Chapter 51

"It's not, no. You're nothing like that. And we both know that. I don't want you to belittle yourself, Eddie. We know that you are much more than just a person made to die."

"I'm leaving, I shouldn't have come," he said, trying to push me away from his lap. I held his hands, Edward sighed heavily. "L, I don't want to destroy your life. I don't want you to have bad memories about me. I need you to forget me. And I need to forget you too."

"And how do you expect to do this if you're always coming to me?" I asked.

"I will never come to this house again. Don't worry."

Edward kept struggling to get out from under me, but even though I wasn't trying to get in his way, alcohol was doing its job of keeping him shaky and unstable. His gaze met mine when my fingers spread on his cheeks.

"I would like you to say that you would never think about giving up again,