Mason POV
Hera and I take Lily with us to the clubhouse.
Hera being the overprotective person she is insisted she didn't want to leave our daughter alone. "She's been through too much already," Hera said, her eyes serious as she buckled Lily into the car seat in the back.
"I don't like the idea of her staying home without us, not tonight."
I didn't push back. How could I? After all the hell we've been through, Lily's like a fragile little light we both want to shield.
Hera's voice had that protective edge, the one that makes me love her more every time I hear it. She's right, Lily's been yanked around enough.
The way Hera treats Lily is like she is her biological daughter. I would say, she treats her better than Linda would ever have.
She packs extra snacks in the monkey bag, tu
