Forever You by Lynn, Sandi (autobiographies to read .txt) 📗
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“Ok, then you must tell me about her if we’re going to move forward.”
Her tone was calm but commanding. I took her hand and held it up to my lips, “I don’t want to talk
about her right now, Ellery. This isn’t the right time or place to do that.” There was no way I was
ruining this trip by talking about Ashlyn. I had planned on explaining everything to her when we got
back to New York.
“Fine, I’ll wait, and we’ll discuss her later. But whatever you tell me will be ok because things
with us are different now, and we’re putting all our baggage in the past, right?”
I looked over at her and smiled, “You bet we are.”
“I have a question for you,” she said as she took the wrapper off her Twix bar. “Denny told me that
you’ve been different since you met me.”
I rolled my eyes. Why is Denny telling her things like that? I’m going to have to talk with him.
“Denny shouldn’t be saying things like that, but it’s true. I was intrigued by you the minute I saw you
in my kitchen. When I woke up and heard someone making a lot of noise, I walked downstairs to yell
at whoever it was for being so loud. Imagine my surprise when I saw this beautiful stranger, standing
there making coffee.”
“Yes, but you yelled at me about your rules.”
I shrugged, “Well, I thought that I’d brought you home from the club; I’m sorry about that.” She
smiled and playfully smacked me on the arm. “When you told me what you did for me and gave me
quite the attitude, it was that moment I knew I couldn’t let you walk out of my life. Denny knew it as
well because I kept talking about you without realizing it.” She laughed and reached over to kiss my
cheek, but instead she shoved the Twix bar in my mouth. I smiled as I took a bite.
We finally arrived in Michigan, and I noticed Ellery stiffen when she saw the sign. I reached over,
grabbed her hand, and gave it a gentle squeeze to let her know that everything was going to be ok. I
know this place isn’t a very happy memory for her; she’s experienced more pain here than happiness.
Ellery reached in her purse to grab her ringing cell phone, and it was Peyton. Ellery put her on
speaker as Peyton was telling us all about her and Henry’s evening together. Ellery wasn’t bothered
by how graphic Peyton was being because she was used to it. Even though I haven’t known Peyton
very long, I liked her. She was a firecracker like Ellery, and I could see why the two of them are best
friends. Peyton told me to live a little and to take Ellery to bed and show her all my sexiness. This
was my opportunity to get back at Ellery for the incident at the seafood restaurant. I told Peyton that I
already did and that Ellery made me do things to her that even shocked me. The look on Ellery’s face
was priceless after that, and so was her smile. Damn that smile.
We pulled into the parking lot of the funeral home, and Ellery put her hand on my arm. I knew this
was going to be hard for her, and I could only imagine what she was feeling at this moment. We both
got out of the Range Rover, and Ellery took a deep breath.
“This is the same funeral home where we held the services for my mother and father,” she said as
we stood in front of the double doors that led inside.
I put my arm around her. “You don’t have to do this; you can call your cousin and tell her you got
sick or something.”
“No, that’s the coward’s way out. I can’t escape reality. Besides, I have you with me,” she said.
As we walked inside, we were greeted by Ellery’s cousin, Debbie. It was unfortunate that we had
to meet under these circumstances. I gave her a hug as well as my condolences. She led us to the room
where her mother and father were laid out. I held Ellery tight as we walked up to the caskets. I had an
image of her standing in this very room in front of the casket that held her mother. Tears almost stung
my eyes just thinking about it. She was only 6 years old at the time, and having to experience that was
awful. Even though she had nobody to protect her then, I’m here to protect her now and heal her from
all the pain that she experiences in life going forward from this moment.
Ellery kneeled down in front of the caskets and prayed. I clutched her shoulders with my hands to
comfort her. Once we were done paying our respects, we walked around so Ellery could catch up
with some relatives. She seemed to being fine until we began to hear the whispers of people talking
about her and her father. Ellery heard someone say that she wouldn’t have attempted suicide if they
would have taken her away from her father. She was enraged as she stormed up to them, shoved her
scarred wrists in their faces, swore at them, and then told it wouldn’t have mattered. That’s my girl. It
upset me to hear that bullshit they were talking about, but Ellery was someone who can take care of
herself, and she certainly did. She made no qualms about being heard. I grabbed her hand, telling
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