Trusting Liam by Molly McAdams

Author:Molly McAdams [McAdams, Molly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780062358448
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

11

July 17

Kennedy

“WHAT ABOUT THIS one?” My fingers trailed over what looked like a combination of two letters on Liam’s right forearm, close to the inside of his elbow.

He’d been lying on my bed for the past couple hours with his shirt off as he told me stories about all the times he’d gotten his ass handed to him by his dad in the ring, and I’d studied the art covering the left side of his upper body.

When he didn’t respond, I traced the letters again and asked, “Is this a T?” I glanced over to his arctic-blue eyes, and he simply nodded. “Does that mean this is a G it’s connected to?”

Liam nodded again, and I pursed my lips, contemplating asking him more about it since he wasn’t offering anything. Unfortunately for him, I was one of those people who didn’t know how to stop talking even when I knew I should.

“Obviously you don’t want to tell me about it, but can I ask one more question before I drop it?”

“Sure.” The word was soft and deep, and rumbled up from his chest in a way that had me biting down on my lip.

“Um, is it—is it a girl’s initials?”

His eyebrows pinched together and he laughed once. “What?”

“Well, this is the first time you’ve kind of shut down while we were talking. Not that I can say much about that since shutting down is my favorite thing to do—but I’ve never seen you respond this way. And I can’t think of any other reason why you would have two letters tattooed on you.”

He sent me an amused smile. “Do you have a guy’s name tattooed on you somewhere?”

“No.”

“And there isn’t a girl’s name, or anything to do with a girl who has been in my life, on my body.”

“Got it.”

I stopped tracing the tattoo when he looked away from me, and tried to figure out why he was acting like this suddenly. There was an anxious energy rolling off him as he continued to stare up at the ceiling, and the minutes continued to pass without him saying anything. Just when it started to become too much, I began climbing off the bed and he grabbed my arm to stop me. When I looked back at him, he pulled me closer and sighed heavily.

“Don’t leave. I’ve just never had anyone ask about that tattoo, and it caught me off guard. I’ve never told anyone about it. There’s a certain group of people who know the whole”—he paused as he tried to find the right word, and finally just blurted out—“weird and confusing-as-shit story, and not one of those people is someone I’ve told. They all knew long before I did—or before I understood, I guess. The reason behind actually getting the tattoo . . . well, it was kind of for my mom because I’d been a dick to her and my family. It was an apology of sorts.”

“You don’t have to tell me,” I whispered. “I get it, it’s personal.

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