Too Late To Love Me I Already Left With His Twins (Lydia and Dave) novel Chapter 193

She laughed softly.

“There’s my favorite difficult client.”

“I am not difficult.”

“You are deeply controlling in emotionally elegant ways.”

“That sounded insulting.”

“It was observational.”

Despite myself, I smiled faintly.

That was the annoying thing about Dr. Sana.

She somehow managed to make me feel psychologically exposed and comforted simultaneously.

“So,” she continued gently, “what happened?”

And slowly, I told everything.

Dave’s message.

The conversation.

His desire to explain things honestly to the twins.

My fear that honesty would destabilize them.

My fear that involvement would create attachment.

My fear that attachment would create pain.

By the time I finished talking, I felt emotionally exhausted all over again.

Dr. Sana stayed quiet for a few seconds afterward.

Not uncomfortable silence.

Thinking silence.

Then finally she spoke carefully.

“Lydia… in some ways, your children deserve honesty.”

“You have spent years protecting those children, Lydia. Beautifully, honestly. But sometimes protection can quietly become control when fear is involved.”

I closed my eyes immediately.

Because unfortunately?

That landed too accurately.

You are afraid, she continued, “that if they emotionally connect with him, he might hurt them someday.’

“Yes.’

“And that fear is understandable.”

Her tone softened further.

“But shielding children completely from emotional risk is impossible. Healthy attachment always includes vulnerability.”

I swallowed slowly.

God.