CHAPTER 25
BRUCE
I see Lilly flailing and can almost picture her tiny head hitting the floor—and the damage that would result.
No. Not on my watch. With adrenaline boosting the capabilities of my muscles to levels I didn’t think possible, I leap forward and manage to catch her in my arms just in time.
Even like this, I can tell the air has been knocked out of her—but this is nothing compared to the nightmare that could’ve been. In fact, when I think about it, my mom’s home ER doesn’t sound so frivolous anymore.
I’m building one. First thing tomorrow.
Catching her breath, Lilly blinks up at me, her green-tinged hazel eyes frightened and her eyebrows so animated that if they started speaking in morse code and proved to be independently sentient, I wouldn’t be surprised.
“You caught me
