Ice and Fire novel Chapter 623

Finally, he mustered the courage to go in and pushed the door open.

Jackson and Cherry looked at the door and saw Lawrence coming in.

"Lawrence, you're here!" Cherry said to him, as she hastily wiped her tears away.

Lawrence didn't say much, but nodded and put his backpack on the floor. He then walked up to Cherry and took the bowl from her. "Mom, I will feed Violet later. You and dad go home and get some rest," he proposed.

"Now that you're here, we'll go and have a word with Uncle Fred first. Look after your sister while we're gone, we need to discuss somethings with him," Cherry said handing him the bowl of porridge and walking out the door with Jackson.

"Just leave her to me," Lawrence said quietly.

Watching Cherry and Jackson step out of the room, Lawrence perched himself on the edge of the bed and saw Violet's angry face.

"Violet," Lawrence softly said.

She didn't reply. She didn't want to speak to him.

Not being able to bear Violet's radio silence, Lawrence spoke,"I am so sorry Violet. It is all my fault. I shouldn't have left you alone at home; I shouldn't have come home earlier. This is all because of me. I am sorry."

Lawrence couldn't stop the tears from flowing. He burst out crying, hoping she could forgive him.

Violet looked at her brother and was surprised. 'I've never seen him cry before. But today he is weeping for me like this!' she said to herself.

Violet could not believe her eyes when she saw her elder brother looking so dejected. She never saw as much as a frown on his face.

She reached out her tiny hands and touched Lawrence gently on the elbow.

"Lawrence," she called tenderly.

Lawrence looked up. He saw her sad face and morose eyes and felt that she was extremely sad because of the many scars that she had on her body.

He continued to weep, apologizing profusely between sobs,"I am so sorry Violet, forgive me."

Violet lay on her bed, shook her head and said in a low voice,"Lawrence, don't cry. I'm fine."

She couldn't bear to see her brother cry. Yes, she bullied him and even harassed him a lot. But she loved him a lot too. In her eyes, he was her role model, smart, studious and gentle- he was everything a man should be. He had been an extremely nice brother to her as well.

Lawrence didn't say a word, but his crying turned into sobbing.