Home is You

Chapter 18

Steffy

"Steffy, go. Go live your life. I can't stay. This won't work," Liam says pushing me away from him.

"No! Liam, no!" I cry tugging on his arm. "You can't leave me. You can't leave us. We need you, I need you."

"It's done, Steffy. We can't change it." He looks down at me his face filled with sadness and regret as I fall to the ground.

Liam leans down to get on my eye level. "This is for the best. You will be happy and content."

I wipe my tears, "I will never be complete without you Liam," I continue to cry tears falling. "I told you I don't care. I love you despite this. That's never changing. We can work through this."

Liam pulls me up, before stepping back a little. "You need to accept this," he demands of me. "It's over, and nothing you say or do will change that."

"Liam, please, just please. Give us a chance. We've gotten through worse before, we can survive this if you just give us a chance," I continue to beg. I stare into his eyes, and they are screaming that he loves me and still wants to be with me. I feel my heart beating a mile a minute.

"Don't you get it?" Liam growls at me looking me straight in the eyes. "I don't love you anymore. I don't want you. It's done," he grits through his teeth before turning away from me.

I grab his arm once more to pull him back, completely shocked and wounded by his words. I feel a stabbing pain creep up on me. I'm sweating and I feel my throat start to constrict. He doesn't want me?

Liam looks down at me once more, before turning around and walking completely away from me.

"No!" I scream at the top of my lungs as I fall to my knees crying his name.

"No!" I scream, as I jolt awake, sitting up in the bed. I feel my heart racing and the sweat pouring off my face. I feel the dampness around my pillow. It was only a horrible nightmare, but felt so real.

"What—what happened?" my dad comes rushing in, flicking on the small light next to my bedroom door. I blink quickly, trying to adjust my eyes. "Steffy—Steffy are you okay?" he asks sitting down on the edge of the bed. He places his hand on my shoulder, before cupping my face quickly then dropping his hands. "What happened?" he breathes with worry in his voice. "You are safe, I'm right here."

I gulp as the tears begin to fall, breaking the hold that I thought I had on them finally. It was so real, so raw. I grab a tissue and wipe my eyes. I shake my head, unable to speak once again.

I grab my phone to look for any possible text messages or missed calls from Bill or Wyatt. Seeing none, I pick up my phone and throw it across the room, hearing it crash on the floor.

"Steffy, Steffy, you have to talk to me. You are shaking and as white as a ghost. Did you have a nightmare? Was it about Liam?" my dad guesses, pushing the hair that has fallen over my face out of the way.

"He—he—he willingly....willingly left me. I—I—I was on my hands and knees begging him, begging him to stay, he just—just t—turned around and walked away from me. I told him that we—we could work it out, that I'd be there for him no matter what." I lick my lips again before wiping my nose. "He—he..."

"What is it, Steffy? What happened?"

"He told me—told me that he didn't love me—me any anymore," I cry hysterically putting my hands over my face.