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"Why are you going back to London again, Adam!?" Violet rushed to their bedroom door where he blocked his way so he couldn't leave. Adam backed away from her and he set his suitcase down. "I want you to stay!"
"Violet, my mother hurt herself!" Adam couldn't actually believe Violet was acting like this. They'd never really had problems like this before. Or he'd been busy and he hadn't noticed them. If he was being honest with himself, if was probably more the latter than the former. Violet loved him. She wanted him around. And Adam wanted to leave to help his mother out.
"But you just spent a week there! And then you came back here to see your brother's baby and to help set up the nursery and now you're taking off again!"
Adam sighed and he crossed his arms across his chest. "Vi, I really need you to understand. Mums is in pain and she needs me to-"
"She bloody well does not!" Violet screamed, shaking her head at him. "She has that biker, whatever in the fuck, and she has Abigail and her stupid monk boyfriend there too. And that rock star I still have yet to meet because apparently you want to keep me from him even though your family has adopted him and I still don't understand why."
Adam couldn't explain either. He couldn't explain that Thomas, his dead brother, came back sometimes. And that that 'rock star' had fallen in love with him and now they were unofficially married. Mostly because if he did explain it, she'd have him committed and he really wouldn't blame her. So instead, he got defensive. "Don't insult Stuart just because you're angry! Spectre is my sister's housemate and he's touring right now. He's busy. I'm not keeping you from him." Even if he was. Because then, eventually, he would have to tell her everything, and he really didn't want to.
"Bullshit, Adam! Everything with you is about your family! You hardly saw me this weekend!"
"My just had a little niece, I couldn't not go visit her! Jordan was in labour for 28 hours, and Joe was tired and-"
"Oh give it a fucking rest. They're all I hear about. Joe this, Julian that. Ellie and her fucking kids. Your goddamn mother, who is fine, by the way! She has a sprained ankle, not a fucking flesh-eating virus! I'm angry at you for leaving, and you're still going."
Adam had to take a deep breath then and there, because no one insulted his mother. He had to remind himself that Violet was just angry. She did actually quite adore Lavinia. She was saying things she didn't mean. While that was completely true, he was still pissed off about it. "Don't talk about my mother like that."
"You fucking mama's boy!" Violet yelled at him, and then she finally left the doorframe to run to the closet.
"Violet...stop, what are you doing!?"
"FUCK YOU!" Violet screamed, and she tore open the closet door and started throwing her clothes on the floor. "No wonder your fucking first wife left your arse! You're obsessed with that family of yours!"
"You are my family, Vi!" Adam said frantically, and he rushed to her side to try and stop her. "Please! I'm sorry! I'll stay!"
"No. No, you know what? It's not enough. It's never enough. You'll stay, but you'll just be thinking about them. You'll ring them every five minutes. Or they'll ring you. I've had enough. Fuck this, I've had enough."
No matter what Adam said, she wouldn't listen. He supposed he should have noticed sooner. And the fact that he hadn't, proved she had a point. She'd always loved him more than he'd loved her. He'd stayed with her because it was easy. Comfortable.
And in a matter of hours, that left Adam emotionally drained, she was gone. Adam didn't leave for London. He couldn't stay in his apartment without her either. So he showed up on his older brother's doorstep, unannounced at 11:00 PM. Joe answered, his forehead creased with worry. "Ads?"
"Can I sleep here tonight?" Adam whispered, arms wrapped around himself. He'd run right to the family that had cost him his relationship. And he refused to feel guilty for that. His family was everything to him.
Joe looked Adam over, and then he took his younger brother's arm and led him gently inside. "Always, brother."
"Violet, my mother hurt herself!" Adam couldn't actually believe Violet was acting like this. They'd never really had problems like this before. Or he'd been busy and he hadn't noticed them. If he was being honest with himself, if was probably more the latter than the former. Violet loved him. She wanted him around. And Adam wanted to leave to help his mother out.
"But you just spent a week there! And then you came back here to see your brother's baby and to help set up the nursery and now you're taking off again!"
Adam sighed and he crossed his arms across his chest. "Vi, I really need you to understand. Mums is in pain and she needs me to-"
"She bloody well does not!" Violet screamed, shaking her head at him. "She has that biker, whatever in the fuck, and she has Abigail and her stupid monk boyfriend there too. And that rock star I still have yet to meet because apparently you want to keep me from him even though your family has adopted him and I still don't understand why."
Adam couldn't explain either. He couldn't explain that Thomas, his dead brother, came back sometimes. And that that 'rock star' had fallen in love with him and now they were unofficially married. Mostly because if he did explain it, she'd have him committed and he really wouldn't blame her. So instead, he got defensive. "Don't insult Stuart just because you're angry! Spectre is my sister's housemate and he's touring right now. He's busy. I'm not keeping you from him." Even if he was. Because then, eventually, he would have to tell her everything, and he really didn't want to.
"Bullshit, Adam! Everything with you is about your family! You hardly saw me this weekend!"
"My just had a little niece, I couldn't not go visit her! Jordan was in labour for 28 hours, and Joe was tired and-"
"Oh give it a fucking rest. They're all I hear about. Joe this, Julian that. Ellie and her fucking kids. Your goddamn mother, who is fine, by the way! She has a sprained ankle, not a fucking flesh-eating virus! I'm angry at you for leaving, and you're still going."
Adam had to take a deep breath then and there, because no one insulted his mother. He had to remind himself that Violet was just angry. She did actually quite adore Lavinia. She was saying things she didn't mean. While that was completely true, he was still pissed off about it. "Don't talk about my mother like that."
"You fucking mama's boy!" Violet yelled at him, and then she finally left the doorframe to run to the closet.
"Violet...stop, what are you doing!?"
"FUCK YOU!" Violet screamed, and she tore open the closet door and started throwing her clothes on the floor. "No wonder your fucking first wife left your arse! You're obsessed with that family of yours!"
"You are my family, Vi!" Adam said frantically, and he rushed to her side to try and stop her. "Please! I'm sorry! I'll stay!"
"No. No, you know what? It's not enough. It's never enough. You'll stay, but you'll just be thinking about them. You'll ring them every five minutes. Or they'll ring you. I've had enough. Fuck this, I've had enough."
No matter what Adam said, she wouldn't listen. He supposed he should have noticed sooner. And the fact that he hadn't, proved she had a point. She'd always loved him more than he'd loved her. He'd stayed with her because it was easy. Comfortable.
And in a matter of hours, that left Adam emotionally drained, she was gone. Adam didn't leave for London. He couldn't stay in his apartment without her either. So he showed up on his older brother's doorstep, unannounced at 11:00 PM. Joe answered, his forehead creased with worry. "Ads?"
"Can I sleep here tonight?" Adam whispered, arms wrapped around himself. He'd run right to the family that had cost him his relationship. And he refused to feel guilty for that. His family was everything to him.
Joe looked Adam over, and then he took his younger brother's arm and led him gently inside. "Always, brother."
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