Chapter 86: Truth is out
Elijah’s pov ;
Ash pushed me away, his eyes filled with fear and betrayal. Before I could say another word, he ran into the bathroom and slammed the door shut. I immediately followed, banging on the door, "Ash, open the door! Please, just talk to me!"
But there was only silence from the other side.
My mind raced as I stood there, helpless. Everything was beginning to make sense to him now, I could see it in his eyes before he shut himself away. My past actions—the coldness, the distance, the rage—it was all falling into place for him. My revenge, my hatred, all of it was connected to that night, to the accident that took my parents away from me.
And now, I could see that he believed he was the one responsible.
"Ash, please! Let me explain!" I shouted, my voice shaking. But there was no response.
He must be putting it all together now. All the times I was distant, the moments I treated him with disdain, the way I seemed to hate him but still stayed close.
I rested my forehead against the door, my fists clenched. He must be thinking that my entire relationship with him was built on lies and vengeance. That every time I looked at him with anything other than love, it was because I blamed him for what happened to my parents which I actually did. He must think that every touch, every kiss I gave him was part of my cruel revenge to punish him.
"Ash, you’re not responsible," I whispered, knowing he couldn’t hear me. "I don’t blame you anymore, love. Come out and we can just talk it out. I know there’s a reason why all of that happened. So, come out and tell me, baby!"
But how could he believe that now? How could he trust anything I said when everything pointed to the fact that I hated him for something he might not even remember doing?
And worse, he might be thinking that I had always known, that I had been waiting for this moment to destroy him. For which, I couldn’t even blame him because there was a moment when my thoughts were exactly like that.