Lance had not expected things to change as much as they had once the trial of the scumbags who had abused Yulia was over. It was like she had decided that she was done with that chapter of her life and was determined to start a new one; one which wasn’t based on fear or trauma. She still went to counselling of course, and no doubt would for some time, but she opened up to him more and more as the days passed, showing interest in and knowledge of things that he wouldn’t have expected. His responsibility at work was slowly growing, showing that he was a valued member of the team at Lakenham Cyber Solutions and he was starting to feel like this would be a permanent position for him, so it was time to start thinking about moving out. He was pleased that Yuli

