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“No I want it” She cupped his face with her hands

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“Then stay, be o of it”

She studied him from beneath her thick lashes

“Don’t go, Ardy!” Rocket’s small voice echoed in the room He’d sat up in the bed

Little sneak wasn’t sleep after all

“We want you to stay” Rocket slid off the cot and ran over, wrapping his arms around them both “I want you to be my mommy, like my friends have”

Ardy’s jaw dropped “Rocket, I don’t…D?”

Demon sive this thing a chance to grow naturally before we put labels on it?”

Rocket wrinkled his nose “Okay But” His voice shook “You’ll stay, right?”

Not above using a little dose of guilt to get his way, Deht, Ardy?”

She nodded her head “Yeah, I’ll stay”

“Good, because everyone’s about to be locked down tighter than Fort Knox This can’t be left unanswered” She tensed in his ar to have a long conversation For no about we get out of this room, huh?”

Arty nodded

Rocket stepped back “I was scared, Daddy”