Chapter 0516

I fold my hands on top of the kitchen counter. I don't know what to do or say to that.

"How did that make you feel?" I finally ask him after a while.

"I don't know. I talked to Noah, and he told me that she also apologized to him for trying to come in between Uncle Rowan and Aunt Ava."

Well, that's news to me. It seems like Emma was going around apologizing to those she wronged, including children, who most people would overlook.

*She apologized to me too, a few weeks ago," I confess.

"How did that make you feel?"

*Trying to be the parent, are you?" I chuckle. "But we are not talking about me; it's you I'm worried about."

He sighs. "I don't know. I am still angry at her and hurt. My chest hurts when I think about how much it used to hurt when she didn't want anything to do with me."

*I understand that, buddy, and you have every right to be angry. No one can fault you for being hurt, okay? It's also okay when you don't know how you feel. Emotions can be messy and conflicting at times."

that he's still hurt, but I also don't want him to

climbing on the bar stool next to me. "I feel conflicted. I am angry, but she also apologized. We were always taught in Sunday school to

I supposed to respond to that? I rack my brain for something I could tell him.

your anger towards her cool off first,

but would you be angry if I

that's what you want, but you have to understand that your mother and I won't be together like you wanted in the past.

you introduced me to

boy manages to surprise me and catch

smile. "Did you honestly think I wouldn't notice?

laugh. "No, you aren't... So, you

our lives. It's important to make sure that my

then to hell with it. I'll always put

he answers. "I've been wondering when you'll grow some balls and ask her

*Gunner!"

"What?"

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