Liam came back to his apartment feeling dejected. His head was throbbing with excruciating pain as a result of all the stress he had been under in the previous few days. He had gone to Ryan in order to vent out his emotions. Despite the fact that he had been able to release all of his pent-up emotions, he felt sad rather than relieved. He knew Ryan was right, that he couldn’t go on like this. Hurt people, hurt people, Ryan had said, and he agreed with him. Because he was in such severe pain himself, he had tried to hurt her and inflict pain on her since the moment he saw her again, but this had done nothing to alleviate his own suffering and had instead made him feel worse. It had driven home the point that no matter what she had done, he could never see her in pain. So he would have t

