SNOWFLAKE....
Early Saturday morning, Lilliana was still deep under her covers dreaming when her phone rang. The loud ringtone disturbing her sleep and forcing her to wake up. Groaning, she patted the space under her pillow for her phone ...were she left it the night before with her hand and dragged it toward herself. She swiped her thumb across the screen to receive the call and flipped onto her back, placed the phone on the pillow next to her ear and said "hello??"
"Am I speaking to Miss Barnette??" An unfamiliar feminine voice politely asked from the other side of the phone. The girl frowned, quickly getting her phone from the pillow to look at the screen for the caller ID but was greeted by the words unknown number. She pondered for a second on what to do next before replying "yes??" Unsure if she should even still be talking to the stranger.
"Miss Barnette, you're speaking to Agnes from the veterinary clinic ...I'm calling to let you know that your puppy is okay and ready to come back home" Lilliana sighed in relief, inwardly face palming herself for unnecessarily freaking out and sat up straight.
"oh, I'll come get her at.." she pulled her phone back a little to look at the time on the top of the screen before saying "....10:30??" She disconnected the call after she and the woman had agreed on the same time.
Tossing the bed covers off of her legs, she crawled out of her bed. Suppressing a yawn, she made her way toward her bathroom for her everyday morning routine. She stopped in front of her mirror and pushed her hair back with a headbelt. She grabbed her toothbrush from inside one of the drawers, applied a toothpaste on it and brushed her teeth while her bathtub filled up with warm water before stripping out of her pyjamas and stepped in the tub for a change.
She stepped out 30 minutes later, just when the water was starting to get too cold than normal for her body to withstand. Her fingers were pruned from having spent a long time under the water. Wrapping a towel around her wet body, she slipped her feet in their comfortable sleepers before making her way to her walk-in closet. She put on a pair of blue denim shorts and a white tank top, matched everything up with a pair of white Nike sneakers before heading back in the room and sat in front of her mirror to do her make-up and restyle her hair.
Satisfied with her look, she grabbed her phone from her bed andrequested an Uber before leaving her room. She walked down the stairs into the kitchen, looking for something to eat while she waited for her cab to arrive. On impulse, she opened the oven to check if her father had made her breakfast like he always did but found nothing. The man hadn't come home last night.
Sighing, she opened one of the cabinets and pulled out a box of her favourite cereals. She placed it on the kitchen counter before walking to the fridge to get the milk. She grabbed a bowl from the ones drying on the dish rack and walked around the kitchen counter to sit on one of the kitchen stools, pulling the box toward herself. She poured its contents in the bowl before adding milk and started eating.
Her phone lit up minutes later, with a text from her Uber driver letting her know he was waiting outside. She got up and walked to the sink. Opening the faucet, she quickly rinsed the dirty bowl and placed it back on the rack to dry before leaving the house.
"hey" she greeted, jumping in the backseat of the Uber. The driver gave her a polite nod and started the car, he drove the girl to her destination.
He stopped in front of the animal clinic sometime later and the girl stepped out of the car. She made her way inside the hospital and said "hello, I'm here to pick up my puppy" stopping in front of their front desk.
A girl in scrubs and a volunteer tag on the left side of her chest smiled politely and asked "what's the name of your puppy??"
"Snowflake, she's a pomeranian" the girl checked the puppy's name in her computer before looking up at Lilliana with a smile and said…
"Wait here for me and I'll go get Snowflake for you" Lilliana nodded and went to sit down in the nearest empty chair in their waiting room. Her wait wasn't that long and the girl approached her, cradling a white ball of fur in her hands.
"Here's your Snowflake" she said, carefully placing the puppy in its owner's open arms. Recognizing its name, the puppy's ears pecked up in interest and it slowly raised its head revealing its doll-like eyes.
"Hey" Lilliana whispered, happy to be reunited with her small friend and gently scratched the area behind its ear earning herself a chirpy bark from her companion. Snowflake was an emotional support dog, on her therapist's recommendation ...her father gifted it to her right after her mother died to help her deal with her trauma. Chuckling softly, she looked up at the girl and mumbled a small thank you before putting Snowflake in her bag and left the clinic. She jumped back in the Uber and the driver drove her back home.
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LATER THAT DAY
Bored, with nothing much to do and the heat outside unforgiving. The girl had decided to spend the rest of her day relaxing by the pool. She walked down the stairs in a red one piece swimsuit and a pair of sunglasses, a towel loosely hanging on her forearm and a book in her hand while the other was wrapped protectively around her puppy. She put Snowflake down when she reached the bottom of the stairs and walked into the kitchen with her rubber toy.
