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Jack snorted as Ian shook his head.
“Um. I said that out loud, huh?” She gave them both a wide grin. “Oops.”
“What are we going to do with you, Little girl?” Ian sighed.
Hug me. Love me. Keep me forever.
Shit. Had she said that out loud?
She eyed them both. Nope. She thought she was safe.
“I really wish I knew what you were thinking right now,” Jack murmured.
“You don’t. I’m a mess.”
“I don’t like you saying that.” Ian frowned at her. “You are so lucky you’re not ours.”
She had to hide her flinch.
“Every time you say something bad about yourself, my hand wants to smack your ass,” Ian told her.
“Really? Your hand has a mind of its own? That’s a tad disturbing . . . or is your hand like Thing? I’ve always loved Thing.”
“You loved a severed hand with a mind of its own?” Jack asked.
“It wasn’t severed. It was without a body. It was bodyless. A bodyless hand. Like you’d say a handless body.”
It made sense in her head.
“Maybe we should move to the other gifts,” Ian said. “Before I have nightmares tonight of severed hands.”
Yeah. Good plan.
Wait. More gifts?
“Why did you buy me more gifts?” she asked.
“We thought you might need things to do,” Ian explained. “Since you’re bed bound.”
She huffed out a breath. “Jameson didn’t say I had to be bed bound. I just need to rest.”
“You need sleep, have less stress, to eat more, and you must stay off that hip.” Ian ticked things off on his fingers.
“Is it too much to ask that you have a memory lapse?” she muttered.
“You wish,” Ian replied. “Next bag.”
She was almost scared to look in the bag. Then she noticed the logo on the front.
“Is this from the toy store?” she asked Jack.
“Yep.”
Okay, now she was definitely too scared to open it. “I can’t.”
“You don’t have to,” Ian told her gently. “But Jack told me about your trip to the play area. How much fun you had. It sounds like that was the first time since you arrived that you truly had fun and relaxed. That’s all we want, Little Misfit. To give you some respite from everything. It doesn’t have to mean anything, but I have the urge to make you smile.”
“And you think this will?”
