Wyatt’s eyes glazed over as he looked over at Freya. Lucy could tell by their faces that there was a deep discussion going on there. She watched her parent’s fingers tighten together as their private conversation lingered in the silence. Lucy wasn’t dumb. This new information had changed things. She could see it in both of her parents’ eyes. She stepped a bit more into Derek. She was going to have to leave him. And she understood his reasons now, but it didn’t make it easier.
She felt his arm pulling her deeper into his side. She could see her parent’s eyes looking up to her and she already knew. She felt like a child once again under her parents’ gaze. She knew that look. She had seen it before.
“And just like that I’m no longer the strong cap