She fixed herself a cold drink before making her way out the sliding door onto the poolside and carefully placed her drink on the little table between the two tanning chairs along with her book. Unfolding the throw in her hand, she spread it over the plastic chair, picked Snowflake up to put her on the chair and gave her the rubber bone toy before making herself comfortable. She laid on her back under the beach umbrella while her feet soaked in the sun and grabbed the book from the table. She pulled down her sunglasses to protect her eyes from the bright pages as she read, absent-mindedly stroking Snowflake's fury back. The puppy shamelessly purred like a cat enjoying its owner's affectionate attention.
She looked up at the sound of a car driving into their driveway and from a distance saw her father's black Maserati. The driver's door opened and her father stepped out of the car but to her surprise, he wasn't alone. He walked around the car and opened the passenger door. A woman stepped out, dressed in a purple pantsuit and the two made their way into the house.
Curious, the girl put a bookmark between the pages and slammed the book close. She carefully took Snowflake in her arms and snaked her feet back in her flip-flops before hurrying back inside the house through the sliding door. Stepping into their living room, Lilliana found the woman sitting on the L-shaped white leather couch. Her head turned at the sound of someone joining her in the room.
She got up when she noticed Lilliana and approached the girl. Smiling, she reached out her hand and introduced herself "hello, I'm Belinda ...Belinda Lambert and you must be Jay's daughter Lilliana, I've heard a lot about you" and yet I know nothing about you, the girl wanted to say but that would be rude. Instead she nodded her head returning the woman's friendly smile and accepted her hand.
Ignoring the nickname she used when referring to her father, she said "nice to meet you" giving her hand a firm shake before letting it go. Seeing the woman up close she couldn't help but take in her beauty, she was short and curvy, dark skinned with a natural midnight black afro crown on her head.
"And who's this little fur ball??" Belinda mused, reaching out her hand to give Snowflake a scratch behind her ear. One that the puppy gladly accepted leaning into her hand.
"Her name is Snowflake, say hi Snowflake" as if understanding the human language, the puppy let out a bark to greet her new friendly acquaintance making Belinda chuckle softly.
"Where's my dad??" Lilliana asked, seeing as the ground floor was empty.
"Oh he went upstairs to freshen up," Belinda informed sitting back down on the sofa.
The girl bent down to carefully put Snowflake on the tiled floor and asked "Should I bring you something to drink?? Water, tea, coffee or maybe some juice??" making her way into the kitchen to prepare something for herself to have for lunch.
"no I'm fine, thank you" Belinda politely refused.
Lilliana shrugged, pulling the silver grey steel door open and looked inside the fridge contemplating on what to make. Deciding on a sandwich, she took out all the necessary ingredients to make it and put all them over the kitchen counter. She grabbed a butter knife, a packet of rolls and proceeded to prepare the sandwich. Slicing the bread roll in half to add all the ingredients; butter, cheese slices, ham and lettuce before closing it.
"Hey princess" her father walked in just as the girl was pouring pineapple juice in a glass and walked around her to get to the fridge.
"Hey dad, who's your guest??" She asked, nodding in the living room's direction.
Jackson took out a bottle of water, unscrewed its lid and said "Oh you've met Belinda" before taking a sip of the water. Lilliana hummed, holding the sandwich between her fingers and took a bite. Chewing on the piece of bread, she let out a satisfied groan at the taste and turned to her father waiting for his response.
Feeling his daughter's gaze; the man lowered the bottle and nervously explained "...she's the company's advocate, someone is trying to take over the company ...I invited her to discuss that" insinuating the professionalism of their meeting before throwing the now empty bottle in a trashcan. He walked out of the kitchen and made his way up the stairs presumably to his office, taking Belinda with him.
The girl finished her lunch and cleared the kitchen counter, putting everything in the sink before leaving the kitchen with a fresh glass of pineapple juice in her hand.
“I'll be outside if you need me" she informed no one in particular, heading toward the sliding door and stepped out of the house back onto the poolside, this time leaving Snowflake inside. She walked to the tanning chairs and, stopping at the edge of the pool, took off her sunglasses before jumping into the blue water. She swam around for some time before deciding it was enough and hiked herself out of the water. She grabbed her towel from the chair and used it to dry her hair before sitting down, and once again made herself comfortable on the tanning chair she had been sitting on earlier. She opened her novel and continued where she left.
