The Healing Touch - Anniversary Edition (A Manwhore Series Book 3) by Apryl Baker

Author:Apryl Baker [Baker, Apryl]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Limitless Publishing, LLC
Published: 2020-06-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Dimitri called Olive Garden and got takeout. He had no idea if she even liked the place, but he figured it was better than fast food. He wanted to call his mother, but it was too late. She’d be up soon, but he needed help now.

He called Nikoli instead.

“Hey, man.” Nikoli yawned around his greeting.

“It’s not that late, motherfucker.”

“Someone’s grouchy.” Nikoli murmured something, and he assumed it was Lily the boy was talking to. She was precisely the reason he’d called his baby brother. Lily had issues along the same lines of Becca’s.

“Yeah, well, it’s been a long fucking day.”

“Everything okay, brat?”

“Fuck, no, it’s not.” He let out a sigh. “You got a few?”

“Sure, man. Just let me tell Lily Bells I’ll be up in a while.”

Dimitri smiled at the nickname Nikoli had given Lily. She’d hated it in the beginning. He’d gotten the entire story out of Nik while he’d been in Boston. It was a story worth writing, one he planned to write. His brother and future sister-in-law just didn’t know it yet. Kade and Angelique were another sordid tale he’d decided to write about. Angel was forcing his brother to jump through hoops at the moment, but honestly, the ass deserved it. Who forgot they were married?

He snorted at the thought. Kade had some serious wooing to do, not to mention Angel was upset about the whole adultery aspect of their marriage. Granted, she hadn’t known she was still married, but Kade had. Being Catholic, she needed absolution and had dragged Kade off to counseling at the church. Something his brother was not happy about, but their mother and grandmother agreed with Angel. This was something that needed to be settled with the blessing of the Church.

“So, what’s up?”

Nikoli’s question caused him to jump. “Dammit, don’t sneak up on me.”

“Uh, how can I sneak up on you when I’m on the phone?”

“Sorry, just a fuck-all day.”

“Sounds like it.”

“Were you home when Dad came back that last time all messed up?”

“No, but Mason was. Why?”

He explained to his brother about Becca’s anxiety and how he wanted to help her but was doing more damage than good.

“Nah, man, you’re aren’t doing more damage,” Nikoli assured him. “First, even her therapist said she needed to get out and face her fears since it wasn’t being handled by medication alone. You pushed her, yeah, but you were there to catch her. Just keep doing that. Second, stop freaking out. When you freak, it’s only going to make her worse. You have to be slow and patient. I told you about Lily and her fear of being touched. She had severe anxiety due to that.”

“How did you guys get past it?”

“We didn’t, not really. She’s getting better, though, with my and her therapist’s help. For Lily, she’d been afraid for so long, it was all she knew. She needed structure, rules. She needed to trust me, and that’s what I did. I spent months showing her she could trust me, giving her rules and pushing her just enough to make her face her fears.

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