“This is very irregular.”
“Do you have places for them to go?” Bellamy challenged.
Drea sighed. “Well, no.”
“This solves that. Walker House, along with Indigo and me individually, are approved to foster, so this gives the girls safe shelter while the authorities look into their situation.”
“And you can get them to Walker House safely? You have enough car seats?”
“We will get what we don’t have,” Bellamy said. “And, of course, you are welcome to swing by this week to check on them.”
I raised an eyebrow at her. It was gonna take more than a minute to fix the damage and clean up, so I hoped to fuck, CPS didn’t plan on coming tomorrow.
“I will interview each of the girls and then go from there,” Drea said.
“Can I stay wiff Ekyll?” Mina squeaked.
Drea stepped to her bed. “No, but you can go with Bellamy.”
Mina dropped her head back and sobbed. “No! I want Ekyll.”
Jesus Christ.
“Well, this is quite irregular,” Drea mused.
“Mina, Jekyll will come and visit you at Walker House,” Bellamy promised.
“Has he been verified?” Drea challenged.
“Well, no,” Bellamy confirmed. “But we will get right on it. He will also never be alone with any of the children.”
“I want to see the reportbeforehe has any contact.”
“Of cours—”
“Ekyll!” Mina screamed.
“Maybe we could bend the rules a little bit?” Bellamy asked, and Mina screamed louder...if that was possible.
“Perhaps,” Drea said, and Mina immediately stopped wailing, but added a sniff for effect.
I raised an eyebrow at her, and the little cretin smiled slightly, wrapping her arms around one of mine again. Considering the fact there was no evidence of tears, I had a feeling she knew exactly what she’d just done. Toddler or not.
She dropped her head to my bicep, and I focused back on Bellamy and Drea. It took another few minutes for Bellamy to finally get Drea to agree to the situation, handing her a stack of paperwork to fill out and sign.
While Bellamy worked on her writer’s cramp, I texted Sundance to let him know Walker House needed to be fixed up as soon as possible.
“Ekyll?”
“Yeah, baby?” I said distractedly.
“I have to go potty.”
I whipped my head up, frantically looking for Bellamy to rescue me. She smiled, setting the paperwork on the bed beside Mina. “I’ll take you, honey.”
“No, I want Ekyll.”
“Baby, that’s not gonna happen,” I said. “You need to go with Bellamy.”
