Byron looked over at William as Lucy walked out of the restaurant, and he couldn’t help but smile. If William was the Big Bad Wolf, he wasn’t sure how it had happened, but he had bested him. William had come here on a date with some slutty interloper and, everything that he’d intended for the afternoon, had turned to s**t – and anyone who saw him would be able to read his defeat on his face.
Vivian, who knew William well, could see his regret, anger, and hurt clearly – and it reinforced the hatred she felt for Lucy.
When Lucy arrived at the sanatorium, Donald, Avril, and Hale were talking cheerfully as they waited for her. "Hi, Grandpa,” Lucy exclaimed as she put her arms around him. “It is good to see you looking so well!”
Lucy greeted her parents and took turns hugging them.
"Why did
