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“Greer-baby!” he yelled, falling to his knees beside her. “Where are you hurt? Shit. I didn’t know it was you. Fucking hell.”
She moaned. “That hurt.”
“Why on earth did you run at me like that?” he asked as he moved his hands over her, searching for injuries. “I could have seriously hurt you.”
“I think my butt is broken.”
“What?” Alarm filled him. “All right, let’s carefully roll you over.”
She stared past him, her face ashen and eyes filled with pain.
What was she . . . he turned to look. Shit. The door was still open. Getting up, he closed it. Then he rushed to her bed to grab her weighted blanket.
Awesome.
He was doing such a wonderful job of taking care of her. He laid the blanket over her, then took hold of her face between his hands. There was a chilling noise . . . was that the sound of a chainsaw? He looked up at the TV, noting the gory movie playing. Jesus. This was what she’d been watching while he’d been away?
Obviously, she needed to be watched even closer than he’d first thought.
And didn’t he like the idea of that?
Easy.
He’d just pushed her down and hurt her. And left the door open during a snowstorm.
He had to do better than this.
“Hey, Greer. You’re all right. You’re okay.”
Her breathing was fast, but he didn’t think she was in the middle of a panic attack. Placing one hand on her wrist, he took her pulse. It was a bit fast.
“Greer. Look at me. That’s it. Now, just breathe with me. Good girl. You’re doing so well.”
The sounds of screaming from the TV had him wincing. He wanted to turn it off but he didn’t think he should leave her yet.
“You’re all right,” he added.
She stared up into his eyes. “Except for my sore butt-butt. It hurts.”
He ran his thumb over her cheek. “There she is. And you deserve a sore bottom for watching that crap while I was away.”
“That’s not very nice.”
“You scared yourself half to death, didn’t you?” He got up and turned the awful movie off. “That’s why you ran at me when I opened the door.”
Guilt filled her face as she bit her lip. “Umm.”
“Right. No more scary movies for you. That’s another rule.”
Her mouth dropped open. “I don’t think you can make all these rules for me.”
“Baby, I just did. And while you’re my responsibility, you will follow them.”
He was expecting an argument, so he was shocked when she didn’t say anything more.
Did she want more boundaries?
“Let’s check your bottom,” he said. “I’m going to roll you slowly over.”
