EPILOGUE: Part 6

LILA

Lila was outside on the porch alone. Dane had gone upstairs to the shower and she'd told him to take his time, that she'd see him when he was done. She'd tried sitting in the living room, but the outside called to her. It was so quiet and fresh here—especially after being in the city. She'd taken a book, but she hadn't read any of it.

Dane had been gone a long time, but she was kind of happy about it.

She was very, very busy breathing. Just breathing.

She was also very busy convincing herself that this was all real.

The Dane she'd met last year had been so… distant. Unattainable—not because of his status, but because he was so angry, so closed off. She'd found him attractive from the first moment. But this… yearning in her now. It had started very quickly. And she'd stifled it.

The Lila Farris who walked into Daniels Security that day would never have believed her if she'd said this was where they'd end up.