All has been quiet on the front the past few months, since shortly after the judge granted the protective order against her. I’ve seen and talked to my brother a few times since then but haven’t heard a peep out of her and it hasn’t bothered me a bit. In fact, the only time I’ve even given her a thought is when someone else brings her up. Her absence from my life and the resulting peace has been great. Filing for the protective order was the best decision I could have made.

I’ve heard bits about her here and there, especially during the few weeks my mom stayed with them. The only new thing I heard was that her friend Lisa paid for the DNA test and that Aiden is ’s biological son. I didn’t believe it for a second though, and neither did anyone else in my . After a couple of weeks, told me that Shawna had lied about the test being done. I wasn’t surprised a bit. Shawna is a pathological liar and has a hard time being honest about anything.

I hadn’t thought about her again until last week, when I had to give the family member she stirred so much shit up about a ride home from . I had been around him a few times since the truth came out, but never alone, and we hadn’t talked about what happened between us so many years ago. Since we were alone he took the opportunity to broach the subject. It was highly uncomfortable, but after almost 2 hours straight of talking about it, we have come to terms with it again and we both have closure. Now our relationship can start to heal. I only hope his marriage can do the same, but she may have done irreparable damage to it by bringing up all that dead history.

I hadn’t thought about her again until last night, when I opened up an email from Lisa, one of her closest . I almost didn’t open the email because I didn’t want to get dragged into more with Shawna. Nevertheless, I opened the email and this is what it contained:

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