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She looks up, breaking into a huge smile. “Mommy!”
The guys turn around, and now I can’t hold it back. “Oh my God.” I break out into a laugh. “What the hell?”
The guys look like clowns with horrible makeup painted on their face.
West stands up in disbelief, looking a little appalled, to be honest. “This kid does some kind of voodoo. I’ve never let anyone and never would let anyone do this shit to me. Then the kid comes up and asks to do all these girly things, all cute and soft, and we all cave. I don’t know what kind of kid you’ve got, Ivy, but I call voodoo.” He shakes his head in disbelief.
“What’s voodoo?” Lilah comes up to me and asks.
I lift her up, trying to contain my hysterical laughter.
“It’s nothing, kiddo. We had fun. We’ll have to do it again sometime.” Cassius says with wide eyes as he hurries up the stairs, Niles following quickly behind him.
“Thanks for… this, Lilah.” West waves his hand around and hurries up the stairs as Aziel walks in.
Violent stands up from the couch. “I’ve got so many pictures. So much blackmail, Ivy. So much blackmail.” She laughs as she waves her phone.
“Thank you for watching her.” I say. “You’ll have to show me those photos later. I’m going to go get Lilah to bed.”
“What photos?” Aziel asks as he walks up to me.
“Well…”
“Violet, you better fucking not! I swear I will do you so dirty you’ll wish you never took the damn photos in the first place!” West shouts from the top of the stairs.
Violet’s cheeks pinken, and she slips the phone in her pocket. “I’ll talk to you tomorrow, Ivy.” She runs up the stairs, leaving Aziel, Lilah, and I standing in a circle.
“What was that about?” He asks, eyebrow lifted in amusement.
“Cass and West and Niles let me paint their toenails and make them into princesses!” Lilah giggles.
A dimple pops out in Aziel’s cheek. “Is that right?”
“Yeah. Can I do you, too?”
Aziel takes a step back, wincing. I decide to help him out.
“You know, Lilah. It’s dark and way past your bedtime.”
“Thank you.” Aziel mouths.
“Mommy!” Lilah whines.
“No, none of that. Let’s go to bed.” Lilah starts whining more, and I turn towards the stairs. I look at Aziel. “I’ll see you upstairs?”
He smirks at me. “I’m right behind you.”
I nod, head upstairs and get Lilah in her pajamas. By the time I settle her in bed and change into a pair of shorts and a tank top, Aziel is walking in, eating his last bite of a sandwich. “Sorry. Haven’t eaten since yesterday.” He says around a bite full of food.
“It’s fine.” I say, suddenly nervous. I stand there a second and then slide into bed. Lilah says on her side, curled around a pillow, her body in the shape of a crescent moon. I lay in the middle, not sure which side I should lean more on. I usually lay more by Lilah and Aziel lazily curls his arm around me. We might share a few deep kisses, a few light touches, but that’s all there is.
After today… I don’t know what to think.
So, I lay there in the middle of the bed, ramrod straight, and waiting for any kind of direction I can get.
“What’re you doin’?” He slides into bed beside me, curling an around my waist and pulling me across the cool mattress until my back hits his front. Hishardfront.
“Shit.” I whisper, turning from zero to one hundred in the blink of an eye.
