She looks up and just stands there, like she’s got no fight in her. I hate it.
Getting up, I go to her instead and pick her up, carrying her back to the bed. “I got you, sweetheart. Everything’s fine. I got you.”
“He keeps calling,” she whispers, her tone broken. “Why won’t he stop calling?”
Fucker. I’m calling Cherese as soon as Daisy is asleep.
“I’ll make sure he stops.”
“How?”
“He’s harassing you and that goes against the protection order. I’ll have Cherese do something.”
“That’ll only make him worse.”
Let him spend a couple of nights in jail and see how he feels. I don’t say that to her as it’ll only upset her more, but asswipe needs to know how serious this is. He’s not dealing with Daisy now. He’s dealing with me and an entire firm of lawyers if need be. Cherese said several of the attorneysat her firm agreed to help out pro bono if the need arises. They don’t like abusive assholes either.
“How many times has he called?”
“Dylan shut my phone off when the voicemails hit twenty-nine and the text messages were over a hundred.”
Mother fucker.
“Did you listen to any of them?”
“I didn’t want to hear his voice.”
“Good girl,” I praise and lay down, bringing her with me. Time to change the subject and try to calm her down. “What did you do today to keep busy?”
“I cooked and Christa and I binge watched Harry Potter while devouring some of the best pizza I’ve ever had.”
“Potter fan?”
“Who isn’t?”
“My grandma. She doesn’t like the books either.”
“Huh. Nana loved them. I remember she’d go all out and dress up when she took us to the film premiers.”
“You guys didn’t get embarrassed?”
“God yes, but we went anyway.”
I stroke her hair, trying to soothe the tension out of her.
“Did she dress up for Halloween too?”
“Oh yeah. She could do the best Halloween makeup. My friends would always come over just to have her do theirs. Shemade sure my birthday parties were the event of the year. We might not have had a lot of money, but she made sure we never wanted for important things.”
“I wish I could have met her.”
“Me too. She’d have loved you.”
“Nice to know I’d have passed the family test.”
She snorts. “I didn’t say you’d get through Robbie. He’s rabid now, especially after Joe. He’ll put you through your paces when he comes home next month.”
“Your brother will be home?”
