the trick.”

And if it didn’t, Jackson’s threat would need be enough to keep Mason away for good. But a sinking feeling in the pit of Sully’s stomach told her it probably wouldn’t be.

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