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He’d iive him clarity but instead he felt erously close to roaring with pain
He couldn’t do this anymore He couldn’t maintain the deceit He didn’t like this version of hi as he was, he was neither Sean S Finley or Shane Swan Living as he was, he couldn’t claim either life
It was tiht decision
Shane was back to pick her up at four Jet practically ran to the car, so happy to see the big, burgundy SUV with the obnoxious silver chro
“Hey, you,” she exclaiive hilad you came back for me”
“It’s a very cozy, little cabin,” he said, “but it wouldn’t be half as fun without you”
She buckled her seatbelt “Have you been there?”
“Checked in, dropped everything off, even bought soroceries”
“What about yourwith Laura’s mom? Were you able to track her down in Polson?”
“I did There is one very nice shoe store, and I found it, and had quite an interesting conversation She had a lot to say about the Neakening church She also had sos to say about the Sheenans I didn’t expect that”
Jet turned in her seat to face him “What did she say?”
He hesitated “This is between us, yes? It goes no further”
She nodded
“Bill Sheenan had been having a long affair with Bev Carrigan, Hawksley’s wife They lived on Circle C, and she said all the ranch hands knew there was so on Bill would visit when Hawksley wasn’t there, but Bill and Hawksley never spoke Ever”
; “Oh I knew that” Jet grihters were fathered by Bill Sheenan In fact, half of Marietta probably knows by now”
Shane’s foot lifted from the accelerator and he looked at Jet, stunned “Are you serious?”
“Mattie and Callan,” she added “The oldest and the youngest Harley told o It’s been tough for theh for everyone Mattie and Brock were both born within a year of each other, and both are Bill’s”
“This is like a soap opera”
“It is, but worse, because it’s real Froht and so Bev went and nant at the time, and I don’t think Bill knew it until later But upset that his girl hadthe first beautiful woman he could find—which was Catherine Jeanette”
“Bill didn’t love her,” Shane said roughly
“No Fro Catherine was young and pretty, and in the beginning he loved to show her off, parade her around town, especially if Bev was around”
“That’s disgusting”
“I don’t knohen Bev and Bill began seeing each other again, but Harley said Brock knew about it, and Brock tried to force his father to stop seeing Bev, but it got really physical, they’d brawl, like you and Trey, and then later Bill would take out his anger on Catherine”
Jet glanced at Shane and his jaas tight, his eyes narrowed “Should I stop talking?”
“Is there more?”
“The reason Brock left home was because he couldn’t stand the way his dad treated his ed his mom to leave his dad, but his mom didn’t want to end up like her mom, alone with three kids, and no way to support them She didn’t want to be on welfare Didn’t want people to pity her She wanted more for her kids and so she stayed with him”
“But Brock loved her? Was she a good mother?”
“Brock apparently adored her” She felt a welling of es Harley had told her “He would have done anything for her But it wasn’t enough He couldn’t save her”