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“Faith! Faith! Save me!”
“Cammie! Where are you?” she yelled.
Why couldn’t she see her? Then she spotted her in the distance. Faith tried to run to her, to reach her . . .
Eric stepped out in front of her and she fell onto her ass with a scream.
“Blossom! Baby, wake up.”
Reuben!
“Reuben! Help me!”
“Blossom, wake up. I’m right here. I’m here, baby. Now do as you’re told. Open your eyes.”
She opened her eyes with a gasp. She couldn’t breathe. Why couldn’t she breathe?
“Baby. Look at me.” Reuben sat her up, taking hold of her hands. “I want you to squeeze my hands. Right now, Faith.”
Him calling her by her name seemed to jolt something inside her.
“It was just a dream. You’re safe. Daddy is here. Squeeze my hands.”
She squeezed his hands.
“Good girl. Squeeze them twice now. And concentrate on breathing. You can breathe. Twice.”
Once. Twice.
Her breathing started to ease.
“Now three times. Squeeze them again. One. Two. Three.”
One. Two. Three.
This time she managed a deeper breath.
“Good girl. You’re doing such a good job. My brave baby. Just keep breathing. Daddy is here. I’m going to keep you safe.”
“S-sorry,” she managed to get out as tears filled her eyes.
“Hey. You don’t need to be sorry. None of this is your fault.” A dark look entered his eyes. “It’s that bastard who will pay.”
She concentrated on her breathing. In. Out.
God, it was so scary feeling like you couldn’t breathe.
“Don’t do anything rash. Please. It’s not worth it.”
Leaning forward, he kissed her lightly. “No one hurts you, baby. No one.” Then he drew her into his lap and rocked her gently back and forth. “What do you need?”
“Water. You.”
“Then that’s what you’ll get.”
“And . . . and not to think.” She didn’t want to think about anything.
“Let Daddy take care of you, then. I’ll go and refill your bottle of water.” He attempted to put her down on the bed, but she wrapped herself around him.
