His Responsibility {Mafia Male Reader x Abused Female Reader}

Chapter 2: The Full Story (Tristan Pov)

I was in utter shock. This girl really just said that. I wet her hair and began by putting some cinnamon-scented shampoo in her hair, I massaged it through Aspen's honey-coloured hair and rinsed it thoroughly.

"Would you mind explaining?"

"Sure"

I put the matching conditioner in her hair and massaged it in before leaving it to sit, I sat back and listened carefully to Aspen's story.

"My parents were mean and they would hurt me all the time... until you showed up I was scared"

"You poor girl, I won't leave you with a family that will hurt you"

"But I don't want to go, I want to stay with you"

I sighed, having a kid to look after is a lot of work and with my lifestyle... it just won't work.

"You can't stay with me, I do bad things for a living and I don't think it would be a good idea for you to stay with me"

The girl huffed and crossed her arms in an angry way, I chuckled and rinsed her hair.

"But I like you... you're nice and kind"

My heart stopped. In all my life, I have never been told I was nice or kind. This kid had a way of surprising me and it was weird, I grabbed a towel and wrapped her hair up before reaching for another towel. I held the towel open and looked away, I heard water splashing and two feet hitting the tiled flooring. I felt her body lean into the towel, which caused me to wrap her in it and gently guide her out of the bathroom. Once we were in the bedroom, I backed off and grabbed the hairdryer and hair brush.

"Come down to the living room, so I can dry your hair when you're done"

Aspen nods and I leave the bedroom. Once I reached the kitchen, Lucas had finished making dinner and was cleaning up.

"Hey, what took you so long?"

"I was helping Aspen"

Lucas grabbed two short round glasses and a bottle of bourbon. I went to the lounge and sat on the couch next to the outlet. I put down the hair dryer and hairbrush on the coffee table, Lucas sat on the other single-seater couch and poured us a glass. I took a huge swallow of the strong-tasting liquid and put the glass down. Aspen appeared in the room wearing a cute fluffy pink and white bunny onesie, which Lucas absolutely loved.

"Omg that is so cute!"

I rolled my eyes and watched Aspen stroll over to me, I plugged the hair dryer into the outlet and got her to sit on the ground. I turned it on and pointed it towards Aspen's hair, Lucas took the used glasses and bottle away. After some time spent drying and brushing her tangled hair, we were finally done. Lucas had gone to grab Aspen's stuffed teddy, whilst we sat at the table and ate dinner. Aspen was loving her dinner, it was like she hadn't eaten in days.

"Slow down or you'll choke"

"No, I won't"

Her mouth was full and she had this firey look in her eyes, I was finished with my dinner and was just drinking a glass of bourbon that I poured myself.

"Here is your teddy, Aspen"

Lucas handed the teddy to her and immediately she hugged it. I was intrigued by her sudden affection for the fluffy object. It didn't bother me though, Aspen was finished with her dinner and drank her whole glass of water.

"Want to watch a movie?"

I glared at Lucas and he just smiled, Aspen excitedly nodded her head and got off the chair, and I sighed in annoyance. The three of us sat in the living room. I sat on the left side of the couch, Lucas sat on the right side and Aspen sat in the middle. I stretched my legs out and crossed my feet, Lucas was sitting criss-cross applesauce and Aspen sat back with her legs out in front of her. I shook my head at how childish Lucas was, but it was one of the things I had to deal with when he became my secondhand man.

"What are we watching?"

"It's called 'Beauty and the Beast' I bought it"

...

The movie had been playing for a while now and Lucas fell asleep, Aspen and I were still awake. But I was never able to sleep well at night. I turned my head a little to watch Aspen struggle to stay awake. Her head bobbed and her eyes closed, I could see how tired she was and I was about to say something. When Aspen came closer to me and leaned against my side, I went stiff.

She's so gentle that it is ticklish...

I picked her up and took her upstairs, I softly laid Aspen down on the bed and put a blanket over her. I came back downstairs and Lucas was standing up.

"I put Aspen in my room, she fell asleep on the couch"

"Oh alright, I'm going to bed then, goodnight Tristan"

"Goodnight Lucas"

I sat on the couch with another glass of bourbon and the movie was still on, but I changed it to tv and put on a boring show.

It's gonna be a long night...