Page 48 of Butch

Her hand flew to her mouth as nausea took over her.

“I’m going to be sick,” she mumbled.

Daddy stood up, holding her close as he rushed toward the bathroom, making it just in time for her to spill all the liquids she had drunk that day.

“I didn’t think he would go to so many lengths,” she whispered and then gagged.

“Shh, no more talking about this. No more thinking about it, either,” Daddy said as he held her hair back. “You’re going to make yourself sick again if this continues.”

Raelynn threw up one more time before she leaned against Daddy’s chest.

“He wanted us to get legally married this year,” she whispered, tears running down her face. “It was supposed to happen on my birthday.”

She had planned to keep everything from Daddy about what happened while she was with Edmund, but he deserved to know.

“I knew once that happened, I would never be able to leave him. Not unless I died. It had been my dream to see you one last time,” she continued. “The only person I wanted to marry was you. If I couldn’t have you, then I didn’t want anyone else.”

Daddy cleaned her face with a washcloth before flushing the toilet and standing with her in his arms.

“I never gave up on finding you. If that bastard made you marry him, I would have taken you away and gotten you a divorce,” Daddy said as he sat her on the bathroom counter. “I’m glad you got away, though. Now you’re here and mine forever.”

Raelynn stayed silent as Daddy got her toothbrush and brushed her teeth for her. She had missed the simple things in life. He had a way to make her feel so comfortable, doing everything for her. Like it was natural, and she wasn’t just being lazy.

“Come on, spit, and then we are going to get you into bed, where you are going to relax,” Daddy said. “Doc said you needed all the rest you can get. We don’t want you getting sick.”

After Raelynn spat out the toothpaste, Daddy helped her off the counter and back into the room.

“What if he gets me before you can do anything?” she asked when he pulled the covers over her.

Daddy was sitting next to the bed, holding her hand. “He’s not going to do that. We have people patrolling the clubhouse, and we have everyone on lockdown. You aren’t going to leave anyone’s sight. We will get him before anything can happen.”

“But what if that doesn’t work?” she asked. “He knows a lot of people. He could get you all arrested.”

Daddy leaned forward and kissed her lips. She melted into the bed and looked at him lazily. Rae wanted to go further with him, but she didn’t want to do that in the clubhouse, where anyone could hear them.

Nope.

That would be mortifying.

“We have connections as well. So don’t worry about that. We are going to take care of this. Everything is going to be okay,” Daddy explained. “I need you to trust Daddy on this.”

“I do trust you,” she whispered.

“Good. Now, why don’t you take a little nap, and Daddy will be right here the whole time,” he said.

“I don’t want to,” she mumbled.

Daddy gently ran his hands over her hair. “I know you don’t, but you’ve had an eventful two days, and you need to get some rest. I won’t go anywhere.”

Raelynn’s eyes started to droop. “Promise?”

“I promise, Little Fairy.”

Everything was too loud. Her eyes scanned the room as she tried to find Daddy. She needed to get out of this big room, but she didn’t want to seem rude to everyone. Different people had been coming up to her, telling her they were happy she was part of the family and that Butch had found her.

Or at least that was what she was gathering from the bits and pieces of the conversation. She couldn’t hear very well when people came up and talked to her.

“Are you okay?” Reaper asked as he stood in front of her.