Valentina's POV
I felt my heart pounding with every step I took.

The walk through the Uchiha village was hell. The people literally stopped what they were doing to look at me. They knew I wasn't one of them.
However, I tried my best to ignore them. My eyes scanned the sea of faces looking for Itachi.
Of course I wasn't going to find him right away. This plan was stupid.

"Hi. Are you new here?" My eyes turned and I saw three little girls on bikes. One was about 6, the other 10, and the third one.....10. The third 10-year-old was baby Lily.

Itachi's and Lilian's daughter.....

I nodded yes.

"Do you want to play with us?" Itachi's daughter asked me.

I nodded yes feeling foolish of playing with little kids.

After the two Uchiha girls, Emily and Samara, introduced themselves, my eyes landed on Itachi's daughter.

"My name is Lily," she smiled at me and I couldn't help but smile back.
When I had to raise this girl I was always annoyed at her positive personality.
But now that I have her in front of me I'm so happy that she's okay. The plan worked.

I wrote down my fake name on the notebook.

"Oh we have the same name!" Baby Lily said excitedly and I nodded my head yes with a huge smile on my face.
Same energy. Faking energy.

"Can't you talk?" Samara asked curiously.

I shook my head no.

"That's okay. We can show you around the village," Emily said and I followed the three girls.

After a few moments of walking and them talking showing me around, showing me where they live, showing me their favorite spots to play.
This is why parents teach kids to not talk to strangers. Because the strangers can get whatever type of information they'd like without trying hard.
Finally the three young girls came to a stop.

"And this is my house," Lily pointed to a small, yet beautiful house. It was light yellow with beautiful flowers ranging in colors decorating the front garden.

My heart skipped a beat as I saw Itachi busy watering the beautiful flowers he had in his garden. All the feelings that I felt for him as a child returned. I wanted to run to him and hug and kiss him. Tell him everything that happened, and how we could be together in this life because the Uchiha clan isn't dead.

Then my stomach dropped as I saw a woman hugged him from behind.
Her long dark hair. Her bangs that framed her face perfectly. Her porcelain skin.
Lilian.
Lily's mother. Itachi's wife.
The woman who took my lover from me.

"Mommy! Daddy! I want you to meet my new friend," Lily innocently ran to her parents. Very eager to show them the new friend she made today.

But her childish voice woke me up from my sea of jealousy. I was fast.
As soon as I appeared into the child's life, I was gone.
Didn't want them to see me.
Didn't want my plan to get ruined.