Strings of Fate

Strings of Fate

202- Calories and clothing

I wake up late in the morning, it might even be early afternoon. I wriggle around a little. which prompts Bellamy to do the same, he is apparently already awake. He raises a finger to his lips to shush me before I speak and I can see why. Kiara is still sleeping, lying in the bed between us. She is still loosely holding onto my arm, even in sleep. I slowly disentangle myself from her light grip and slide out of bed. Bellamy follows, clearly doing his best not to jostle her and wake her up. She definitely needs the sleep. She was restless for a good part of the night and almost definitely was having nightmares, but she seems like she’s sleeping soundly now. My own sleep was blissfully quiet. No visions or anything thank goodness. I’m looking forward to having several weeks of steady sleep and so help me if anything tragic or dramatic happens for the next few weeks then whoever is responsible should probably be terrified of me. We step into the hallway to talk without disturbing Kiara.

“We should probably set up one of the guest rooms for her.” Bellamy comments thoughtfully. I nod my agreement.

“Yeah, and we need to get her some clothes.” I hesitate before adding,

“I thought maybe Kiara and I could go this afternoon when she’s up? We’ll take Aaron obviously.” I’m not sure why this is coming out as a question. We’ve caught the killers, it

should be totally safe for us to go out again. Okay, I guess I don’t want Bellamy’s permission exactly, I don’t need it. But I would like his approval. I can practically see the thoughts passing through his head as he considers.

“Yes, I think that would be a good idea. Maybe see if Megan wants to go too? You’ve both been cooped up for way too long. It’ll be good for you to get out. Get the kid some clothes. and maybe a few other things, comfort items, toiletries, books? I don’t know, whatever it is that make girls her age feel at home. Whatever it is that she likes. Get her some snacks and junk food too, she could use the extra calories. I’m going to talk to Alex about looking into her family situation. Her parents passed, but she might have some extended family out there somewhere.” He reasons. I nod, I know that finding her family would be ideal for her, but I don’t think I’m ready to say goodbye yet. Then again, I doubt it will happen immediately and in the meantime I will spoil that girl to the best of my ability. I’m thrilled that Bellamy is agreeing to my plan to go out. He seems far more relaxed with the threat against me taken care of but I suspect it will take him a while to lower his guard a bit and settle down completely. Still he’s being more than reasonable. I find I am ridiculously excited to go

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my arms around his n*ck in a hug. Bellamy laughs and hugs me back. When I pull away he

whispers, causing me to flush bright red. I retreat back into the bedroom to grab my clothes and change in the ensuite. Kiara is just starting to stir

upright in alarm, her eyes wide and searching the room frantically. I

to her

and after a minute or so her breathing begins to steady out

I ask and she nods, hiding her face

better today at least.” I comment. It’s not a lie. She still looks way

she isn’t nearly as pale and a lot of her

no

tilts her head to the side adorably while she thinks. She ends up holding up a hand and tilting it to the side in a ‘so–so‘ type motion.

around.” I tell her. Kiara looks eager and immediately launches herself out of the bed. She does it so enthusiastically that she catches her foot on a blanket and tumbles out head first and lands in a heap on the floor. I’m worried for a half a second until she pushes herself

few tentative steps then beams at me happily at her success. A second later she folds forward. The movement is so sudden that I think she’s fallen again, but no, she’s actually just bent over and is touching her toes. She seems thrilled to be able to move around so easily. I make a mental note to

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