The Lingering Kiss of Farewell novel Chapter 148

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Marilyn

She kind of didn’t know what to do about that article, but she read it on her own phone and the threads as well. She took a call from Lisa as well. “I got a notification about that article, from one of your fans in Houston on your social media page asking if it’s really you or is it Marrin. What do you want me to release? And why is that man carrying you about?” she half muttered.

“Long story short. I recalled everything, slapped him, yelled and screamed at him, and then walked down 20 flights of stairs. My ankle is now swollen. He waited for me at the bottom.”

“Right, your fans want to know what is going on?”

“It’s not really any of their business,” Marilyn murmured. “It’s my private personal life, i don’t involve them in that, you know this.”

“I understand that, but you could lose readers over something like this,” Lisa muttered.

“So be it.” she sighed.

“Marilyn, I have talked about this with my dad already. Do you want to hear what his advice was?” Lisa asked

her.

“I don’t know, do I?” she muttered.

“I don’t like it, but then I don’t much like Calvin himself… but he was your husband, and he’s always going to be a part of your life from now, so… Dad says to just come clean to the fans.”

“I’m not doing a press conference.” Marilyn sighed and leaned back on the bedhead.

“You don’t have to, Dad has a copy of the file, and so does Wil, Calvin’s lawyer, right?”

“Yeah.” She closed her eyes as she thought about that, “You realise that’s going to show Calvin in a very bad

light.”

“Better him than you,” Lisa stated simply. “Think about it, but it’ll have to be soon, dad said to tell you to release everything, about your accident, the amnesia, the twins, all of it. That the altercation between you and Calvin was because he was dead certain you were Marrin, and he was just trying to get you to admit it.

“That is not a lie. In the past few months, your moments with him have seen you remember everything. You’re not mean or cruel, and he has rights as a father, to be around the boys, spin it like that. Your fans will see it as you are forgiving, and that you respect his right to be a dad. What happens between you and him after that? Well, that’s entirely up to you and Calvin.

“Mum suggests you let Wil do the press conference. He’s logical and dad agrees he was on your side as well as Calvin’s. The man can be objective, and knows both of you from the past.”

“Right.” she murmured. “And if I say nothing?”

“You’ll cop backlash. You’re already getting that from a few out there anyway, it will eventually blow over, but the publishing house here, my boss, she is also now asking me what is going on. What do you want me to tell

her?”

“The truth, I guess,” was all she could say. They ended the call a few minutes later, and she sat there on the

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bed and sighed. She could hear the boys running this way, they were laughing and happy to be here in the

house.

She got up from the bed and made her way to the sitting area. She knew Calvin was likely trailing the two of them and didn’t really want to be sitting in that bed where she knew he was going to make himself comfortable, likely right next to her, for the boys to see.

She heard them come in, and then they were before her holding out snack foods for her to take. “We got you food. Dad said you should have a day in bed, rest up properly,” Callum told her.

She moved her eyes to Calvin as he strolled into the sitting area and sat down, putting a tray on the coffee table and handed her a cup of tea. She frowned at him as she accepted it.

“I noticed you mostly drink tea during the day.” he smiled at her.

Marilyn wondered at that moment just how much notice he was taking of her, as she smelled the tea and found it was apple and ginger herbal tea. “Where did you get this from?” she asked curiously.

“There’s an array of teas down in the pantry. I just let the boys pick one,” he stated. “Now, I took a call from

Wil while the boys and I were getting snacks and drinks. He wants to know what you want to do about the

article.”

She sighed and shook her head. “Lisa just called me,” she admitted. “The publishing house wants to know

what’s going on. I’m getting backlash, and they don’t like it, worried about losing sales.”

Calvin nodded “Their PR team want you to make a statement in other words.” He seemed to understand, then

she recalled he dealt with this all the time. Calvin was a man that was in the spotlight all the time.

Ah, that was why Liam had suggested it be Wil; he was likely the one to either set it up, or write out Press

conference notes for Calvin to read to the press. “Wil usually does this for you, huh?”

“I’d say 60% is myself, the other 40% is Wil. It kind of depends on the situation.” Calvin nodded and drew the boys‘ attention to him, “Boys, your mother and I need to have a proper conversation. Would you mind going and watching TV or playing your games?” he asked them, and they looked from him to her and then nodded.

“We’ll play in our room,” Callum told him, and she watched them leave the room and sighed.

“Wil’s of the opinion, it’s time to out absolutely everything to stop the backlash you’ll be getting.” Calvin stated, “I’m currently not getting any, seen as helping you, being the charming gentleman this state knows me as, especially where Marrin is concerned. So this is your call. What you want to do, I’m leaving it

completely up to you.”

“Liam said the same thing about just outing everything in full…” She sighed and put that cup of tea down. “I don’t want to discuss this over the phone with Wil, can he come here, best to discuss it in person and sort it out properly, because in full…” she looked at Calvin.

“Means your accident, and the proof of it.” Calvin nodded. “Your amnesia, too. I’ll call him and have him come here. We can prep and see what should be released… so does this mean that are you saying you’re going to release to the world you’re Marrin Reeves, or were Marrin?” he asked.

“I guess so,” she nodded “There’s not really anything other way now is there. Though my changing my name.”

Calvin waved that off, “Don’t concern yourself with that. Our divorce was already publicised and Wil stated it was amicable, that we just had different things we wanted in life, and so we went our separate ways. He’ll be able to spin it as…” she watched Calvin sigh, “That I didn’t want you to be an author, and we disagreed over it.

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That’s what saw us separate. The man has the gift of the gab. He’ll sort that out. Don’t concern yourself with it.”

“How did you explain the searching for me?” she asked.

“Exactly what it was. I put you on that plane and felt responsible for your death.” he murmured. “There is not a single lie in that,” he stated, and leaned back in his chair. “Though Marilyn, I foresee only one issue with the

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