Page 32 of Love at First Flight
Shay smiled back, “Thanks. For being nice to me. Even when I didn’t deserve it.”
Kadence laughed, “You just got a little lost. I get it. And it’s okay. Just know that there is a guy for you. And I hope one day we can be friends. Okay?”
Shay looked up, hope in her eyes, “Really? I don’t have any friends. I’m really quiet normally.”
Kadence shook her head, “You got me and my friend Arielle now.”
Shay pulled her phone out and Kadence gave her her number and Shay gave her hers.
Then Shay turned and left, and Kadence felt happy. Free.
Raiden looked over at her and she smiled at him and Harrison looked down at her, “How can you be her friend after all of that?”
Kadence shrugged, “She is a lonely girl looking for love in all the wrong places. But she isn’t a bad girl. She just needs somebody and if I can help her and be her friend, I would rather do that. This world needs more love and less hate don’t you think?”
Harrison gaped down at her and she laughed and Raiden pulled the girl up to them.
He leaned down and kissed Kadence’s lips and she kissed him back, and then he said, “Kadence, this is my little sister Rickie. Her real name is Rickell, but it’s too stuffy. She is most definitely a Rickie.”
Kadence smiled at her and Rickie pulled her in for a hug, “Hi. It’s so nice to meet you.”
Kadence hugged her back, and when Rickie pulled back, Kadence held her hand, “Are you okay? I am sorry this whole thing happened to you.”
Rickie nodded, “I will be. It was really scary and not something I was expecting today. I knew something would happen, just wasn’t sure when.”
Kadence felt her eyebrows raise in shock. “Wow. Okay, that’s crazy. Raiden didn’t tell me.”
Raiden smiled, “Sorry Fairy. It slipped my mind.”
Kadence shook her head, “It’s fine. Do you need to talk to the police at all?”
Rickie shook her head, “They already took my statement.”
Kadence led her away and then Raiden helped them into his truck.
Kadence laughed, “Let me just drive. Can we have Rickie stay for a while?”
Raiden nodded, “Of course Fairy.”
She kissed him and then drove behind his truck to their house.
She pulled into her spot in the garage and Raiden opened her door and led them both into the house.
She went to the kitchen and started to make grilled cheese sandwiches and stuff for them to eat and Rickie sat next to her brother while she told them all that happened.
How even though Raiden had seen most of the ending, he hadn’t seen the beginning when they were all threatened and one of her male co-workers had almost been shot by one of the men.
He had tried so desperately to be a hero, but had been hit across the face with a gun and threatened. Steele had finally stepped in and had de-escalated the situation.
Thank heavens for Steele.
Rickie told her that Steele and his men had sat with them and had come up with a plan to bring the men down and she told them how she had watched in awe as Steele had effortlessly brought down the first one.
And how his team moved like they were completely at ease with the situation.
Rickie hated that Steele had been shot, but she knew he would have rather taken the bullet himself than to allow anyone else to be injured.
He was just the sort of man to be like that.
