The Talk That Was Waiting
The next day came slower than usual.
Shelly woke up early, but she did not get out of bed right away. She lay there, staring at the ceiling thinking about the message she had received last night.
Yash wanted to talk.
Those four simple words had stayed in her mind the whole night.
She already knew it would not be a normal conversation. Yash was not the type to say things directly but when he decided to talk, it always meant something important.
She closed her eyes for a moment and took a deep breath.
“Let’s just face it,” she said softly to herself.
There was no point in delaying it.
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After getting Shaina ready and dropping her at school, Shelly came back home and tried to keep herself busy. She cleaned the kitchen, arranged some things in the living r
