Broken

Chapter Nineteen

Daisy's POV

I have been sitting here in the dark, fully clothed with my suitcase beside me. I have been trying to talk myself into heading out that door and to the airport to head to Virginia. I can't let him harm my new family. I have to take care of this myself. Why can't I just leave? I want to protect them all and my heart is lying asleep in the next room. If anything happened to him, I don't know what I would do. I don't think I could live without him. I thought I loved Scott, but what I have for Dustin is so much different. Thinking about if I ever had to live without him takes my breath away and I feel like my heart is being torn out of my chest. I have to do this though. I can't let that monster hurt him or anyone else. I have got to get up and go to keep them all safe. I finally got up the nerve to move from the chair and head for the door. I take one look back to the bedroom and slowly turn to walk toward the door. As my hand reaches for the door, I hear a voice come from behind me.

"Daisy, where are you going?"

I slowly turn around to see a sleepy Dustin, rubbing his eyes. I freeze to my spot, not able to say anything.

"I...I..."

Were you leaving us?"

"Dustin, I don't want you to get hurt. If I leave, you would be safe and so would everyone else."

He slowly walks toward me, when he gets close to me, he puts his hand on my cheek as I lean into it.

"You don't know that. This man is a psycho. We could be in more danger if you leave. He may hurt us to get to you. Please don't leave. I'm afraid of what he could do to you if he got you."

"I've got to do this. This needs to stop. I am over it all."

"Listen, if you want, you and I can fly out in the morning and get to Virginia before everyone and file a restraining order and give everything to the police."

"I don't know. Maybe if I keep running, you will be safe."

"You can't run forever. He will always come after you. I can't live without you, Daisy. You are my world."

I stand and look into and I can see love, worry and concern in his eyes. He carefully leans down and kisses the tears from my cheek, I didn't even realize they were falling.

"Alright, let's do that. I am so sorry."

"There is nothing to be sorry about. You are scared. Just know that we are all here for you. I love you."

"I love you too."

He gently leads me back to the bedroom and helps me slip out of my clothes and back into bed. He climbs in behind me and wraps his arms around me tightening his grip as if I will leave again while he is asleep. I still don't know how I deserve this man. His thoughts are always of my safety first. My thoughts still run around in my head and it takes a while for me to finally get to sleep

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Dustin's POV

We went back to sleep for a few hours. The sun was just coming up on the horizon and I quietly got up and headed out to the kitchenette to make some coffee. Once I have made a cup, I sit at the counter and think about last night. I know this could be the worst ever, taking her into the lion's den but she is determined to finish this and I don't want her to go alone. Today we would all be leaving. She wants to get there as fast as possible so we are going to fly into Virginia. Once we get settled in, we will head to the precinct and get the paperwork started. I don't know how this will work, but hopefully it will set things in the right direction. I grab my phone and call Colin and Jason to tell them to come to my room. It wasn't too long before they were knocking at my door.