Time passed and the sun retreated back to its resting place behind the clouds. Allowing the moon its turn to shine unnoticed by the girl. She was so engrossed in the story that she didn't even hear when her father was calling out her name. Stepping outside onto the poolside, Jackson approached his daughter and touched her shoulder to get her attention "Lilliana??"
The girl jumped startled and quickly shut the book in her hand close before looking up at her father "huh?? Do you need me for something??" She asked, the man frowned.
"I've been calling you for the past five minutes now, what are you reading??" On reflex the girl pressed the book closer to her chest and stuttered…
"n..nothing, it's just a silly novel" she lied, the book was a dark romance novel with scenes she very much liked to keep to herself only. Not even her closest friend knew what she was always reading or half of her fantasies.
"Well it's late for you to still be outside, let's go inside …dinner is ready" the man informed before leaving, taking her empty glass along with him. Lilliana sighed, looking around the poolside. 9nly then realising just how dark it had become around her. She blamed the poolside lights for making her believe it was still daytime and got up from her sitting position.
With the book still in her grasp, she grabbed her phone and throw before making her way back into the house. She went upstairs to put on something over the swimsuit before joining her father at the dining table for dinner. Only to find out Belinda hadn't left yet, and as if to make matters worse was sitting on her father's right hand side in her mother's chair. Not wanting to cause a scene and embarrass her father in front of his business associate, she took a deep breath in and sat in her usual seat on her father's left hand across the woman. The three had their dinner together in a peaceful silence.
After dinner, Lilliana went upstairs to her room to sleep and her father requested an Uber for Belinda "don't worry Jay, we'll tell her next time" the woman said comfortingly and planted a soft peck on the man's lips before lowering her body in the backseat of the car and left in it. Jackson turned around to walk back inside but stopped when he noticed a familiar car's headlights approaching. Letting out an exasperated groan when he saw his friend sitting behind the wheel and waited.
The car pulled up in front of him where the Uber was parked seconds ago and the driver's door opened. Damon stepped out still in his work clothes and walked around the car toward Jackson. The two friends made their way into the house, and up the stairs to the man's office.
"Did you tell her??" Damon asked, sitting outside on the balcony next to his friend with a glass of whiskey in his hand.
“Is this why you came??" Jackson asked, Damon shrugged. The reason why he wasn't present earlier was to give him time to deal with the situation that was Jackson breaking the news of his relationship to his daughter, but seeing how defensive and hesitant he had become from his question, Damon guessed things hadn't gone according to plan.
"So you didn't??" He stated, looking down at his glass. His hand swirling the golden liquid around in the glass before bringing it up to his lips and took a sip. Jackson sighed, turning away from the view of the distant rainbow lights that were the city and leaned against the railing.
"I wanted to tell her but I got nervous.." he started, looking up at the dark night sky and smiled at the stars, his late wife. Juliana believed stars were the souls of every person that leaves this world behind. He couldn't help but wonder if she was looking down at them at that moment, listening to their conversation?? Would she approve of what he was doing?? What would she have done if instead of him it was her in his shoes??
Looking away, he continued "...I just don't know how she's going to react, she's still dealing with her mother's death"
"It's been a year, Jack," Damon reminded him, making the man let out another sigh. Why did it feel like yesterday then?? He had somehow managed to move on from his wife's uncalled for death but Unlike him, Lilliana only looked fine on the outside. She still avoided talking about her mother's death. The last time she visited her mother's grave was during her funeral and her panic attacks had only just stopped.
"I don't want her to think I'm trying to replace Juliana" he said honestly, and it was Damon's turn to sigh. He placed his hand on Jackson's shoulder and gave it a gentle squeeze in understanding. He was there, he saw how his friend suffered stuck between his own pain and his daughter's pain. He had to force himself to stop being a grieving husband for his wife to be a strong father for his daughter.
"All I'm saying is think about it, I mean ...I'm not one to talk about feelings but I don't think Lilly will be happy finding out about her father's relationship from a stranger rather than from her father instead" he said before walking back in the house, giving Jackson time to think about his words and his next step of action.
