Saving Her

Chapter 20

Sinu's POV

At first, I was leery about having Shawn move in with us, but seeing how amazing he was with my daughter during her time in the hospital and remembering how much my girls love him, it ultimately has been one of the best things I could have allowed.

Before Ale died, I remember walking in on him talking with Shawn about "taking care of his girls" and "keeping them safe Shawn" if something were to ever happen to him. He always appreciated Shawn and ever since Camila introduced him to us back when they were in college, we knew he was going to become a part of our lives in a very big way. Ale didn't have to make Shawn promise to protect us. He was going to do that no matter what. He loves my girls and treats me like his mama. Karen and Manny raised a beautiful boy inside and out, and now more than ever I'm grateful for his relationship with my Mila. He'll never be able to replace her papa, but I know that's not what he's after. I can see it in his face, feel it in his eyes; when he watches Camila, he has the same love and fierceness in his eyes that Ale did. A part of me is holding on to hope that they will figure things out and get together. I know now is not the time, but a mother can dream right?!

I mean, ever since he's moved in, if Camila catches him shirtless, she blushes. If she sees him dancing around the kitchen making us breakfast, she blushes. When she comes home from work and sees him helping Sofi with her homework I swear I see hearts in her eyes. And any time he does something to help me, this is my favorite, she waits until he's done and she goes to hug him and kiss his cheek. It's surprising to me that she is so free around him given what's happened, but I'm glad she's not the scared little girl that lets the world get the best of her.

She is so strong!

One day recently, he was helping me fix our raised garden in the back because the wood was rotten, so he built me a new one and helped plant it. When Camila came home from therapy, she saw Shawn and I finishing up planting and she walked up to him and said "Thank you Shawn! This looks amazing!", pulls him into a huge, but sweaty hug and gives him a kiss on the cheek. Shawn in response drops the tools in his hand, goes stiff as a board and his face turned the darkest shade of red I think I've ever seen on that boy.

Poor mijo probably almost had a heart attack because she never hugs him when he's shirtless, let alone sweaty and dirty from being outside. It was the cutest thing I've ever seen and in they moment, I got a glimpse of what I've been hoping for, what Ale was always pulling for and it made me extremely happy and hopeful that my big babies would somehow, someday find their way to each other.

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Sofi's POV

The last few weeks of having Shawn here have been great! He's like my big brother! When he's not working, he's always helping my mama do things around the house. Or, he's helping me do my homework or grab things from the top shelves that I can't reach. He's still sleeps in between Mila and I in the my bed sometimes, which I know seems inappropriate given I'm a teenager and they are in their 20's, but it's always been our thing and mama is okay with it. I'm especially grateful for those nights when she wakes up screaming and gasping for air and he's there. Those nights scare us both, I can tell, but given what Shawn does as a detective, he's so gentle with her and holds her while she cries. I watch in awe and pray to papa thanking him for allowing someone like Shawn in our lives.

There are a lot of times I watch them interact. She still flinches here and there when someone gets close, but he always does the right thing. He gives her her space when she needs it, and he comforts her when she's having a rough day.

I secretly want them to be together, but I know now is not the right time for her. The wounds are still fresh and she's working on being less broken, but I know my sister won't give herself to someone so easily ever again, even if it's Shawn.

I mean the hugs and kisses on the cheek I see, are cute and his reaction is always hilarious, but I know that's all she can handle right now. I may be 10 years younger than her, but I know her. This whole situation with that asshole Andy really hurt her and because she feels so deeply, it's going to take time to heal what's broken. I'm just happy that Shawn is there for her.

For all of us.

He's been the one constant in Mila's life and in turn mine, outside of our family and I know he knows how much we love and appreciate him, but now more so than ever. I'm excited for what the future holds and I hope one day I'll be able to call him "brother-in-law," but we'll see... only time will tell!