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She does, and we make eye contact.
Guilt shines through hers as well as happiness for ending her demons, and she can't deal with that emotion; that's why she shuts down. I move forward and gently kiss her lips before I rasp, "You're not dirty. You don't have any blood on you, and being happy for protecting our daughter is nothing to feel guilty about."
Her tears start to fall fast as she sniffles, “I-I killed a man."
I nod.
"You did—a man who was going to marry our daughter at the grand old age of ten after he spent six years grooming her. If you hadn't pulled the trigger, I would have—remember that, baby. His life had already expired before you decided to take it.
She lets out a sob, and finally, fucking finally, after feeling like I was losing her bit by bit, she falls apart, letting her emotions out.
I wrap my arms around her as Mel sobs in the background.
Meghan holds onto me tighter, sobbing.
I smoothed the back of her hair while whispering that I had her and that I loved her.
We'll get her through this because, like hell, am I losing her because of those fuckers who tried to ruin her.
She's mine.
Chapter 27
Meghan – two weeks later
"How was today?"
It's the same question she asks me at the start of each session.
For the past two weeks, I have been seeing Dr. Hall, a brother's old lady who also helped Sophie, and she still sees her twice a month to deal with her momma’s death.
"Better in a way. I woke up to my girl's giggles again; she hasn't done that since they took her."
Dr. Hall smiles. "And I see her pranking days are back."
I can't help but smile back.
Lilah went into a shell when we got her back. She was only with them for a few hours, but it was long enough for them to make a difference. They had hit her; they split her lip, and she told Dr. Hall Abram to touch her privates while my father held her down. We had to get her medically checked out, which she was sedated for. Thankfully, the tests showed they didn't penetrate her. Stone, the Rebel's VP, had gone through all their paperwork last week. It turned out he was not allowed to penetrate until the money was transferred and the contracts had been signed. Stone had found her contract, along with my one with Mr. Alberto, as well as one that was drawn up when I was two.
The reason why my parents had listened to my grandmother over the years was because she had legal custody of me. I'm notsure how she managed it, but she convinced a judge that I was better in her care, but I'd still be with my parents because she lived with them, and the judge agreed.
That's why they waited until she had passed in order to sell me.
I blink my eyes, my gorgeous girl coming back to mind. Lilah had barely spoken until this morning when she was making horse pancakes with her daddy, and I had woken up to glitter in my hair, which I didn't think I'd miss so much.
"And how is your guilt?"
Another question she always asks
I've struggled with it, but it's not guilt in the fact I pulled the trigger; it's guilt in the fact I was happy I had killed him and that I had gone against my beliefs as a doctor.
"Not as deep after finding out about the terms in the contract yesterday."
She nods, fury shining in her eyes.
One of the terms in Lilah's contract was that she was to have a baby by eleven years old to give the sick pervert a legitimate heir.
We spend the next hour talking about how I'm feeling and going through my emotions about taking a life.
