21

That night, Kelly went up to bed early and started a bubble bath to soak in. There was nothing she loved more than soaking in water so hot it almost burned and she filled the tub with bath salts that smelled of jasmine and roses. Kelly stripped off her clothes and sank down into the heavenly mixture. She sighed as she felt her tension begin to melt.

She had no one to blame for it but herself. She was tense because she felt like she had betrayed Jack by checking up on him and she was angry with herself for letting Aunt Mabry get to her. She knew better than to listen to that hateful old hag.

Kelly sighed as she thought about Aunt Mabry. She knew that Jack didn’t want to confront Mabry because he and Chad had this overdeveloped sense of protection where Mabry was concerned and in many ways knowing he was like that made her care for Jack all the more. It wasn’t your average man that would put his family above all else, especially when that family member was attacking him at every turn.

K