At the other part of the hall, Rayne carried the sleeping Lilly in her arms as she looked around for Liam Thompson, who'd disappeared from her view most of the time. She hadn't had time to even talk to Mia and get the gist about how Neil turned out to be Xavier Galverra because she had been holding the sleeping girl the whole time. Lilly had eaten every single meal served to their table and had seemed to enjoy it to the extent that Rayne had joined her, but she had fallen asleep immediately after finishing eating, and now, Liam, who'd brought the girl to the event, was nowhere in sight.
Though Lilly was a petite little girl for her age, she still weighed a lot more than she looked, because Rayne's arms were aching from having to carry her rather than leaving her to sleep on the table where the guests were bothering the girl and trying to get her to tell them more about her uncle. Rayne had made sure to shoo them off so as not to bother the girl.
