Page 33 of Shattered Love
I sigh, biting my lip, something I’ve done since I was little whenever I was nervous.
“I don’t know what it is, but it doesn’t all add up. It’s like two plus two, but I’ve got five. The answers are there but I’m not seeing it, Cecelia completely denies she in a relationship with Brax, but I know she cares for him whoever he is?”
Molly nods. “Yes, I know what you mean. She’s so scared of breaking the rules of stepping over that imaginary line, she has drawn.”
I agree with Molly. Cecelia is too careful and she works harder than anyone I know. She is a couple of years younger than Molly and I but you would think she was years older. She never let’s go, is careful with everything she spends, and I’ve never heard her talk of going out.
“She said once she wished her dad would look at her again the way he used to, something is telling me that something broke Cecelia. Something she’s still paying for.”
I get lost in my thoughts of Cecelia, hoping she is okay, but something tells me she is a lot stronger than anyone gives her credit for.
* * *
We walkin the house and Carter’s eyes widen as he sees Molly’s bags. She’s even more chipper than when she first arrived. What is she eating? Give me some of it.
Molly grins, holding up two arms full of bags. “There was a sale.” She grabs a shoe out. “Look how pretty they are.”
I smirk as I walk over to Dominic who leans against the wall watching me. His sleeves are rolled up showing off his ink. His hair unruly just like I remember it in school, only this time, I walk up to him and run my fingers through it. “Hey.”
Lips pulling to one side as his eyes check me over. “Beautiful.”
I grin. “Close your eyes.”
He studies me before listening.
I grab the three small items out of the bag. “Hold your hands out.”
Once he does, I place the items in his hands.
“Open.”
His eyes open slowly, looking at me before the small items. He sucks in a small breath. The first item is a small baby suit which says, “I wear bows my daddy wears a badge.” The second reads, “My hero wears a badge. I call him daddy.” Lastly, there is, “Daddy’s little rookie.”
I also pull out a top for Dominic as well, which says, “I have a beautiful daughter. I’m also a cop that knows how to use a gun and make you disappear.”
He doesn’t take his eyes off the little items, tracing his fingers across the wording. “I’m really going to be a daddy.”
Carter grins, pointing at my stomach. “Too late to change your mind, Stone.”
Dominic narrows his eyes, making Carter physically flinch.
“I’ll never change my mind. They are mine.”
Molly’s eyes widen as she looks at Dominic. “Wow.”
Yeah.I smile. Wow.
“Where’s Mac?”
Molly frowns she doesn’t seem to like Mac much, they tend to avoid each other.
Carter sighs. “Trouble with his sister.”
I curl up to his side, wrapping my arm around his waist. “I hope everything is okay.”
Dominic squeezes me. “Yeah, I think she’s dating a prick and Mac wants to get his hands around the little fucker’s neck.”
Molly snorts. Her eyes roll as her lip curls up. “Yeah like Mac is going do anything?”
