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He was shaking, and she ran her hands over his shoulders as he buried his face in her neck.
Was he going to cry?
Fudging fudge knuckles. What did she do if he cried?
Then he let out a muffled yell and she froze at the fury in that sound.
“What was I thinking?” There was self-loathing in his voice as he drew his head back to stare down at her.
“Daddy?” she murmured.
“I knew I should have made you stay with me. This is what I get when I try to go against who I am. I’m never following Xavier’s advice again. Why did I think he knew what he was talking about? Give you time? Go slow? No. Nope.”
She waited for the objections to rise inside her.
But they didn’t come.
Perhaps tomorrow or the next day or next week they would. But right now, she wanted those decisions made for her.
“I could have lost you. That cannot happen again.”
She nodded in agreement.
“You’re coming home with me.”
“Yes, Daddy.”
He grunted. Was that in satisfaction? Irritation? She wasn’t sure. She still needed to learn how to read all the nuances of his nonverbal dialogue.
Men. Such complicated creatures.
“I want to go home,” she whispered. “Please, can we go home? Colin is suffocating in my suitcase.”
As she said that, she sensed someone come up behind her. Reuben tensed, but he wasn’t growling or trying to protect her so she wasn’t worried about who it was.
“Who is Colin?” Alejandro demanded, sounding so deadly that she shivered.
“Her squishy,” Reuben told him.
“Her what?”
“Squishy,” Reuben repeated. “Wait. Why is Colin in your suitcase?”
“I already packed. I was going to leave tonight after Eric . . . after he . . .”
“After. He. What?” Reuben asked in a voice that was far too quiet.
“I don’t think I want to say.”
“Why not?” Reuben carefully gathered up her hair, drawing her head back.
“Because I don’t want you to let me go. And I don’t want you to kill him.”
He narrowed his gaze down at her.
“We have to get him to a hospital,” Cammie yelled from the living room
“I don’t know why she cares,” Faith said. She was aware that her voice lacked emotion. But it was hard to care about much right now.
