Chapter 514

• “Because I know you, like it or not, and sometimes I know what you need more than you do, yet you’re too damn stubborn to trust me on it!” He barks back and then frowns, instantly remorseful for losing his temper.
• “No! You’re just arrogant, always thinking you know what I need, but most of the time, you don’t know what I need or want.” I rant, storming and pacing, every ounce of me burning with heated fire. I’m angry at him and myself, for God knows what. An all-consuming fury that needs to be released. These past few weeks, I haven’t let all this pour out, not this way, anyway. All my outbursts and tantrums have been aimed at other issues and lots of misdirection from the real topics, doing what I always did, avoiding the painful roots and letting them fester inside.
• “You never tell me what you need or feel, Emma, so I’ve had to learn to second guess you. You’re always so damn scared of truly letting it all out! Tell me what you need … Say it to me and fuck the consequences … Scream it at me if you have to because right now, I need to hear it. Hear once and for all that you fucking love me enough to let me see every fucking thing that goes on in your head!” he yells at me, losing his cool, fueled by my temper, and I snap. Enraged that he would even yell at me like this, uncontrolled anger at one another brings back the memory of him walking out on me that night. My mind spews out via my mouth hysterically.