"Are you sure you want to go?" Elle asked as they walked into the airport, reluctant to let her daughter go a week after the other one ran away and disconnected her line.
Lily smiled, tight-lipped, before she pulled her mum into a hug. "I'm going to call and text you regularly. I'll also keep an eye out for Charlotte, I'm sure she's just grieving because of the turn of events." She placed a kiss on Elle's cheek and moved away.
"I'll miss you, Lily. It's sad we didn't get to spend much time before you leave."
"You can always come and visit me, Dad."
Lincoln's eyes widened, and it took his brain a few seconds to process the fact that she had just called him dad. "Did you just?"
She smiled and nodded. It felt weird calling him that, but it was definitely a start. Lincoln breathed ou
