“That’s great, sweetheart,” Luca said with a smile. “Do you know your birthday?”
“I tuwned six on seven, seven.”
“Did you go to the house before or after your birthday?” Luca asked gently.
“Before,” Mina whispered.
“Good job, honey,” Luca said. “I think this is good for now. We’re going to get the people who hurt you. I promise, okay?” Mina nodded, and Luca rose to his feet. “Nice to meet you, Indigo.”
“You too,” I said, and Jekyll walked him out of my room.
Indigo
Two days later, I was released from hospital jail. More like paroled, actually.
I still had to show up every day for physical therapy, and if I missed any time at all, the doctor threatened to admit me again. In the meantime, I had been signed out into Jekyll’s care, who had insisted he be the one to look after me despite my objections. My dad offered but there was a reason I moved out when I was eighteen. Don’t get me wrong, I love him, but I could not live with him, so Jekyll said it was either him or my dad. I chose the lesser of two evils. At least, I hope I did.
To make things a little more complicated, Mina wouldn’t let Jekyll leave her sight, so she was coming to stay at my place as well. Just until she felt more comfortable about staying at Walker House.
Jekyll was going to have to go through all the required background checks and classes before he could be alone with Mina, so Bellamy was onboard to stay with me at night until we could organize something better.
Basically, I’d taken on way too much once again, and I didn’t know how I was going to do it all while in a partial body cast, but I was determined to protect Mina with everything I had.
“I’m taking you home,” Jekyll said, lifting me gently into my car.
“You’re taking me to Walker House,” I countered... again. We’d been arguing about this for close to an hour now and I was over it.
“Indigo—”
“I need to see it, Hyde,” I said. “I promise, I won’t overdo anything while I’m there. I also want Mina to see it so she can see her friends are safe and get to know her new home.”
“You’re not gonna win this one, Jekyll,” Bellamy interjected as she buckled Mina into a booster seat. “Just let it go.”
“Bellamy can drive me,” I said, and Jekyll growled... literally growled. “Okay, then you need to quit giving me crap about it.”
He frowned as he secured my seatbelt and closed my door before jogging around to the driver’s seat and folding his big body inside.
