Page 113 of Broken Daddy
You should tell someone. You can trust Hayes.
“Why are you doing this? Helping me? Is it because you’re my friend?”
A strange look passed through his face and he paused, no longer massaging her head.
Darn it. That had been the only thing keeping the headache at bay. She wanted to beg him not to stop, but she wasn’t going to force him to touch her.
“Let’s talk about that later, okay?” he finally said. “Right now, you should rest.”
Right. Probably because he didn’t want to upset her right now since she was in a hospital bed.
But she knew he didn’t really want more.
There was a knock on the door and Kent appeared.
Hayes got up and they started speaking quietly. She strained to hear them.
“Just tell them to wait,” Hayes said. “Devi’s not up to talking to the cops yet.”
No. She didn’t want to do that.
“They’re getting insistent,” Kent warned. “The trailer is being processed as a crime scene. Once we’re free to go in we’ll get anything we can that Devi might want and get someone to clean it for when she returns.”
Devi tensed. Return? She couldn’t go back there. Her breathing started growing faster.
Why did this keep happening? What was wrong with her?
“She won’t be returning,” Hayes said firmly.
Immediately, the panic dissipated.
No, she wouldn’t be returning. She couldn’t go back there.
And Hayes was in charge right now. So her only job was to do what he said.
God. What a relief that was.
“I thought you’d say that. We’ll get her stuff for you.”
“Thanks, man. Appreciate it.”
Where were they going to put her stuff?
It doesn’t matter. You don’t have to think right now.
“It’s okay, baby. You just relax,” he murmured as he returned to her. “I’ve got you. All you have to do is rest and Daddy has this. Daddy will take care of you.”
She closed her eyes, drifting off.
Daddy had this.
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Why was that person speaking so loudly?
She frowned and tried to roll onto her side. Pain shot up her arm, stealing her breath. She whimpered.
“You just woke her up, you’re upsetting her,” Hayes said. “You need to leave.”
