Possessive: Her Protectors (Kingswood Saga Book 4) Completed

4. Amalie

Telling Mom and the dads had relieved a lot of the pressure I had been feeling and the pills Dada Kier gave me to help me sleep had helped me rest.  When I had woken again it was the following day and the whole family were home.

I nervously got washed and dressed and headed downstairs finding everyone round the dining table at breakfast, Mom had rushed to hug me before dishing me up a huge plate of food, the rest of the family doing their best to act normally, and I knew that was for me.

I looked at Dad Knox and he nodded, knowing what I was asking, they had told the boys, probably just the basics but they knew.  It was both a relief and fear, did they blame me.

After breakfast Talon guided me to the den, Noah and Elijah following behind, shutting the door before Talon pulled me into a tight hug "God, Ama, when we find who did it, they're dead" he whispered into my hair, my brothers coming in close behind in in a group hug as I cried in their hold.

"Do you blame me?" I cried our my fear and Noah pulled back in shock.

"God, No. Ama, your not to blame for anything that happened to you, please sis, don't blame yourself, no-one else does" He said looking me in the eye.

"Promise" I whisper, letting him see my fear and he nods before hugging me tight.

"We Promise" they all said together.

XX

Over the next two weeks, I stayed close to home and my family, I know the dads had been in touch with both Lucy and Paul, and were using their vast resources to track down everything they could about the evening.  I had spoken to Lucy who had apologised again and again that a she failed me and after a tearful conversation we had both felt better.

Now I was waiting for Lucy and Paul to arrive, I had made a decision to take time off from competing, I had lost my passion for it and was struggling to find a way out of my funk.  However, having deferred Uni for a year, because I wanted to compete, that now left me in limbo and sitting around at home was not helping me.

I suspected mom had been talking to Lucy and todays meeting was another intervention but wasn't going to change my mind.  The thought of competing made me freeze.

All the dads were home when Paul and Lucy arrived and mom called me into the dining room to join them.

"I won't compete!" I said sitting down and throwing that out there straight away, ending the light conversation around the table as six pairs of eyes looked at me.

I fidgeted and looked down.

"Amalie, we're not here to persuade you to change your mind" Paul said and I looked at him.

"You're not?"

Lucy shook her head "No, we have an offer for you.  We want to offer you a job" she explained and I sat up.

"A Job?" I looked between my parents, who showed no surprise, they all knew about this.

"Amalie, are you still interested in sports management, after everything that's happened, are you still interested?" Lucy asks and I nod slowly.

"Yes, I am, but..." I pause, not sure what to say.

"I need an assistant, would you be interested?"

I feel my heart race, this was what I wanted to do, before...

"How?"

"Ama, the position is full time, at first, then part time to enable you to go to Uni.  You would stay with Paul and Lucy during the week and home is always here for you, on your days off" Dad Know tells me softly.

"Really?" I feel my eyes water and look at everyone and feel reassured by the smiles.

"Its hard work" Lucy warns and I nod, feeling a smile crack my face for the first time in a long time.

"You'll be looking after some of our athletes and they can be a real pain" Paul adds and I feel the smile widen.

My smile falls as a thought crosses my mind, I have to know. "You really want me to work for you, it's not because of what happened?"

"Hell no, the offer would have come anyway when you started uni, but part time then full time, this way we are just adding a new start" Lucy laughs.  "We want you to work with us, I know we've talked about this before and about your dreams for the future."

I nod and smile, catching mom's eye and she nods at me.

"Yes, I would love to work with you" I say and relax back as everyone congratulates me.

I feel another part of my mind heal and smile as talk turns to start dates and what I need to do to get ready to move.