She Accepted Divorce, He Panicked by Nyx Rai

219 Omen Feeling

"So...you really trust this... Silco?" Lilith asks Scar with her eyes still on Alice, who's just a few inches away, laughing on the carousel as it runs around.

Spent most of her life on a private island, entertainment parks are like miracle lands to Alice. And the bright smile on her chubby little face makes it so hard for Lilith to say no. Not that she wants to anyway:

It's the best chance to get Scar to spend time with Alice.

Johnny Vanderbilt wanted to take Alice back to his city after Scar went to prison. Knowing how Scar felt about Damian, Lilith chose to help Sebastian and took Alice to hide on a private island Sebastian got under Granny's maiden name. At least this way Alice gets to grow up with her father. The plan worked well at first.

Sebastian narrows his work days to 2 in the office, moving most of his work online and spending all five days on the island with them. For quite a long time Alice thought Lilith was her mom, and Lilith didn't put in a real effort to correct her - you don't tell a kid that the only close person who takes care of their life is not their mom, especially when the real mom wasn't there to fill the hole.

But later when Alice started to understand things, Sebastian started to talk about "Alice's mom" to Lilith for Alice to hear here and there. Soon the concept that Lilith wasn't Alice's mom became more acceptable to Alice, until finally, she asked about it herself. It wasn't easy, but it was as soft as that hit can get. Alice cried at first, confused about the absence of her mom, but she accepted it rather well under one condition:

Lilith was to take her to find her real mom.

Sebastian didn't like that idea, nor did he like that line of questioning. Lilith didn't know whether it was because he didn't want to bring the concept of "prison" into Alice's life, or because he knew he would lose Alice if Scar ever found out.

was, is, and will

was when Lilith started putting her guard up against Sebastian, and

helped him get

state prison of his own city, and very soon after that transferring her into a health facility he basically purchased for her, to provide a more comfortable environment. He tried to visit once, and never pushed Scar on that after she

was what convinced Lilith to have a try with Johnny

days

the

evaluating Scar's physical, and especially mental condition. To

keep the truth

as they tried to plan, think, and evaluate for Scar, none

possibility of Alice being hers, Scar loved Alice with all her heart and somehow healed a bit just by being around Alice. But

for

for in each other, without knowing

two years were happy for

easy. As much as Alice reduced the frequency of Scar's episodes they weren't exactly all gone.