"The day | hooked up with ric, his mom handed me a cool two million to stay away from him," Hertha confessed to Thssa,


    not skirting around the truth.


    Thssa''s jaw dropped, "Did you take the money?"


    "Of course! She gave it to me voluntarily. Why pass up free cash? Plus, it''s not like ric got a free ride," Hertha said as if it were


    the most obvious thing in the world.


    With wide eyes, Thssa was a mix of shock and admiration. "ssic Hertha."


    "You know it," Hertha replied, but her voice tinged with a hint of sadness.


    Thssa knew Hertha like the back of her hand. Her friend was usually fearless, the kind of woman who wouldn''t flinch if the sky


    fell down. But now, Hertha seemed to be wrestling with something heavy.


    This wasn''t like the usual Hertha she knew.


    Unless life had thrown her a curveball, Hertha''s spirits wouldn''t be this low.


    Plus, Hertha hadn''t contacted her over the past month, which showed that she was tangled up in some serious troubles.


    "What''s up, Hertha? What''s bigger news than your fling with ric?" Thssa probed.


    Hertha''s eyes, round and solemn, met Thssa''s as shemented, "Sometimes I''m just too greedy for my own good, and it


    never ends well. | thought ric cared about me. We were downing shots at the bar, totally stered, and he took me to a hotel


    room — a double, mind you. And the next morning, | wake up to find him in bed with Georgia Reed, the two of them naked as


    jaybirds."


    Thssa gasped, her shock eclipsing the earlier revtion about Hertha and ric.


    So, Georgia had slept with ric while Hertha was right there on the next bed? Good heavens, if she were in Hertha''s shoes,


    she''d be devastated.


    It took Thssa a moment to collect herself before she could speak again.


    "So, you and ric...?"


    "No chance in hell," Hertha shook her head, her voice resolute. She had already decided to give up on ric, but that night at his


    ce had reignited her hope for something more.


    But with his mother paying her off and ric''s tryst with Georgia, the blows came one after another. Hertha realized any future


    with ric was impossible.


    "And you..." Thssa began to ask.


    But Hertha cut in, "Lately, Spencer''s been discussing our marriage ns with my parents."


    "Spencer''s talking marriage with your parents already?" Thssa was astounded. Could things really be moving that fast?


    "There''s been a misunderstanding. | was going to turn Spencer down, but he hasn''t given me the chance. | n to set things


    straight, tell him about my past with another guy, and that he shouldn''t waste his time on me."


    Hertha believed in honesty as the best policy.


    After all, Spencer was a decent guy, and she had no intention of leading him on.


    Thssa nodded, "Good for you. You


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    "Right, | almost forgot. | came with some news," Hertha circled back to the original topic.


    "What is it?" Thssa asked, curious.


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    Thssa paused for a moment, a sense of relief and closure reflecting in her clear eyes.