‘I know you’re all adults, and I have no right to interfere with your private lives. But…’ she laughs out with embarrassment, ‘I love Liam.’
‘I do too,’ the words break from me instinctively.
Lily freezes and studies my face with seriousness. I blush but won’t back down. I can’t really be angry with her for having attacked me just before, as I can see she is driven by her affection for her brother. She must have witnessed his struggle caused by his wife’s illness and death, and now she wants to protect him from all possible harm. I understand it.
‘So, this is not just some kind of…’ she pulls her face. She must be referring to a passing fancy, a quick affair between us.
‘It’s not.’
She looks at me musingly, even tilts her head, and it makes me almost shiver how much she looks like Lia
