Melanin-Gxdess
Give up on your dreams and die.
Aliana Cartwright-Sullivan
Ali glanced at Conor, seeing if he were going to speak first and when he did she simply listened. She wanted to hear his reasoning, why he thought they were coming here together. His words weren't new to her, but hearing him say it all brought back. They had gone through a lot, even from the very beginning. At one point, she truly thought they were going to no longer exist when his ex entered his life again. It was something she had accepted as she wasn't going to get in the way of whatever happened. But life had other plans and instead, they ended up together, married, struggling. She didn't regret her decision and she was never going to regret her decision. Aliana Cartwright loved Conor Sullivan with every ounce of her being, but sometimes it was hard being with him and she didn't know if it was because she was still holding on to something or if something was missing. Louise was going to help them get to the bottom of it, for sure.
Even though she had her own thoughts, she was still actively listening to her husband speak and did her best not to break down in tears. Their marriage and the things leading up to their issues would always be a sore and sensitive subject for her until dealt with. Getting everything out there and on the table to be dissected was going to be rough, but worth it in the long run. It wasn't until his final words were said and he looked at her that it stung and she glanced down. He didn't believe her when she told him she thought he could redeem himself? He had never said that to her before and it stung to hear. She took a deep breath and sunk into the couch, getting comfortable as she raised her index finger to her mouth rubbing her lip. Now her mind was racing and she didn't have anything to say until Louise did.
Dr. Louise Summers
"Well, we moved. From Dublin to... Here. I thought things would be different; I thought things would be better. Conor has always been a hothead, and I understood that and it didn't worry me as much until Leo was born and we got married. When we moved, things were supposed to be better in terms of him getting a handle on his anger and it seemed to have just made it worse... He went to prison and things kept going downhill from there..." Her voice broke off there, leaving an incomplete thought before she got a hold on herself. "Anyway, I couldn't deal with the broken promises so I just... Broke off from him. My mom took Leo to him in prison, I would never keep him from his son... The one time I did try to visit, we argued." That was a memory she didn't want to remember. "...I do believe he's changed and for the better and think that he can do this it's just-..." Ali took a pause, one that was longer than the others had been. "Go ahead and say it. There's no holding back in here." At the mention of no holding back, Ali felt like she could say what she needed. "I feel like because of everything that's happened I'm afraid of being let down again."
Pen to paper, Louise wrote this down as she nodded and took a deep breath. "Well I'll tell you what, we're going to be here for a couple of sessions, don't you think? It sounds to me that you two aren't on the same page." Placing her pen down for a second, she used her hands to help get her point across. "There's obviously a disconnect between the two of you and you're not communicating properly, because you're afraid of hurting the other persons feelings. To be quite frank, that's not healthy. Sure, we always want to protect the other's feelings but that's not always a good thing especially in your case. So for today, I don't want either one of you to spare feelings and just share things you haven't or otherwise would never because you care about the other person's feelings. Conor, we'll start with you."