#Chapter 169: Long Way Home

Aria’s POV I talked with Joe for a while, eventually convincing him that he wasn’t entirely responsible for Liam leaving. He was still determined to accept some blame, despite my best efforts to convince him otherwise. Likely only Liam would be able to convince him otherwise. Over the course of the evening, I tried several times to reach Liam on his cell phone, but he didn’t answer my calls. I could see through the alerts that though my text messages had been delivered, he hadn’t read them. I could only imagine what he was doing, and my imagination wasn’t kind. Joanna’s name popped into my head again and again. Liam had told me that Joanna’s interest in him had been entirely one-sided, but what if I pushed him straight into her arms with that divorce compensation remark? I’d been so angry, I’d said things I didn’t mean. Now, what if I lost him? After tucking the kids in bed, I came down to the living room, determined to wait for Liam to return. I didn’t care if it took all n