Chapter 284: No More Storms

Jordyn’s POV

Larry finished and the room fell silent, so silent, that we could all hear the clock ticking. I struggling to process the gravity of the letter I’d just heard.

I didn’t know what to think, or what to feel.

My grandfather had just laid out all my flaws for everyone to hear. But he’d also pinpointed all my attributes.

I’d spent my entire life believing that I had to hide my emotions. I’d gone through great lengths to do it. I’d never really shown Cassandra the sort of affection I’d actually felt for her early on in our marriage. I’d always been stoic when it came to anything intimate or emotional because I carried such a deeply rooted embarrassment over my wild and extreme feelings.

I remembered the day I killed the butterfly. I was surprised that my grandfather did too. I’d just been walking in the garden, like any other day, with some of my friends on our way to the pool, when a butterfly had flitted down from a petal