Chapter 203: The Elephant in the Room
A break?
Rory lifted her eyebrows as she was not sure what Liam meant.
"I’ve been thinking about it a lot ever since you said that your therapist wanted you to go on a vacation, Cherry," Liam said. "The past months have been very tough on you, but if we are being honest, you were very stressed for more than a year..."
Rory pressed her lips. She had a lot to say, but she kept her silence as she could see that Liam is opening up to her. He listened to her requests earlier. And now she decided to listen to what he is thinking.
"...and I was responsible for that. I should have been..."
Rory couldn’t hear him blaming himself. But he pressed her lips together with a smile.
"I should have been there, Rory. You may not accept it, but I know you’d have preferred me with you in every checkup and to be there when you were not feeling good when you needed support, and..."
"But it’s in the past, and we’ve talked about it. I do have some resentments regarding that. But it’s not a big issue," Rory spoke against his resistance. She couldn’t help it. He cannot beat himself up for something that she had forgiven him about.
Liam let out a sigh. "Okay, let me speak, silly..." he sat by her foot.
Rory tried to get him to sit beside her on the bed, but he preferred to sit on the floor.
"I never was reliable, I know that. I understand that better now. Whenever there was trouble in sight, I’ve always reacted negatively. Rather than being brave and facing it with courage, I try to spread negativity around and shun the people who are offering me help... I’ve hurt you the most, Cherry," he held her hand. "I can see why you don’t trust me still..."
He was smiling, but Rory could see the stress lines on his forehead. She gently patted his head. She wanted to say that she trusts him entirely. She tried to say that, but she couldn’t.