Page 25 of Her Dream Mafia Daddy

Quickly changing the call to video, he handed the phone back to Daphne.

“Listen to me very carefully, Daphne. I am not mad at you. Not even a little bit. I am beyond furious that Callum found you, but you, my sweet little sister, I could never be mad at.”

“P-promise?” she hiccuped.

“I promise. I should have asked more questions and paid more attention to the signs. I’m sorry I didn’t catch it earlier."

“It’s not your fault, Damian. It’s his. He was a master m-manipulator. And I didn’t see the signs until it was too late. I’m sorry.” Tears streamed down her face as she and Damian talked about the situation. He made himself scarce, so she had plenty of space to talk to her brother.

“Eamon.” The soft voice broke him out of his trance. “Damian wants to talk to you.”

“Hey, Damian.” He was weary as he tried to think of how to keep his girl safe. She only hoped she was ready to turn everything over to him. He was proud of her for not running and trying to do this on her own, she just needed to trust him now and he would do whatever he needed to make sure that happened.

“So I told her you are in charge, and she agreed. You now have her full consent to do whatever you deem necessary to keep her safe. Isn’t that right, Daphne?”

“It is. I want to be safe, so I will listen to you and your men. I really don’t want to die, so I promise I’ll do what I’m told.”

“And you will accept any discipline from me?” Eamon wanted to make sure he knew and understood.

“Yes, Sir. I will.” She sounded so withdrawn that it broke his heart.

“Ok, why don’t you find Kiera and Liam so I can talk to Damian and figure out a plan?”

“Is it safe?” Her big brown eyes glistened with unshed tears as he gave her the biggest hug, not caring that Damian could see them.

“Yes, Daphne. I promise you are safe.”

“Ok.” Turning to look at Damian she added, “Will you keep in touch with Eamon and maybe call me every couple of days?”

“Of course I will. I will be in constant contact. I’m assuming you don’t have your phone anymore?”

“No. I think there was a tracker on it. They have it and they are seeing if anything else I brought here has a tracker on it. They have some sort of fancy gadget that tells them.”

“Good. That’s good.” Damian was scared. They were all scared, and it was up to him to put everyone at ease.

“So far, the phone is the only thing with any sort of tracking software. We scanned her room and found nothing. We are taking every precaution we can.”

Daphne said her goodbyes and left to find Liam and Kiera. Eamon wished he could be there with her but knew he needed to stay here and work. Liam would protect her. She would be safe. He was repeating the same mantra in his head repeatedly when the clearing of a throat broke him out of his trance.

“You want my sister.” It wasn’t a question, and it wasn’t said with anything other than the ego of someone who thought he knew it all.

“Yes.”

“Good.”

“Really?”

“Yes. She needs someone like you after what she went through. I trust you with her. Don’t make me regret it.”

“You know I would never harm a woman, much less a Little girl, Damian. She is one hundred percent safe with me.”

“I know, and that’s why I am saying to make her yours. She needs the accountability and boundaries that only her Daddy can provide.”

“You can’t kill me if she complains to you about a sore bottom, though.” He eyed him knowingly, and they both laughed.

“I won’t. She will earn every swat she gets and then some.”

“Good. Now let’s talk about a plan to get this bastard. I need some fresh eyes on the situation, and talking it through with you included would be good. Let me get my guys back in here and we can get started.”