Chapter 225
\nThree Years Later, He Came Back Begging novel Chapter 225<\/p>\n
How could he ever forget?<\/p>\n
How could he just keep taking those pills?<\/p>\n
What would he do if, one day, he couldn\u2019t remember Bonnie\u2019s face anymore? If all their memories faded away\u2014the places they\u2019d gone, the things they’d eaten, every laugh, every word\u2014what would be left of him then?<\/p>\n
That was what Lawrence truly feared. Forgetting Bonnie would mean losing himself completely.<\/p>\n
So now he was afraid to take the medication.<\/p>\n
Quentin sat in stunned silence after hearing this, his eyes drifting to the folding screen. Odette was sitting just on the other side. She could probably hear everything.<\/p>\n
Lawrence seemed lost, staring off into space. After saying all of that, it was like he\u2019d slipped right back into his memories.<\/p>\n
Quentin took a breath and softened his voice. \u201cSo, do you remember what it was now? That little thing you\u2019d forgotten?\u201d<\/p>\n
Lawrence gave the slightest smile, almost impossible to see. \u201cYeah, I remembered. I stopped taking the pills for about a month, and then one day while I was working, it just came back to me\u2014you know, the thing I\u2019d forgotten.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was nothing big. He and Bonnie had come home from grocery shopping and bumped into a neighbor out walking their dog. The corgi was a complete menace, nipping at Bonnie\u2019s heels. When they got home, Bonnie had grumbled, \u201cWhat does it think I am, a cow or something? Why bite me?\u201d<\/p>\n
It was such a small, random moment. But once he remembered it, it felt like that first clear sky after a storm.<\/p>\n
Quentin nodded. \u201cThat really is something to celebrate. Life\u2019s full of little joys like that. I\u2019m glad you didn\u2019t lose them. And that\u2019s on me too\u2014I should\u2019ve told you the side effects from these meds are pretty minimal. Taking them for a short time won\u2019t do much harm.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lawrence didn\u2019t reply.<\/p>\n
Lawrence\u2019s situation was already serious.<\/p>\n
But Quentin couldn\u2019t shake the feeling that diagnosis alone didn\u2019t explain everything. Lawrence looked trapped, caught in his own mental maze.<\/p>\n
He saw it in Lawrence\u2019s stubbornness, the edge of paranoia, and maybe even a streak of self-destruction. The wound on his head. The fingers he kept hiding\u2014Quentin could see the marks, little circles from cigarette burns.<\/p>\n
Without understanding these pieces, it would be impossible to really reach the heart of Lawrence\u2019s pain.<\/p>\n
Quentin pressed his lips together. \u201cSo, when did all this start? I remember we did a video call before you came home, and you didn\u2019t have any of these problems. Lawrence, what happened after you came back? Can you tell me?\u201d<\/p>\n
Lawrence\u2019s pupils tightened, his eyes flickering away, heavy with guilt and regret\u2026 and just a flicker of something wild.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-893","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}