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“Do you think your dad’s okay?” She asks me after a few moments in silence.
“He will be,” I tell her, I have something for him to do, it’ll help him take his mind off things as well as release some of that anger he has.
She turns so she’s lying on her side, her smile is sad as is the look in her eyes. “A part of me wants to tell him about the baby, but I know that right now, we all need to focus on finding Martin and both he and I need to grieve, once we have, then we can tell him.”
She always manages to say something that I wouldn’t expect. “Yeah Princess, I think that’s a good idea. Dad needs to come to terms with what’s happened, knowing my dad, he’s probably kicking himself for pushing her away.”
Tears shine in her eyes. “She deserved it, the way she was acting…” she trails off shaking her head. “I wish she’d have known how much we really did love her.”
I pull her into my arms. “She did, trust me baby, she knew.” That I have no doubts about, both of them loved her unconditionally, yes, they were mad, but that didn’t change how they felt. Tina would have known that.
“I hope that she’s with dad. I know they didn’t love each other romantically, but they did love each other. I want them to look after each other now.” The tears slowly fall down her face, “What am I going to do? They’re both gone.”
“They’re not completely gone, Princess. They’re still in your heart.” Great I sound like a damn sap. “You have the memories you made with them, they’re never going to go.”
She nods, the tears falling thicker and faster, I reach over and wipe them away. “I’m alone,” she whispers.
She’s fucking gutting me, she’s not even twenty yet and both her parents are dead, one because of this fucking war that I’m in. She was an innocent, she didn’t deserve to die. “You’re not alone, you have me.” My hand touches her stomach. “You have us both.”
She gives me a watery smile. “I do.”
My cell phone rings and her body stills under my hand. Every time that thing fucking rings, it brings bad news, what the hell has happened now.
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Mia
Fear, that’s all I feel whenever his cell rings. “Don’t answer it.” I can’t deal with anything else today, we’ve all been through enough.
“I have to,” he tells me, placing a chaste kiss to my lips. He climbs out of the bed, and reaches for his pants that are on the ground. “It could be the hospital.”
Shit, I’ve been so caught up in myself and losing mom and the baby that I completely forgot about Marline. I’m such a bitch.
“It’s one of the men,” he tells me and answers the phone, “Rory, talk to me.” He walks out of the bedroom, completely naked.
I reach for my phone, I need to call Sarah. I put Facetiming calling and wait. Pulling Hudson’s t-shirt off the floor, I quickly throw it over my head and sit up. She doesn’t make me wait long. “Mia.” Her eyes are watery, she’s heard.
“Hey you,” I say softly and her tears slowly fall. “How’s Allie?”
She wipes away the tears. “She’s fine, more importantly how are you? Hudson told me what happened.”
I shrug, right now, I?
??m numb. I’ve been numb since I’ve found out. Hudson has made me happy, hell having sex made me feel alive but I’m back to where I was, feeling numb. “I’m okay.”
She glares at me. “You’re full of shit.”
I nod. “Yeah, I am. I don’t know what to do, what am I supposed to do? Sarah, the fucker is still out there, he’s still hurting people. But what I don’t understand is why he had to kill Lacey and mom?” They had nothing to do with this, so why on earth did they have to die? What did I, or they, do to him to make him want to kill them? To make me hurt so deeply?
She shakes her head. “Mia, I have no idea what goes through his damn head. I don’t want to see what goes through it either.”
I can just imagine the evil that runs through it. “Let’s not talk about this anymore,” I tell her, as I wipe away my tears.
“Hey Mia, I’m really sorry about your mom.” Frankie says, coming into view, as he stands behind Sarah.”
“Thanks.” I give him a sad smile, really hoping he’ll leave it as that.
“If you need anything, don’t hesitate to give me a call.”
