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"Then always stay happy, because you look beautiful when you smile." He pulls the cover over us both. "Shall we go to sleep?" I bite my bottom lip; this is not where I sleep, this is not… "Stop thinking so much. I'm too tired to move, and you're falling asleep." His lips curl into a sexy smile, "So let's finish watching the game and go to sleep."
I close my eyes as I can’t seem to keep them open much longer. “Mmm,” is the only sound I make. I feel his lips on my forehead and wrap my arm over his chest as he turns onto his back.
This might just be the best sleep I’m ever going to have.
CHAPTER26
LEO
Looking over at the door,I see Jackson entering so I put my finger to my lips to tell him to stay quiet and I point to Hope sleeping on the couch. I just didn’t have the heart to wake her when I got up. She got dressed last night before she fully went to sleep and this is the first time that she has slept the whole night without waking up from a nightmare or flinching in her sleep, so there was no way I was going to wake her up.
Jackson looks toward her as he makes his way over. “Have a good night?” He walks over to the coffee machine.
“Very.”
Leaning on the counter, Jackson peers over at me. I don’t have to tell him what happened. I can tell he knows, so I don’t need to tell him anything.
He nods his head. "Glad for you both, just putting it out there. Never thought either one of us would find someone, but it looks like you have. So, when you have kids I'm a godparent, don't want to hear another thing about it."
I start laughing. Having kids is not even in my head one little bit, and I have no plans to even think about it yet. I just want Hope to smile in the house without thinking about what she's doing, so anything else after that I'm not thinking about.
“Please tell me you have something about her Uncle,” I say as I make breakfast for us. I want to finish this damn business with Jack so I can finally move forward with Hope.
“Can I get some food in me first?” Jackson moves closer to see what I’m making.
“Should have had food at your place.”
He laughs. "Now we both know that won't happen, so plate it up." Jackson takes out some plates, he looks over at Hope, and I turn around as he nods.
I walk over as she starts to wake up. I kneel by the couch, “Morning beautiful.” I lean over and give her a kiss on the cheek. She rubs her eyes and looks around. “Breakfast is ready.”
Sitting up she looks around the room, then back to me. “I’m sorry,” she whispers to me.
This is one habit that I can’t wait to get out of her. “Never say sorry. I might not make breakfast as good as you, but I think I pass.” I sit next to her. “Hope, I really need you to feel at home here, never feel like you have to do everything,” I tell her. I just want her to make this her home and do what she wants around here.
“I’m trying, then something in my head just flicks on or something,” she tells me as I take her hand in mine and she leans on my shoulder. “I’ll try harder.”
She has finally started to eat a little more, almost half a plate full of food and that’s making me happy as I know she’ll be able to get the thoughts out of her head as soon as she’s strong enough to fight them.
"Go freshen up, then breakfast and we can go later to see your friend." I haven't been at work much this week, and that's because I wanted to spend my week with Hope, but next week I have lots of meetings including the one with Jackson and We Are Loved. So, I really have to go back to work. Otherwise, my dad will be coming over wanting to know what I'm doing.
Joining Jackson in the kitchen I enquire, “So, what did you find?”
“Well, Joseph’s murder is in the news. They say that the warehouse was burned to a crisp and that they won’t find any DNA there. At the moment, they think that another nightclub might have been behind it. They’ll close the case without any answers.”
Well, that's a good sign for us. Jackson and I always said that the moment we thought we would get caught we would stop no matter what. I mean I want to kill that man, but I want to live my life too. I was a prisoner for so long, and I don't want to be a prisoner again.
“And what about Jack?”
Jackson goes to say something but stops; I look at where his eyes are to see Hope walking over to the kitchen. “Morning beautiful.”
“Morning Jackson,” I hear as she gets some water for herself. I really want to get her to drink something warmer like tea or coffee in the morning.
“So, what did you find out about him?” I ask. There’s no point hiding all this from Hope, she wants this to end just as much as we do.
"I spoke to this one asshole, and he said that someone was coming to New York last night and this man holds a lot of power." Jackson's eyes move between Hope and me. "I've got a few people to keep their ears to the ground and see what they hear." Jackson holds his eyes with me for a moment.
“Hope, can you please set up breakfast?” I ask as Jackson and I walk out to the yard. “Spit it out, you’re holding something back,” I tell him. Hope might not know when he’s hiding something, but he must have taken a stupid pill this morning. Jackson looks back into the house at Hope. “Jackson!” I shout his name.
