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"Because ofhi their conversation the doors had been opened

At least the doors worked quietly and efficiently, he thought as several pairs of hands grabbed hi pulled back his fist and let it fly, Connor hoped that they didn’t break his jaw so that he could beg Rory for a second chance That’s if she came to visit him in intensive care

"Mother fker!" Connor gasped as Craig punched hiive out, but before he dropped to the ground, Bryce and Sean were there, picking hiht back up forto help him, but her father blocked her and kept her in the elevator

He kept his eyes locked on her as he told the twins, "She doesn’t get past me until we’re done and you make da, Uncle David," Darrin said as he and his identical twin, Reese, stepped in front of the elevator and stood side by side, standing guard and blocking her view of Connor getting his ass kicked by her brothers

"Shit!" she heard Connor groan a few seconds later

"Dad, please tell the as she placed her hands on her face, struggling to keep it together

"I’"

"They’re going to kill hi to stay cal

"Dad, please-"

"Why didn’t you call me when you were hurt? For that matter, why don’t you call et ive you away?"

"What?" she asked, taken off guard "Why would I call you?" she blurted out before she could stop herself

"Because I a his teet pissed, really pissed, he never lost control, never shouted, never at her

"When you’re hurt or need someone, I should be the first person that you call! Do you have any idea how fking scared I hen I found out that you’d been rushed to the hospital by a hter was seriously injured because no one called me!"

"Dad, I-"

"Do you have any idea how it feels to have to sit outside your child’s house, scared to death that they were in pain or worse that they ht? Do you?" he snapped, looking angrier than she’d ever seen hiht us to be self-reliant I didn’t think that-"

"That’s bullshit your brothers shoved down your throat! You are hter and there will never be a time when I don’t worry about you or want to take care of you You were stubborn and didn’t want to let your brothers think that you eak so you tried to act tough You were irl,ot home from work until you turned five and your brothers decided to treat you like a little brother Froheaded as they were and you stopped being , his expression turning sad

"You are irl, Rory I love you headed," he said with a sigh "You need to know that you can always call lare at her "And the next time that you’re hurt, sick or you need help, you better call ain, you and I are going to have words, young lady," he said, shooting her a wink to soften his words,her relax as he stepped back

"I will, Dad," she said, feeling close to crying Her daddy loved her and she’d probably be rubbing it in her brothers’ faces if she wasn’t veryher husband