“You need to go back to sleep Tala,” I tell her and pick her up.
“I heard you scream,” she says. I curse in Italian and lay her back in bed.
“I’m okay Tala but you need to go to sleep,” I tell her tucking her in.
“Can you lay down with me?” She asks me with puppy dog eyes. I sigh and close the door and lay down next to her. “Is the big guy with brown hair your husband?” She asks. I almost choked when she said that.
“No he’s a friend,” I tell her. She nods and cuddles up next to me. Her breathing evens and she falls asleep. I sigh as her body comes closer to mine. There was a knock on the door and it opened. Titus walked in and I froze.
“Get out,” I say. “Tala is sleeping I’m not doing this right now,” I growl at him. The rumble in my chest made her start to move a little.
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“Luna,” someone said waking me up. I look up and see the light shining through the curtains. I turn my head and see Charlotte standing there.
“Good morning,” I mumble to her. I look down and I see Tala sleeping soundly still. Charlotte looked down at her and smiled.
“Could you make pancakes with two glasses of orange juice?” I request. She nods and walks out the door. I quietly pick up Tala and hold her up to me. She clung around my waist and started to move around.
“Tala it’s time to wake up,” I whisper to her. She lets out a small groan and sleeps again. “Tala,” I said tapping her back. She looks up and rubs her eyes. Her green eyes sparkled as she looked me. I swipe away the hair from her face and she laid back down on my chest.
“Come on Tala. There’s pancakes waiting for you when your changed and ready for today,” I tell her. Her face immediately lit up and she jumped off of me and on the ground. I laugh and follow her. I pick her up and bring her to my bathroom. I dig through my drawers and took out a new toothbrush. I opened it and put toothpaste on it and brushed her teeth.
She skipped into my closet and I realized I had no clothes for her. I walk in and see another section of my closet was filled with clothes her size. She squeals in excitement and runs to the clothes. I saw a sticky note and grabbed it.
Here’s some clothes for Tala
-Titus
That must have been what he came into my room for. I watch her as she goes through the clothes. She picks out a yellow dress with white flowers scattering it.
“Isn’t a bit cold to wear a dress?” I ask her looking at her curiously. She shook her head and quickly changed into it. I smile and shake my head at her cuteness. She puts takes white sandals out and slips them on. She holds her hands out and I carry her. I walk outside and the scent of breakfast foods filled my senses.
I put sit Tala on her a seat at the table and take a seat. Charlotte hands us pancakes. I had Nutella and fruit and Tala had blueberries on hers. I cut up her pancakes and take the knife away from her so she wouldn’t cut herself.
I wipe her mouth and wash her hands. We sit down on the couch. “What do you want to do?” I ask her. She thinks for a second and her daisy lit up.
“I want to see the tall man that I met in that white room,” she finally says.
“Which one?” I laugh. She runs of the couch and brings back a picture frame. It was Titus, Brody, and Jacob. She points to the young guy on the right. “Him.”
It was Jacob. I nod and I pick her up.
“Charlotte I’ll be heading out for an hour,” I yell to her. She nods and I leave for the pack house. I walked in and the stench of Titus was everywhere. I walk to Jacob’s office and knock on his door and no one answered. I walk down to Brody’s and knock. I heard someone yell come in and I see Brody sitting at his desk.
“Do you know where Jacob is?” I ask him. He puts his hand on his chest like he was hurt.
“I’m offended I thought you were coming to see me ,” he said fake pouting. I laugh and look down at Tala.
“This one wants to see him. He must have made an impact on her,” I comment. He nods and points down the hall.
“He’s in Titus’ room,” he tells me. I smile and thank him and walk Tala down there. I knock on the door and let in a sharp breath when I heard Titus say come in. I slowly opened the door and Tala ran jumped out of my arms and into Jacob’s.
I look around the office and make eye contact with Titus.