Phoenix (Blackwings MC Book 3) by Teagan Brooks

Author:Teagan Brooks [Brooks, Teagan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-30T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

Annabelle

I tried to make the best out of a bad situation. What else could I do? There was no way Phoenix or I would have ever left those children to fend for themselves. I just hoped their parents saw it that way, too. I wasn’t sure how I would have reacted to finding strangers hunkered down with Nathan when he was younger.

Over the course of the afternoon, I learned that the little girl was named Charlie and she was five and a half years old. Her little brother was Austin and he was six months old.

Charlie cried for quite a while when she saw the state of their house, but she finally calmed down when I assured her that we wouldn’t leave her and Austin alone. It took some time, but she eventually warmed up to Phoenix, too.

We spent the afternoon and well into the evening playing outside. Phoenix even brought some food out of the storm shelter and made a picnic for us. I tended to the baby, who was surprisingly calm and content, especially given the fact that he was being cared for by strangers.

When the sun started to set, we went into the storm shelter to get settled down for the night. It was much larger than I expected, about the size of a shipping container. It had all the necessary items to keep us comfortable for far longer than three days. There was even a small bathroom!

“Annabelle,” Charlie asked as she tugged on my shirt, “will you tuck me in after I brush my teeth?”

I smiled down at her. “Of course I will. Do you need help brushing your teeth?”

She shook her head. “No, ma’am, I’m a big girl.”

Once Charlie was tucked in and Austin was down for the night, I hoped, I took a seat on the small sofa beside Phoenix. “You’re awfully quiet.”

“Just wondering how this is going to play out. Don’t you think their parents should have been here by now?” he asked.

Yes, I did think that, if they were able. “They might be hurt or maybe the roads are blocked or maybe they got stranded like we did,” I suggested.

He gave me a pointed look. “Both of them? Likely not. Besides, wouldn’t you fight tooth and nail to get back to your kids?”

I slowly nodded my head. “Yes, I would, but we don’t know what happened and we don’t have any way of knowing. Don’t forget, they probably assume the kids are with their babysitter. There’s no use in getting worked up over speculation.”

I stood and extended my hand. “Come on, let’s try to get some sleep.”

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