"Okay, think about this reasonably Butch, what are the chances that A: this Aaron guy is there right now? B: that he's there alone or defenseless in some way and C: that we don't die or worse if he finds us out? I mean we really don't know how much firepower or any other kind of power this guy has, and if he targeted James himself he's clearly got something going for him. Be that money, or information or anything, we can't be impulsive on this." Frankie rationalizes
"Frank's right, if we go there at this point, guns blazing, we may all be taken out and that can't happen." Jaime says looking at me
"Right then chicken shits, how do you plan on getting whatever it is that shithead's brother took?" He said gesturing towards Johnny, knocked out on the couch.
"We don't know if he took anything." Anders says
"We don't know 'e didn't neither, you're not the only ones who could lose something." Butcher says looking down
"We really should check everything out, we haven't exactly had the chance to. It's nine in the morning so I should check on Rose." I say
"Yes, you should. Go love, check on Ro, and change or take a shower. God knows you probably want one since cleaning up the red room even after I said no." Jaime says and kisses my forehead
I head upstairs quickly and check on Rose first thing. She's awake and reading her animal book, smiling and happy to see me.
"Hey, how's my brave baby girl doing?" I say as I wrap her up in my arms and sit on her bed
"Mm, okay. I had a bad dream." She mumbles, still in her sleepy voice.
"En serio? About what, baby?" I ask, worried about how much she remembers
"Daddy found a bad man in my room. He beat him up and he yelled a lot. You were crying." She says as her head lays on my chest "You smell funny."
I swallow the lump in my throat and say "Yeah, let's go take a shower. You wanna use your princess soap?"
"Yeah!" She says excitedly as she jumps off the bed and runs to the bathroom
I laugh, relieved that all she remembers is a few vague memories and just thinks it's a nightmare. We shower, I get dressed and throw the disgusting robe out and buy a new one online.
How am I gonna introduce her to our..new friends?
"Tengo hambre, Mami."
"Okay, let's get you some breakfast. Pero primero, your dad and I have some friends over. So don't be scared and say hello."
She nods and puts her little hand in mine as we walk downstairs since she can still only go one stair at a time.
The guys were talking all in whispers as I said "Okay, Rosie these are Mommy and Daddy's friends. This is Anders, Butcher and Frankie. Say hi."
She smiles and waves at them and they all smile and wave back and ask cute questions like "How old are you?" And "How are you so big?" It's funny how these big bad men turn into little puppy dogs when you put a little girl in front of them.
"Okay, time for breakfast." I say and head to the kitchen with her in my arms.
I set her down on the table and she asks for honey toast so I give her that with some peanut butter and a glass of almond milk and I go to the kitchen door to ask
"Hey, you boys want anything?"
"Sorry?" Butcher asks
"I said do you guys want anything?" I repeat
"Not unless you veg-heads have some bacon and eggs in there." He responds
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No Spare Key
RomanceLucy has made a lot of mistakes, she doesn't regret any of them because they gave her little Rosie. That does not mean however that she would be stupid enough to repeat those mistakes. Without her god-awful ex husband, she's been able to make a go...
