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.

latter, but she didn't dare to risk it. Scar was, is, and will remain her priority if Lilith ever has to choose between her

putting her guard up against Sebastian, and that was when Johnny Vanderbilt

helped him

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

what convinced Lilith to

two days

on the

hired a whole team evaluating Scar's physical, and especially mental condition. To shorten the technical and scientific stuff: Scar can't take huge mood wave

keep the truth about

and evaluate for Scar, none of them

all her heart and somehow healed a bit just by being around Alice. But

to look for her

was as if they both found what they were looking for

years were happy

as Alice reduced the frequency of Scar's episodes they weren't exactly all gone. The last two years