When Love Comes Late by PASSION

“Shut up!” Flossie cut him off.

“I don’t want to hear anything right now, especially not from you two.

Stay away from me!”

She was visibly upset, almost like a frightened kitten, acutely aware of everything happening around her.

Seeing her distress, the two men exchanged worried glances, deciding it was best to let her cool off.

The car settled back into silence.

After a while, Flossie, her voice shaking, turned to Benny and asked, “Why did you hurt Stella and Matthew?”

Benny paused before responding honestly, “Matthew and I are half- brothers…”

He explained his long-standing feud with the Clark family and Matthew, his voice neutral, as if he were recounting a story that wasn’t his own.

It seemed that having achieved his revenge earlier that day, the bitterness that had once consumed him had eased somewhat.

Flossie, disbelief etched across her face, then turned to Edmund.

knew about this too, didn’t you? Were you involved in his

his face saying

she had been the last to know, kept in the dark by the very people she was with, possibly even aiding their revenge without

now understood why Benny always had such complex

mysterious

sadly, tears

away the tears and looked at Benny, saying slowly and clearly,

Benny remained silent.

say would make Flossie believe

emotions overwhelmed

she continued, “I’ve always been open about

you plotted to ruin her wedding and harm

you see me as

“No,” Benny responded firmly.

aware of how much

I didn’t want to add to

”

me watch my boyfriend attempt to hurt my best friend’s