Inside

Lilly

Kai and his father arrived.

Sienna ran past all of us and threw herself into Kai’s arms like she hadn’t seen him in a year. I couldn’t quite decide whether to cry or roll my eyes. Cursed hormones.

I strode out of the courtyard behind her, approaching Jonathan.

“Hello Lilly,” he greeted me with a wide smile.

“Welcome,” I smiled back. “How was your trip? You must be tired.”

“Trip was good but long,” he replied. “Quite a hideout you have here.”

I glanced over to Sienna and Kai who looked like two lovebirds in heaven. Young love had never looked so naive and romantic. Geez, I wasn’t quite sure whether I was ready for this.

Ready or not, it’s coming.

Jonathan’s chuckle pulled me back. “Makes me kind of feel old,” he commented.

“Agreed,” I muttered. I hoped my daughter’s love story would go better than my own. And make it platonic, I added mentally. “I’m not ready for my daughter to seriously date,” I countered.

“I understand that completely,” he replied. Silence followed, lingering t