Another pair of arms wrap around me. “I’ve got you,” Daddy whispers.
“Tobias, let her down so she can explain what she just told us,” Aiden says.
“When she has calmed down and isn’t going to bolt I’ll set her down, but not a second before.”
“Please,” I breathe as I struggle in his embrace.
“What happened?” the man who caught me asks.
“Thanks for catching her, Dom,” Daddy says. “She ran when she told us the truth about a couple of things.”
“Is she both of yours?” he asks. “I thought she was just staying with Tobias.”
“She’s like an older sister to me,” Aiden replies. “Thank you for catching her. I don’t know what we would have done if she hurt herself.”
“She doesn’t know the lodge very well. I was worried she would get lost and we wouldn’t be able to find her,” Tobias says as he rubs my back. “But thankfully you were here.”
“Daddy.” I push against his chest. “Let me go. Please.”
“No, Little One. We aren’t angry at you… just shocked at what you told us. We want to talk to you,” he replies.
I shake my head, tears running down my face.
These damn tears. Any time Daddy is close, I just seem to be crying.
“It’s not up for discussion. You are going to be coming back with us, and we are going to talk about it.” He gives me a pointed look before he leads me back. “You don’t get to drop two big secrets you’ve been holding and then run away, making us worry.”
It doesn’t take long for us to get back to Daddy’s cabin and sit down in the living room.
“Now, do you want to tell us again and not run away this time?” Aiden asks.
“You heard it the first time,” I whisper.
“And we want to hear it again,” Tobias says. “We want to hear it again and be able to ask questions. We aren’t mad at you.”
Well, I’ve already said it once. But their shocked faces mean they really weren’t expecting those words out of me.
Maybe I shouldn’t say it again.
“Mila,” Aiden murmurs.
“Okay.” I hold my hands up. “Can I sit by myself?”
Tobias shakes his head. “I don’t think so. I don’t want you running off again.”
Nodding, I look down at my hands. “I said that I got fired from my job.”
“And?” Aiden asks.
I barely manage to get the next words out. “That if I don’t take some of the stress out of my life, then I’ll have a heart attack.”
“Thank you for telling us,” Daddy says. “When did you get fired from your job?”
“After I landed myself in the hospital for a couple of days.”
“You were in the hospital?” Daddy asks.
“You haven’t told him?” Aiden asks in shock. “Mila, you can’t keep that from him.”
