Dulce

Chappy 14

I walk out of the kitchen and straight up to my room, ignoring the pitiful glances and words from everyone. Knowing they heard everything. I walk into my room, Adelai is awake and looks confused. Poor baby, she's been through a lot.

"Hey sweetie, do you want your mommy and daddy?"

She looks even more confused and says, "You mommy, me no hav daddy."

Fucking hell Theodore, he told her that I'm her mother?

"Who do you live with sweetheart?"

"Tio Theo and Tia Ella" Except when she said it, it was tio teo and tia ewa. Fucking adorable.

"Okay, let's go to them, huh? And you can go home" She wildly shakes her head.

"I want mommy." Okay, what do I do?

"We videoed everything, we taught her that her mother is a badass and she couldn't be with her because she is a spy" I chuckle at Ella's words, and look back at my door to see Teddy and Ella standing there. Ella takes Adelai from the room while saying, "You two need to talk" she shuts the door gently and I can hear her explaining that I need to talk to Tio Teddy for a minute.

"The only thing is, I don't know if I can be a mother. I have nothing to draw from." Teddy sighs.

"Mace, you are the most motherly person I know, you take people i all the time, I don't know a single person who doesn't call you mom." He laughs as he says this. "You walk into the fucking FBI and everyone loves you. Hell, I've seen you walk into street fights and people just automatically love you, they want to please you."

"That's because they're scared"

He sighs again, this man sure is getting hella oxygen today because of me.

"Mace, they don't even know who you are there, you just have this aura that makes people want to follow you. As much as you don't want to, you're a leader. They follow you, and if you want, you can use that quality to do good. I know you can do good. You're one of the best people I know. So many people look up to you! Hell, I look up to you. I wouldn't be here without you, you just need to put your head in the game of life and keep killing it. I love you Mace, and so does every person downstairs." He ends his little speech with tears in his eyes, and hugs me. One of the best hugs I have ever received. And with that, I know I'm home. And I will do anything it takes to stay here.

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Six months later...

I walk into the office and take a seat, just like every other Thursday morning. And I begin to talk,

"I still wake up sad. Sometimes because of nightmares. But sometimes, just because I'm sad. Talking to you is helping, but I'm afraid that once I stop coming, I'll slip into another depression. I had been so deep for so long, I barely remembered how to be happy. But I learned to appreciate the little things. Things like.

Adelai: My little slice of life. She carries me through so much, she has so much love in her little body.

My dogs: I know you thought I forgot about them, but taking care of dogs is boring. So I didn't tell you about it.

Teddy and Ella: When I'm feeling particularly sad, they take Addy out on a tios date. Which I think she might just love a little bit more than her momma.

Brae: We're still working things out, but when he sees his daughter he just lights up, like the fucking fourth of July.

My brother: he's been an amazing help, because he's the only other person in the world that know what I've been through,

Except for you. You've listened to me ramble for so long, and I appreciate it. I know I can be a downer and I'm sorry I've made you an accessory to a couple of crimes, kidding, the police already know. So thank you. Thank you so much Jillian."

She laughs, "Thank you for being open with me Ms. Carem!"

I scoff, "You know my deepest secrets and you still won't call me by my nickname, you could at least call me Dulce"

She smiles again, "Okay Dulce"

AN: And another one.

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