A Yearning Beyond Years
“I know things ended badly. Hell, I know I ended them badly. But this, this thing you’re going through, I hate watching it from the sidelines. You shouldn’t have to fight alone.”
I opened my mouth but couldn’t find the words. So he kept talking.
“You never had to work, you know. You chose to, and I respected that. But now... you’re burnt out, humiliated, and jobless. Come back. Let me take care of you. Let us try again.”
There it was.
The offer.
Warmth without the fire. Security without the strings, or so it seemed.
I shook my head slowly. “Liam... I don’t even know what to say.”
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