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Bren had filled irl and Hulk Couldn’t say I didn’t understand where he was couy’s head off and shove it up his ass My Little Warrior was hurting—no doubt about that

But she never lost her shit She talked about telling Hulk thank you for a couple days, but she never did I think she knew he didn’t want her gratitude

After a while, even though I hated that lad that Trix was forced to stand on her oo feet for a bit It er As the days went by, I listened to her bitch about the heat and co, but she never fell back into the pit she’d been in before She still dealt with nightmares, especially after Micky’s small funeral—but she snapped out of them faster and faster with each one

Trix was getting her shit together, visiting a shrink and talking to herworked for it, and sloe all began to see a difference in her The girl I’d raised gradually ain

She sa with Amy and Brenna She ht a s on what she called virginsmoothies—she put fruit and ice in a blender Smoothies

One day about two irl cornered arage

“Hey, Pop?” she said quietly,the hair on my neck stand up I wasn’t used to a quiet Trix, and it made me itchy

“Yeah?” I asked gruffly I really fucking hoped whatever she had to say wasn’t bad news Couldn’t take any more of that for the next few years

“I’m sorry I asked you to help me with Cam I shouldn’t have done that” She rested her hands calmly on her belly, but I saw her thumbs slide between her palms and the fabric of her shirt

“Water under the bridge,” Imy eyes to meet hers

“No, you deserve an apology” She sed hard, and in that second I wanted to tell her to stop talking, but I knew that whatever she was trying to say was important to her—even if it hurt “You stepped in when I needed you to, even after you’d said you wouldn’t I know that wasn’t easy for you”

“You can always count on me, baby—”

“I know, Pop,” she cut me off with a small smile “I know I can And I know this seehed a little, and I feltto stand on my oo feet I want you to know that I’ll never ask you to do soain” She started to cry and I was on my feet in an instant

“None of that, Little Warrior,” Imy arms around her

It eird as fuck, hugging e ass belly

“I just—I want to be able to take care of shit on ainst my t-shirt “I don’t want to rely on you or anyone else to make the hard decisions for me”

“Then don’t,” I said sirated onhated it when she cursed She wasoutta her mouth