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Cleo

“So how do all those people fit in?” Rue asked later that night as we snuggled into the bed.

After being discharged, we went to my place, and the rest of The Dixie Wardens had followed, along with the wives.

Mina had gone home, opting to spend some time with her daughter who was confused as to why her daddy wasn’t coming home ever again.

The rest of the group had gone home after a long night of comfort food, leaving us by ourselves for the first time in nearly forty eight hours.

“My boss is Vanessa’s dad’s half-brother. Vanessa has him wrapped around her little finger. She calls him ‘daddy.’ It’s not known, yet, whether they had anything more of a relationship or not, but we do know that Alonzo’s son was the man who tried to break into your place. Now those two did, indeed, sleep together.”

She grimaced at the visual.

“How’d she get that medicine?” She asked quietly.

I scratched my head. “I never heard. But I’ll find out for you if you want to know.”

She shook her head. “I don’t really want to think about it anymore, to be truthful. I want it all to go away.”

I hugged her closer, laying my head against her chest.

Her breathing evened out after a few long minutes, but it took me a very long while.

Everything kept playing through my mind.

Could I have done anything differently?

Rue was the one to stop my overactive mind.

Her hand raised in her sleep, and her hand connected with the back of my neck, allowing me to relax fully into her.

I fell asleep with the reassuring sound of her heart thumping underneath my ear.

Tomorrow would be a bad day, but we’d get through it.

Chapter 22

There’s a fine line between pissed, and livid. Cleo crossed that line three days ago. God help you all.

-Life Lesson

Rue

“With brave wings, he flies to where he’s always wanted to be. Paris, Texas,” Mina laughed quietly.

Watery laughs overtook the crowd, including the somber men on the bench in front of, beside, and behind me.

I giggled, and the tears that were streaming down my cheeks fell into my open mouth.

The Dixie Wardens, even ones from other Chapters, filled up the first couple rows normally saved for family.

Which, I guess, in all honesty, we were his family.

“He was such a good daddy. I remember the first time he met our girl, Sienna,” Mina wiped her eyes. “He held her up to his face, and breathed in her scent. And what did he say? She doesn’t smell like a baby is supposed to.”

I smiled through the tears, and then started giggling. Cleo, looking down at me, wrapped his arm around me and brought me into his chest.

One hand went around his torso as I leaned into him.

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