TESSA'S BIRTHDAY GIFT......On his friend's humble request, Damon walked out of one of his hotels after yet another meeting toward his car with his phone over his ear. Ready to go pick up Lilliana from school "I don't care, don't contact me again unless you know something useful about those Russians" he growled at one of his men on the other side of the line before disconnecting their call and jumped in the driver's seat of his car. Pushing on the start button the car's ignition roared back to life, he drove out of the driveway to Roseville High straight from his office.He pulled up outside the school gates in yet another expensive sports car at exactly 15:30 in the afternoon, thirty minutes after the school bell had long ran releasing the learners to go back to their respective homes. The parking lot was already full of learners and all of them couldn't help but turn around at the sight of the man. The girls who recognized him from Forbes’ recent magazine issue, even took out their
NIGHT OUT???.....Early in the morning, just as the sun began its rise painting the sky a yellowish colour. Lilliana's eyes fluttered open. Sitting up straight, she looked around the living room confused. Had she fallen asleep while waiting for her father?? She wondered, her eyes stopping on the throw still covering her lower half. Another question came to her mind, had her father returned home last night?? That was plausible, who else would come into her home and throw a throw over her if not her father??With that thought, she tossed the material aside and lowered her feet onto the carpeted floor. She stretched her limbs before getting up and went straight into the kitchen in search of something edible to put in her empty stomach before doing anything else. To her good fortune, she's greeted by the delicious smell of freshly cooked breakfast and her father in an apron holding a pan in his hand."Morning princess" the man said, when he saw the girl walking in. She had her hand up to
DRUNK DAMON...At the party, surrounded by the foul smell of alcohol, drunk teenagers grinding their sweat covered bodies against each other and loud music blurring through the walls. Lilliana sat alone at the bar with a glass of mojito in front of her. She had initially asked for a bottle of water but the bartender refused with the reason "you're at a party and I only serve cocktails" She didn't know much about cocktails so she had said the first drink that came to her mind."Tell me something..." the bartender started, placing another glass of a cold mojito infront of the girl. Lilliana looked up at him with a raised eyebrow, a sign for him to continue." ...no offence, you're pretty but you don't exactly look like the type of girl who's always out at night.." that was true, she preferred her nights quiet and peaceful. Instead of a beer, she'd rather have a book in her hand. " ...so why did you come to this party?? I know it's definitely not for the soft drink" definitely, the girl
ARE YOU VIRGIN LILLY??..."Don't worry, I don't fuck virgins" Damon suddenly said, making her stop in her steps and turn to him with a scowl. Was that even necessary??"Who said I'm a virgin" she bit back without thinking and quickly covered her mouth with her hand, realising her mistake. She cursed herself in her head for saying the words out loud but it was a little too late. The man's hand stopped mid air as he was about to take a sip of his drink. He looked in her direction and asked "what??" a deep scowl on his handsome face. In his mind, the question was supposed to lead to a playful bickering not a revelation. The girl was supposed to shy away and not challenge him."What??" She repeated, nervously. Damon placed the glass down on the counter in front of him before getting up and stalked toward her."What did you just say??" Lilliana shook her head, taking a step back from him and mumbled a small "nothing" when he stopped in front of her. His giant figure intimidatingly hoverin
REGRET??....."Fuck" Damon growled, walking in the guest room across Lilliana's bedroom. At least he was able to get back control of his drunk mind before things got worse. That was his only solace. He punched the wall next to the door, leaving a dent in the once smooth surface and rushed to the bathroom to wash his hand in the sink… needing to get rid of her scent. It was no secret he liked touching her, the tent in his pants was proof enough but he knew better. He had watched that girl grow up… bathed that same body so how could he touch her like that. He splashed cold water on his face to detoxify before looking up in the mirror and let out a groan at his reflection when he thought of Lilliana's teary emerald eyes. Did he have to be so harsh?? He wanted to go back downstairs and hold her in his arms. Apologise for his behaviour but quickly dismissed the thought out of his head. The chances of him not fucking her if he went back down there were close to zero at the moment and he d
TENSION'S RUNNING HIGHAfter rehearsal, Cameron dropped Lilliana home. The girl tiredly changed out of her uniform and into her lounge wear before making her way downstairs. She went into the kitchen to fix herself some snacks while dancing to the loud music playing in her bluetooth speaker… an attempt to distract her mind away from the bittersweet memories attached to the place before heading to their TV lounge. She sat her snacks and a cup of her favourite chocolate milk on the coffee table to turn on the TV and sank onto a one seater couch with a loud sigh. Other than the egg-swing chair in her room, the sofa was her second favourite. It always seemed to swallow her small body when she was sitting on it. Lilliana leaned forward to get her snacks from the table, took a sip of her drink and spent the rest of the day watching her favourite tv series on binge. She only got up when it was almost time for her father to come back home from work and got started with making dinner. Their f
