“And-and what if I’ve been using work to avoid feeling anything ever? What if I don’t have a job now, and I’ll just have to sit and think and process things.” I held his gaze, and we both knew what I was referring to. That Levi wasn’t the only one still processing the loss of his mom. “Can’t imagine where you get that from.” His throat tightened on the words. “Let someone with that sort of emotional intelligence guide you through, then? Let someone else have more knowledge in an area and be okay with that,” he suggested.
