Total pages in book: 90
Estimated words: 81977 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 410(@200wpm)___ 328(@250wpm)___ 273(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 81977 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 410(@200wpm)___ 328(@250wpm)___ 273(@300wpm)
"Don't worry about it I'll take care of everything."
I stayed with her holding her hand and playing in her hair until she fell asleep with tear tracks on her face. This one was on me, but Cliff Sanders was still going to pay for making her cry.
I held her onto her a little longer before kissing her lips softly and leaving the room.
"Sam, I want those tapes before you call it a night." I kept my voice low in case she awakened and came looking for me.
"Sure thing sir uh, I think you should know he called in reinforcements. I don't think he's aware that we have ears on him. I'm not sure how he thinks we came to be here, but so far he's still speaking freely. Should I leave Bruce here or should we call it a night?"
"I got what I wanted out of there for now you can bring in the Intel in and call it a night." I hung up the phone, reinforcements huh, probably his partner in crime Stark. Good, I hope they talked very freely then I could kill two birds with one stone.
I walked back to the bedroom to check that she was okay; she was sleeping peacefully curled up on her side. I kissed her brow and pulled the covers higher up around her shoulders and stood over her just looking at her.
I can’t believe she was really here, even with the events of the last few hours it seemed unbelievable that she could really be mine. If I stopped to think about it I’d probably think I’d lost my damn mind. I shook my head even as the smile broke out across my face. Whatever had brought us here to this moment she was mine, this beautiful unbelievable creature was truly mine. “I’m going to make you so fucking happy Blossom, see if I don’t.”
Tomorrow her life with me begins. He might've destroyed those few paltry gifts but I will replace them and more. From now on she would have everything her heart desires, everything he’d denied her her whole life I will see that she gets. But most importantly I will show her that she was worth a hell of a lot more than he had planned to sell her for.
GIDEON
Iprowled the living room when I wasn't checking in on her, those little whimpering noises she made in her throat made me want to go tear him limb from limb. But that was too easy when I hit him I’m going to hit him hard and with longer repercussions. As much as I’d like to kill the fuck he was still her father so my hands were somewhat tied.
I had the tapes from tonight in my possession but I haven't listened to them as yet because I don't want any interruptions when I finally do listen to them. She might need me and I didn’t want to there to be a chance that she’d come looking for me and overhear them.
I can't go to sleep because I have to keep an eye on her I think she's fucking traumatized. Not to mention the fact that I'm too fucking fired up to even think about sleep. I have to get my head straight so I can decide what my next play’s gonna be.
He obviously didn’t believe me when I said I’d hurt him if he fucked with her so now I have to send his stupid ass a message, one that he won’t misinterpret and won’t soon forget.
Then there’s her state of mind. I have her here now but what about in a couple days when things have calmed down? Will she want to return to him? It wasn't going to happen, no matter what she wasn't going back, ever, but would she want to?
I wasn't worried about school, getting her paperwork was no problem, and I'd already put a man there to keep an eye on her, though her father would still have access to her being her guardian of note.
That thought struck me again, the one about marrying her to get her out from under his thumb, but was I ready for that, and more importantly, was she?
It would be child's play to get a protection order against him, I had the necessary contacts to pull that off, but then she would have to deal with the signing and all that and I didn't want her going through any more than she already had. I ran through everything I could think of to protect her keep her safe. The one sure thing I kept coming back to was to keep her with me at all cost. It was the only way I could see where I could be sure that nothing else befell her.
I headed back to the bedroom and watched her as she slept, so beautiful, so peaceful, and so young.