Chapter 134. Sleepless

LILY’S POV 

  Night approached fast and seemed to linger longer than usual. It felt like an eternity waiting for daybreak. 

  I couldn’t sleep. I kept rolling and twisting on the bed, the ultimatum Liam and Lila had given me replaying over and over again like a horror movie in my head. 

  What happened today has shown me they were growing fast and no longer the little kids I want them to be for me forever. Did they really mean what they said? Will I lose them forever or where they just making it up so I can get back with Robert? They were just nine; where would they go if they left home? Who will take care of them? We had no family relatives or anyone close enough for them to stay with, so how do they plan to survive on their own? 

  The fear of losing them was overwhelming. I had experienced it firsthand for a short while and didn’t want to ever again. If I lost them forever I might just go crazy or worse, drop dead fr