Warmth, she had been craving

When Yvonne finally opened her eyes, she was stunned to see three pairs of worried eyes staring back at her. She attempted to sit up, but her head ached so badly that she winced in pain and relaxed back on the bed, massaging her forehead with her hands.

"My head hurts," she said.

"Daddy, she's hurting," Lily panicked, quickly climbing onto the bed and attempting to hug Yvonne's head against her small chest.

Yvonne stiffened at the sudden intimacy but found herself allowing Lily to hold her close.

Jack instinctively clutched Micheal's thigh until he saw that Yvonne didn't push Lily away, and then he relaxed a bit. Micheal patted his head gently as they watched the dazed Yvonne, whose eyes quickly welled up with tears.

"Daddy always does this when Lily's head hurts. Lily always feels better after a while," Lily said with such an empathetic tone that it soothed Yvonne's heart. She felt herself relaxing, finding warmth in Lily's embrace—the warmth she had lacked for so long. She couldn't