Chapter 30: Tell Me Why
"Why are you getting mad at me now?" Liam stopped the car. "I am saying that I get you." he tried to hold her hand but she didn’t let him. But he continued in a soft voice clutching the steering wheel.
"She never listened to you and called you names. Now you have a chance to get back at her! Otherwise why else would you want to tell your dying grandmother about our divorce which would obviously hurt her? Cherry, I get it-"
"Shut the fu-" Rory gritted her teeth and took in a deep breath. She wanted to mind her words considering there is a baby in the back seat. "Just stop talking, Liam," she rubbed her forehead.
Liam noticed her eyes ending up at the back and realized that she doesn’t want to fight in front of the baby. But he didn’t understand what he did wrong.
Why else would she insist on telling her grandmother about the divorce? She could let that old woman die peacefully without her knowing about their divorce, right?
Rory got out of the car and walked to the side of the road. She took deep breaths to compose herself, but she couldn’t. The entire day was taxing for her. One moment she was happy, the next moment her happiness gets trampled.
Going through a rollercoaster of emotions in a single day... It was no one else’s fault but her own.
What hurt her the most are the words she heard just now from Liam’s mouth. She never thought of hurting her grandmother. But for him to say that as if he was sure that she is someone who thinks of hurting a dying old lady...
It broke her!
He should know me at least a little, right? Is that what he thinks of me? When did I ever give the impression that I am someone who wants my family hurt?
Her stomach churned as she leaned on the fence post. In the distance, there were cows grazing and the fresh air was scented with grass and blooming wildflowers... the scent that she got used to as she grew up...
But she felt lost!