Jekyll frowned. “Yeah, that’s weird.”
“Right?”
“Why would you do a check on her?”
“Because, unlike some people, I actually care what happens to my kids. I need to know who I’m dealing with in order to best defend my position in keeping them.”
“You ever think you might take on a little too much?”
I shook my head. “I get that you don’t do kids, Hyde, but I do. And I understand that I can’t save every kid, but I will do anything, and I mean anything, to protect those in my care.”
“Yeah, I see that,” he said, wrapping his hand around mine. “And I’m kinda realizing it’s one of the things I like the most about you.”
A knock at my door interrupted any response and I called, “Come in,” just as the door slid open.
“Ekyll,” a little voice cried quietly, sniffing like she’d been crying for a while.
Bellamy walked in carrying a tiny little girl who suddenly pitched forward, toward Jekyll. He was up and catching her before she fell.
“Ekyll,” she sobbed, wrapping one arm around his neck.
“What happened?” Jekyll asked.
“You were gone too long,” Bellamy accused. “She wouldn’t sit still for the tech, so her x-rays are going to have to wait until you can sit with her.”
“Who’s this?” I asked, and Jekyll carried the little girl to my side.
“This is Mina,” he said, sitting beside me.
“Hi, Mina.” I smiled. “It’s very nice to meet you. I’m Indigo.”
“You have owies?” she rasped.
“I do, baby. You do too, huh?”
She nodded into Jekyll’s shoulder.
“Well, once they can get pictures of your owies, honey, they can make you feel better,” I said.
“I let the nurses know Mina would be up here. They said they’d come and get her when a tech was ready to x-ray her again,” Bellamy said.
Mina shook her head. “Ekyll.”
“You’re going to have to go with her, Hyde,” I said.
“Thanks for the update, Captain Obvious,” he grumbled, and I smiled, which made Mina smile. This was a good first step.
Bellamy stepped over to me and handed me a stack of paperwork. “We get them all?”
She nodded. “Now we just gotta figure out where to put them. I’ve got Jessa and Bryan bringing the vans with car seats. Apparently, the Howlers are fixing everything that was busted, so the rest of the staff can hang with the kids back at the house.”
“We’ll make room,” I said, distractedly skimming through everything. “Did the girls eat?”
“No,” Bellamy said. “That was my next task.”
“Are you hungry, Mina?” I asked.
She looked up at Jekyll and whispered, “Hungy, Ekyll.”
