Shattered Girl (Emmy)

Chapter 106

The smell of coffee and bacon woke me. Sitting up, I stretched, and my stomach rumbled. I slapped my hand over it, trying to keep quiet so I wouldn't wake jake, who was still soundly asleep beside me. I kissed his brow gently before climbing out of bed and heading for the bathroom. I dressed quickly and followed the strong scent of coffee into the kitchen.

I kissed Drew's lips in thanks when he handed me my cup of coffee, perfectly made the way I liked it. Taking it with me, I made my way to the dining room table and sat with my eyes closed, just breathing in the scent of the potent brew, "We need to get more of this to bring back to the city. It's much better than what we have there," I told Josh as he sat beside me, placing a plate of bacon, eggs, and toast in front of me.

"Drew was the one who picked it out, so he will know what it's called. We can probably stop on the way out and pick up a few bags to take with us. Josh said before inhaling his food like a teenage boy in the middle of a growth spurt. I just shook my head and picked up my fork, eating normally. When Drew joined us a few minutes later, he assured me we would stop and get some of the fantastic coffee to bring back to the city with us.

"Tim glad someone else is as big a coffee snob as I am, 1 told Drew, giving his hand a squeeze. I didn't have a chance to get really good coffee often, but when I did, I always savored it. Drew gave me a gentle smile.

"I love you," Drew said before kissing the top of my head and heading back into the kitchen with his empty plate.

"Love you too," I called after him. I had finished my breakfast and was just sitting at the table savoring the last of my coffee when Jake sat down next to

"Moming, sweetheart," He mumbled.

sleepy head," 1 teased him. All I

function well in the morning." I continued, nudging his arm. When I got no response, I let him drink his coffee, and after a couple of minutes, he blinked at me before his sweet smile spread across i his face. "There you are. Has the caffeine started working? I joked. Jake

everything feels surreal. Have you ever felt like all this unexpected stuff is happening to you, but it feels like you're watching it on

it would get to the point that it seemed like I was watching what was happening to me. I think it was mechanism, at least for me."

for being so patient with me over the last few days. I know I have some issues around being left by people I love." Jake twined our fingers together before pulling our linked hands toward him and

Jake slid his chair closer to me, pulling me into his embrace, and we just sat in companionable silence for several minutes. Just as we were standing to bring our empty breakfast dishes into the kitchen, Patrick came around the corner, his phone pressed to his ear and visibly upset. When he saw us standing there, he turned and walked outside, still listening to whoever

room in search of his brothers. I stood there, anxious but not wanting to distract Patrick from his conversation. I knew he would tell us what was happening as soon as possible. Jake returned with his brothers just as Patrick ended the call and returned inside. Without saying anything, Patrick nodded his head in the direction of

go to him, but I knew the brothers, especially the twins, were going to need

only sound I heard was heavy breathing. The only movement was Jake's hand tightening on mine. Finally, Drew was

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