Scaled Love

Chapter 19.

Forgiveness.

Forgive people to move on. Forgiving them doesn't mean you are weak, it only means that you want to move on from them, from their past.

Liam kept his word when he told Arian that he was going with her to see her sister.

"Liam, I could go inside alone..."

"Yeah, not going to happen. So we are in this together", he tells her.

"Okay fine but keep your temper intact".

"I don't have a temper. Remind me of the time I lost my temper", he asks Arian.

"Okay, remember the time you punched Theo for hugging me...."

"Okay, fine that was one time. And I won't lose my temper. Now let's go in before I change my mind and reverse the car", he held out his hand to her.

Arian takes his hand leading him inside.

"Hey we are here to see Veronica", Liam tells the receptionist. She nods and takes her phone to call the officer who is in charge of Veronica's case.

"Hey, I am officer Cruz. You want to see Veronica".

"Yea. She is my sister. Can I see her?" Arian asks.

"She means we".

"Come with me then", he leads them to a waiting room where Veronica was already there.

"Hello, sister. What are you doing here?" she asked as soon as she turned around to see her sister.

"Veronica, can we just talk, please?" Arian asks her sister who looked behind her to see Liam.

"I see you brought a bodyguard. Don't worry I won't hurt your precious Arian", she tells Liam.

"I forgive you, Veronica. You are still my sister no matter what but I have one question that has been on my mind and I need you to answer truthfully".

"That's funny. But ask".

Arian ignored her remark, she felt Liam's hand squeezing hers.

"Why did you do all of this? You wanted Theo, I left him because he chose you and not me. So why did you try and kill me?".

"Well, because I hate you. I hate everything about you. You took Theo away when you came back...."

"I came back because of our father and because I wanted Liam to meet them. I didn't want to Theo because I don't love him anymore. He is my past and Liam is my future. You did this because you are spiteful. You bullied me my entire life and I let it slide. And now you tried to kill me because of your jealousy. You are my sister, you are supposed to be there for me but you bullied me for what? For your jealousy", she shouts at her sister.

"Babe let's go. We are wasting time here. She is bitter because you found love and she got jealous because she saw you happy. Veronica, grow up. Come on, Arian", he grabbed her hand and took her outside.

Arian turned to Veronica with tears in her eyes shaking her head.

"Hey, it's okay. I am here for you", Liam pulled Arian into his arms.

Liam knew that seeing her sister was going to hurt her but he also knew that she needed to do this.

"I have done nothing to her, why would she do this?", she sniffed while Liam was holding her.

"Shh, it's okay. She lost the best thing that she has. You, my love", Liam comforted her.

They walked out of the police station with tears in Arian's eyes knowing whatever she did will haunt her for the rest of her life.