Chapter 243: Lila's Story - Part 2

Lila

"I didn't notice anything at first. That brick had something written on it, but I didn't see I before Dad got his hands on it. All I knew was, Dad got a whole new security system installed in the house, and he started carrying a gun. And right after that was when I started getting training in martial arts because he said that young women needed to be able to defend themselves against the… 'jerks of the world' was what he called them. He tried to tell me it was about dating and getting old enough to get in cars with boys, but I knew that wasn't really it."

"Were you scared?" Dane asked, stroking her hand with his thumb.