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Maasped "That is not your job,and the trailer went silent But then I heard Austin quietly singing Mamma’s favorite lullaby to Levi and I nodded my head "Si, Mamma This is my job I need to look after you all, and I promise I alill… I’ll never let anyone hurt you or ain I will always keep you safe…"

Thick tears fell downwith the cold rain as that memory played in my mind

I will always keep you safe…

As I pictured Axel and Levi, I suddenly felt at peace With one, they’d be safe There’d be no one Austin’s new family would be safe and Levi wouldn’t be in any more pain

I will always keep you safe…

I smiled as the rain fell harder I’d finally done it They’d finally be safe

Closinghold, I saw Ally with her chin on her fist, her hair pushed to one side as she s thanked God in that second that I’d had her… that I’d had her, even if it was only for a short while At least I got to feel what that kind of love was like, even if it was just a brief moment of time

I tried to hold on to the picture of Ally’s face, until I couldn’t hold on to Ally’s picture no

Chapter Twenty-One

Ally

"You haven’t seen him either, Vin?"

"Not since yesterday," he replied

"Okay, thanks," I said and ended the call As I stared at the floor, a peculiar feeling turned in my stomach

I’d waited at Axel’s studio for hours, but he didn’t show I’d tried his cell, but the battery must have died Vin hadn’t seen him, so I assumed he was at Austin’s house

A whisper of a sht of how nervous Axel was about telling his brothers about his show, his art… what he’d been doing for years In ht, one for Austin, Levi and Lexi They had to be there I still wasn’t sure if Axel would ainst people knoho he was, but his family should see his work… after all, they were the source of his inspiration

In minutes I’d turned into Austin’s driveway and parked up my car I rapped on the door and after a short wait in the rain, Austin opened the door