The C Word

Chapter Twelve

Livy Marie was only able to get another hour or so of sleep before Shailly woke her up to speak with the cops. Supposedly, the coroner had already ruled Grandmom's death as accidental so Livy Marie was confused on why she had to be interviewed at all. But more importantly, she craved more sleep. She could hardly remember the last time that she got the opportunity to sleep in late. If it wasn't for Judd, she would've went back to college weeks ago. This family shit was starting to become too much.

Livy Marie quickly dressed and walked downstairs. She had watched enough crime drama shows and movies to know how not to react. Her behavior was appropriate and she retold her own version of what happened. She tried to tear up but was too sleepy to fake cry so instead, she just asked for a "moment" to gather herself before she softly finished speaking. Eventually, the pigs seemed satisfied with her statement and left soon afterwards. Livy Marie told her family that she needed time by herself to "deal" and they obliged since the stores were closed until further notice.

She walked back upstairs and closed the door to her bedroom. As much as she wanted to sleep some more, she needed to find Judd. She called him but he didn't answer. She then texted him again and waited but he never responded. All his social media accounts remained dead and Livy Marie literally didn't know what else to do. Since she wasn't connected with Belle on any social media sites, she couldn't figure out if they were together or not. She didn't know why she felt so bothered. She just knew that Judd wouldn't ignore her to be with Belle. In her heart, what they shared was special and no one could ever change that.

While aimlessly looking around Facebook, she saw that the local newspaper, The McKinney Post, also had their own profile. She clicked on the link and it opened their business page. She scanned through many pictures of the 4th of July party and almost had a heart attack at the picture of Judd. Not only was he at the fucking town event but he was once again pictured with Belle. The caption under the photo is what made Livy Marie's stomach drop. It read, The town's next Generation of Family: Judd & Belle.

Livy Marie couldn't even think straight let alone, understand that shit. She literally couldn't comprehend the meaning of anything at that point. Why was everyone against her? What the fuck was happening? Why would that even be printed? Maybe she could ask for a retraction. There's no way Judd would agree to that shit. Especially since they had just discussed progressing their relationship.

Maybe that's why Judd had been absent lately. Maybe he was embarrassed about the picture and didn't know how to confront her. Well, none of that mattered because she loved him and would give him time to himself. She couldn't always be all up in his business. She needed to trust in Judd and have faith that he would honor his word to her. She decided to stop sweating him and would allow him to contact her when he was ready. Knowing for a fact that Belle would never be Mrs. Miller, instantly stopped Livy Marie from worrying. Belle wasn't even Judd's type so everyone needed to stop trying to make them a couple. That would never happen. Over her dead cold ass body.

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After taking a long nap, Livy Marie woke up only to resume her online snooping. Out of boredom, she checked Nevaeh's page. Nevaeh had recently added a picture to her Instagram account. She was pictured in a black two piece swimsuit, displaying her small but noticeable baby bump. Nevaeh captioned the picture, Bae and me are soon-to-be parents!

Livy Marie was completely floored. Who fucked Nevaeh raw? And who the fuck is "bae"? Oh hell naw! It better not be Judd she thought to herself. There's no way in the world that she was going to allow that gutter rat to destroy her future. Judd was hers and they are supposed to have children together. After marriage and career stability of course.