Shattered Girl (Emmy)

Chapter 132

Then I will just lock us away in my bedroom. The guys can handle anything that comes up, and they will bring us food when we need to recharge."

I laughed so hard I thought I would pass out. "I dont think that will go over very well, either." I just pictured the looks on the other guys' fa Patrick told them his plan. faces when

Patrick grinned. "I don't hear you say no, though. Love."

1 never would; I like the idea as much as you as you do," I said.

Still smiling, Patrick took my hand and led me to the corner of the living room, where the reading chairs were. He sat down and pulled me into his lap, and we just talked, keeping everything light and playful. After a while, though, I grew quiet, and Patrick tilted my head to see my face.

"Are you doing okay, Love? It's been a hard week," he said gently. He then began playing with my hair, wrapping it around his finger and tugging gently.

has been," I said." And I still need to figure out what I have to do now that both my parents are gone, the guy's dad is still missing, and all that other stuff going on. Part of me wants just to say fuck it and focus on us and our future, you know, something good and positive for a change." I sighed, leaning further into his chest.

"Then do it. You know we will all be there for anything you want to do,"

"I know you guys are, but it makes me feel like I'm just hiding from the problems. I'm tired of running and hiding."

Patrick wrapped his arms around me, kissing the top of my head. "You are one of the strangest, most self-reliant people I have ever known. We are building our own family, and we love you as much as you love us. The history with your parents and all the other baggage that goes with it, you can let it go now; we have you, I promise."

it

I loved that he had so much faith in me, more than I could ever tell him. But still.....

"Talk to me, Love. I dont have magical knowledge to see what's going on in that beautiful head of yours, but I'm here; if I can fix it, I will, but if you just need someone to listen, I can do that too." He tugged gently on my hair again. "Tell me how I can help Love." "I want answers to things I will probably never know," I said,

a

my mother left my father. Why did she never come back for me or try to contact me? Do I have any other relatives somewhere? How much do

and you dont have a single selfish or greedy bone in that amazing body of yours,

"I love you

you too, he

want to try to find out if you have any other

know; I never wanted to know before, but now... A headache began to pulse behind my eyes because this

not want to know, or are you afraid of being disappointed in what you find

Patrick's lap until I sat sideways and could

and stepfather. About the choices she made when she left me behind with my father. Why did she marry someone with children and was around them but never wanted me," I reached out and caught Patrick's fingers. I have been hating her for so long, ever since my father began hurting me.

get why you want to understand, which is why you

your mother. Love. You have a

and are looking for something

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"I don't think I have

do," Patrick snid as his smile grew. "That big heart of yours made room to love us all, it loves us even when

heated with a blush, and

us. We don't need to compete for your attention. You make sure each of us has the time we need with you. You are the one who brought us together as a family." He turned me in his lap again,

will all be there for every step you take, and if you do find some relatives you never knew about and they ever do something to hurt you, well, you won't

a feeling if we had more privacy, I would have been riding him already, but wile Patrick

my sleep shorts one time.

I loved, and here I was, thinking up ways to tease and drive them wild. I didn't think it would be that hard; they loved teasing

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