No Control

Back at the hotel that evening, Liam is standing at the large window staring out into the night. Deep in thought. I come up behind him and wrap my arms around his waist. I feel him relax at my touch. “You ok Liam?”
He turns to face me. “I feel guilty Liz, that I wasn’t here to protect you.” He tells me quietly.
I touch the side of his face. “Oh baby, none of that was your fault. You can’t be with me every moment. I shouldn’t have opened the door without checking the peephole. Liam, how can you possibly feel guilty when you are the one who saved me.”
Liam smiles. “I’ll try to relax. I just love you so much babe that I get a little crazy sometimes.”
“I understand. But no more having Paddy watching over me instead of you.” As I say this Liam starts to protest. “Nope don’t fight me on this, Payno. His job is to protect you and I couldn’t handle it if anything happened to you.”
Liam just wraps me in his arms and holds me tight. He knows better than to object.
He whispers in my ear. “Let’s go to bed.”
Liam and I make love sweetly. My heart captivated by every perfect moment.
That night while we sleep we both have nightmares. Mine involves Jake hurting Liam, that scares me far more than him hurting me. Liam doesn’t want to talk about his, I can tell it’s really upset him. We hold each other after. Stroking each others hair and letting the other know that everything is going to be alright.

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