“Got socks made of the same material too. And a blanket. You’ll be in a cocoon of comfy.”
With that, I helped her shimmy out of her tight dress and stockings, then slip into her new outfit, before covering her with the blanket.
“I know you have things to do, but can you hold me for just a few minutes?”
She had some pain meds (the good kind) working through her system. She was probably already getting sleepy.
So I toed off my shoes, climbed on the bed, and pulled her into my arms.
“Oh!” she said, shooting up. “Whoa,” she added, pressing her palm to her aching forehead.
“What’s wrong?”
“Alley.”
“Your cat?”
“What if someone hurts her because of me?”
“Okay. I will have Remo send someone over to get your cat and bring her somewhere safe until we figure out what we’re doing.”
“Soon?”
“As soon as Remo comes back, I promise.”
“Thank you,” she said as she rested back against me.
Just two or three minutes of stroking her hair had her body going lax against me.
I heard Remo come back, but I held her for another minute or two before sliding out from under her and walking back into the common area to find Remo sitting at the dining table, a tray of coffee in front of him.
“I need someone to go get Roe’s cat. She’s worried someone might hurt her.”
“I can do that.”
“You have somewhere to stash her?”
“She can stay at my place. Someone’s always in and out of there to take care of her.”
“Thank you. I know there’s a lot of shit going on, but I think your ass needs to catch an hour or two of sleep.”
“I’ve gone longer without,” he said, reaching for a coffee.
“Tell me what you need.”
“I need to find Dom. That other shit, with Frank, with the people I suspect he’s in debt to, that can wait. But I need to find Dom and know he’s safe.”
“Where is your head on that?”
“The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced it was the woman. So I got men in her room. But she hasn’t been back. Have one of my brothers tracking down someone who can do some facial recognition.”
“So you’re doing everything you can right now.”
“It’s not enough.”
“It’s all you can do.”
“I located the pit boss. She’s getting moved to a safe house for the time being. She ain’t happy about it, but at least we don’t have to worry about her for the time being.”
