Chapter 22

Lily sobbed and Leonardo helped Lily clean her tears with his handkerchief

"I'm sorry, I totally behaved like a weakling and I know how much you hate people being so pathetic" Lily apologized

"Well I didn't think you were pathetic, you are just a lady struggling to overcome your fear and it's actually amazing that you are trying so hard to defeat it but I think the first step to defeating your fears is being able to discuss it" Leonardo stated

"Discuss it?" Lily said and Leonardo nodded

"Yeah, tell me how you ended up with this trauma"

"It's.....it's....... I don't like talking about it" Lily stuttered

"Okay then, it's fine, you don't have to tell me today, there's always another day" Leonardo said standing up and buttoning up his shirt

"You tell me about your mother, you said her name was Lily too" Lily said and Leonardo stopped buttoning up his shirt

The mention of his mother always bring the bad memories sorrounding her demise

"I don't like talking about it too" Leonardo stated

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