REGRET, IT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED…"You're wet… go change" Lilliana scowled at his words and stared at him. Was it that obvious to him that he aroused her even with the simplest actions and yet he was still unaffected??"I mean your top little flower" he explained with a soft chuckle. The girl looked down and saw her tank top clinging to her bare breasts. Her erect nipples cut through the wet material like sharp knives."Oh" was all she said, pushing him away from her to create some distance between them and grabbed a paper towel to dry her hands before side stepping him. A little disappointed that even her breasts didn't affect him. "Lilly… " Damon stopped her just when she was about to walk out of the kitchen " ...about what happened between us""What about it??" The girl asked, still looking away from him. She already knew in her head what the man was about to say but hoped to hear something different.Damon took a deep breath in before continuing, he himself knew what he was abo
CAITLIN BATHORY...It had been two days since Lilliana last saw Damon, two days since he touched the girl and then rejected her. Yet she still couldn't forget his harsh words, he regretted what happened between them… said it was a mistake he'd never repeat and he was right. Or at least the girl had been trying to convince herself that he was, for the past two days locked up in her room alone. That this was what the two of them needed to cope with their situation. At least Damon had the decency to keep the matter to himself or else the girl would've surely been grounded for life or worse… disowned by her father. She sat alone in her room, by the window with the curtains open and the big round moon shining down on her through the glass. Giving her skin a glittering lustre, its bright light serving as the only light in the dark silent room as she read her new favourite novel. She had her legs hiked up to her chest on the window seat and a velvet silver grey cushion nestled over her lap
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR LIP?? WILD NIGHT??...“You did so fucking good, love” Damon praised, gently pulling his now softening member out of Lilliana's still pulsating centre and pulled his pants up. Picking the girl up bridal style, he turned around on his feet about to head toward her bathroom and take care of her but she stopped him.“Can I just go to bed??” She mumbled, the words coming out of her mouth in a tired whine.The man looked down at her still flushed face, contemplating whether or not to do as she asked for a second before giving in. He walked toward the king-sized bed in the middle of the room instead and carefully lowered Lilliana onto the soft mattress. He laid her down and made sure she was comfortable before going in the bathroom in search of something to use to clean her up. Stopping in front of the bathroom counter, he grabbed one of the towels hanging on the towel rack and dropped it in the basin. He opened one of the faucets, soaking it in warm water before takin
"God yes" Lilliana moaned, tilting her head back when the started sucking on the button and curled her fingers around his hair. The man sucked a little harder at her approval and let out a groan to share his own approval at the pain the girl inflicted with her every tug of his hair.He sucked and flicked his tongue on it until it was sensitive to the touch and the girl was now riding his face. Drunk in lust, the girl closed her palm tightly around the soft silky strands of his hair to keep his head between her thighs and slowly began moving her hips to the rhythm of the man's wet tongue.Her shyness seemed to have disappeared as she willingly pushed her core more into the man's mouth. She moaned, grinding her now swollen and stimulated button on it as she chased after her finish. Her eyeballs rolled back into their sockets as she enjoyed the warmth surrounding her core and the wet skillful tongue luring her climax closer with every second that went by.Damon dropped his hands from the
TWO DAYS LATERLilliana was in her room getting ready for bed after dinner and was still in her bathrobe. Having decided to sleep naked that night because of the hot weather, she took it off and tossed it over to the other side of the bed before bending over to open the covers. She was about to climb onto the soft mattress when she heard the silent screech made by her doorknob as someone repeatedly twisted and turned it back and forth to open the door but couldn't as it was locked from the inside, followed by three knocks.The girl let out a disapproving groan, grabbing the bathrobe from her bed and slipped it back on before begrudgingly making her way toward the door. Wrapping her fingers around the, she turned it around slightly to unlock the door before pulling the door open and started in a whiny tone “Dad I'm sleeping…” thinking it was her father but soon stopped when instead of Johnson she saw Damon standing in the hallway with his body leaned up against the wall right next to
