She could admit that to herself now. Hell, she’d spent the night with him. No, they hadn’t had s*x, but in many ways, what they’d experienced was far more intimate than s*x. He’d simply offered her comfort. What she’d needed the most. She would not be an ungrateful b***h even if that was her instinctual, self-protective reaction. Her reaction to anything that could possibly hurt her.
She could see that about herself. She could see herself as others likely did and what she saw made her cringe. It was a miracle she had any friends left because God knew she hadn’t been a very good friend herself. But she could change that. Starting now. She could bend without breaking. It was time to start returning the unconditional love and support her friends had offered her since Clement died.
She’d bee
