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Chapter 57

"Come on, Mom. Are you going to keep avoiding me? I told you I'm sorry, will you just please forgive me?" Liam pleaded with his Mom as he followed her to the living room, but she could only care less. It was still hard to believe that the son she trusted so much that he could never hurt anyone, actually did and kept it for years. No matter the angle she looked at it from, it was still hard to gather the pieces together.

"Mom... Can you please speak to me? You've been keeping me at arm's length for days now, can you please speak to me?" Again, he whined, going to stand in her way this time, but she scoffed.

"What should I talk about with an irresponsible man that couldn't even own up to his responsibility? What should I discuss with you?" Those words crushed his heart, but he wasn't in a position to be hurt, because this was all his fault. He was the one that hurt her in the first place, so he wasn't supposed to feel pained about whatever she was going to say t