FACING THE MUSIC…The morning came and the two friends were now sitting in the kitchen, having breakfast. Lilliana was sitting on one of the kitchen stools with a bowl of cereal in front of her and a silver spoon in her right hand while her friend was standing on the other side of the kitchen island across from her. She had her phone in her hands, her face bathed in white light from its screen as she went through the internet just searching for more information about pregnancy. Her eyes skimmed down different articles until they landed on what she was looking for.“Okay, so it says here that pregnant women experience morning sickness,” Tessa read out loud to Lilliana, forcing the girl's head up from the bowl and asking “... have you been feeling sick lately??”“No” Lilliana shook her head, stirring the little bit of cereal left in her bowl with her spoon. She hadn't gone back home the night before and was still hesitant to do so. She had instead slept over at Tessa's to try and buy he
PREGNANCY TEST RESULTS…Sometime went by and Tessa looked down at her phone screen to see how much time had gone by before turning to Lilliana. She now looked less stressed as she munched on the chocolate bar in her hand, her eyes on the screen. Tessa sighed, aware that what she was about to ask would soon take away her calm but they needed to find out the results in order to start thinking of a solution.“Liana??” She called, attracting Lilliana's attention away from the tv screen to herself “... how about we go see what the results are??” She asked and as presumed, the smile once on Lilliana's face disappeared and was replaced by a nervous scowl. The girl let out a heavy sigh before putting the chocolate in her hand down and got up from the bed. Tessa followed her into the bathroom and stopped by the door.Lilliana walked over to the counter with her eyes closed as she said a silent prayer, begging everything good in this world to turn the results negative. Opening them, she looked
PREGNANCY TESTS…Lilliana's woken up a couple of hours later by the delicious smell of food, wafting in her nostrils with her every intake of air. Opening her eyes, she stretched her limbs… yawning loudly before sitting up straight. She looked around the room now bathed in the rosy and salmon-pink light from outside, peeping through the open curtains as the sun retreated back into the clouds, signalling the end of the day. Her eyes stopped on a tray of food on her bedroom lounge table by the sliding door leading outside onto her balcony.The girl's stomach grumbled loudly, urging her to go find out the source of the smell now all over her room. She crawled out of her bed and approached the table on her tiptoes, ignoring the cold tiles beneath her feet. She bent over and took the lid over the tray off, subsequently uncovering the different homemade dishes underneath. Her mouth watered, her taste buds anticipating the tangy taste of and as her eyes hungrily scanned over the plates.She
BROKEN TRUST…The whole landscape was bathed in the warm glow of the rising sun when Lilliana finally decided to leave her bedroom. Walking down the stairs in her pyjamas, she frowned at the unfamiliar faces running about in their house and went into the kitchen.“Dad, what's going on?? What’s with the new faces??” She asked, joining her father and his best friend in the kitchen.“Oh they're from the cleaning company, Belinda called them to help her clean the house after last night,” the man explained, standing by the sink with a mug of steaming hot coffee in his hand before bringing it up to his lips and taking a sip.“Belinda?? But that's Katherine's job, where is she?? Is she okay??” The girl enquired, her voice full of concern. Her father froze at her questions and looked at his friend, who had the same worried expression on his face as the one on his. It had completely slipped their minds that Lilliana didn't know about Katherine's betrayal.“Well princess, you see… “ Jackson sta
DAMON'S DISLIKE FOR DARREN…Damon turned around and saw Belinda walk through the threshold in reverse, struggling to keep the large bowl in her hands from falling. She turned toward to put the bowl down on the kitchen island and gasped when she saw the two standing on the other side of the island, having not expected anyone to be in the kitchen while the party was going on outside. Her eyes moved from Damon's indifferent face to Lilliana's evidently nervous one before she asked “What are you two doing in here??”Lilliana looked up at Damon expectantly at the question. It was only fitting if he were to give the reason since he was the one who followed her into the kitchen, closing the door behind him but mostly because she knew Belinda would be able to tell she was lying if she did. But to her luck the man just shrugged, leaning his body back on the sink cabinet and took a sip of the bitter liquid in the glass between his fingers.Swallowing hard, the girl turned to the woman now stari
I'LL GLADLY GOUGE OUT HIS EYEBALLS…Pulling up in the driveway of their home, Lilliana's jaw went slack with surprise. The house looked exactly the same as before, it was as if it never caught fire. She stepped out of the car, cradling Fluffy in her arms and looked around the open yard. Her eyes shone with awe as she took in the beautiful garden under the faintly illuminated sky, it was just as she remembered not ruined by the scattered remains of the house after it had been destroyed by the fire. She could almost see her mother standing by the bush of red roses with a watering can in her hands, sprinkling water on her plants.Following suit, Jackson smiled at his daughter's reaction shaking his head and popped the trunk open before following suit. He made his way to the back of their car to unloaded her luggage inside, putting it all down on the paved ground.“You rebuilt it‽‽” Lilliana said just as he slammed the door back close, looking back at the man with a delighted smile on her