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Without conscious thought, my first instinct when I stepped into the co side to side, and I let out a breath I knew she was fine, she was as safe as she could be in the middle of the clubhouse, but there was this weird, constant niggle in the back of myto knohere er

“CeeCee sleeping?” Farrah called out as I h the room

“She wants a shower first,” I replied, gesturing to the bag in my hand

“Okay, when she’s done, this sweet thing’s getting hungry”

“Alright I’ll coet her as soon as Cec is finished,” I said

“He’s a cutie,” I heard Eileen say as I left the room My lips twitched I didn’t know if I’d ever been called a cutie in my life I’d been an aard kid and then a pretty solidly built man Cute was for round cheeks and charm, neither of which I’d ever had

“Hey, baby,” I said opening the door to our room “You ready?”

Cecilia’s eyes popped open as she sat up “Yeah, all set”

She followed ainst her stomach, then stood there aardly as I turned the shower on for her

“You can just put the clothes on the toilet,” she ot it from here”

I laughed “No way a you in here to pass out alone in the shower”

“You’re not staying”

“I a down on the closed toilet lid

“I can shower by myself”

“Not happening”

She stood there staring at e my mind I wasn’t sure why, since it had never worked in the almost twenty years we’d known each other

“You want et your mom instead?” I asked

She grimaced “No”

“Then you’ve got me”

Cecilia let out a loud sigh and I feltas I tried not to smile