Lilly turned over and put her hat over her eyes. William did the same and he fell asleep thinking about his father and even more about the girl lying next to him. He wondered how easy it would be to kill her while she was sleeping…

It was kind of strange for William to not see her smiling. She had been smiling since the second he met her, but now she just looked so…vulnerable.  She just shook her head and still said nothing. William put his hand on hers to get them to stop shaking.  Lilly looked up at him and it would be lying to say that she didn’t feel some kind of…connection in that moment.

Without a word, Lilly threw her arms around Dan’s neck and hugged him tightly. She let the moment last as long it possibly could, unwilling to release from the hold she had longed for her entire life. Dan’s strong arms went around her tiny waist and he hugged her back. She squeezed her eyes shut and felt two tears finally drip from her eyes.  Finally, she broke away from him and followed William to the door.