Happy's Joy by Stormy Glenn

Author:Stormy Glenn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Published: 2018-09-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Happy smiled as he watched Joy and TJ on the swing set in the park. They were laughing and playing as if they were the best of friends. It was good to see the happy look on Joy’s face and to know, even if it was only for a little while, she was just a kid in a park.

She’d been with him and Marc for almost a week now. They’d had a few rough moments when she had nightmares or thought she was going to get into trouble for simply being a kid. Happy and Marc had gotten through them, reassuring Joy every time that she would never be physically abused no matter how much she misbehaved.

“How’s she doing?”

Happy shrugged as he glanced at Dr. Devon Berkley. “She’s as good as she can be, I suppose.” He gestured to where the kids were playing. “This is good for her. I’m not sure she’s ever just been a kid. She's so serious all the time.”

“She’s been through a lot,” DB said.

Happy nodded. “I hope that one day, this will all be in her past and she can just be a kid, you know?”

“I do.”

Happy knew he did. DB was married to Nick Hale and helped parent Nick’s niece and nephew, TJ and Hannah. He was also a doctor, so he’d probably seen a lot.

“Any news on her family?”

Happy shook his head. “Not yet. Marc says they can’t seem to find where they were living before this.”

“Really?” DB sounded so surprised. “Has Dan or Mike looked into it?”

Happy shot the doctor a quick look. “You think DEA agents should look into this?”

DB shrugged. “I’m just saying, they have a longer reach than a small-town sheriff’s office. If John can’t find anything, then maybe they can.”

Happy knew DB was right, and a part of him knew they should ask Dan and Mike for help. The other part wanted to keep his lips shut in the hopes that no family was ever found. He wanted to keep Joy with him. It was selfish, but he couldn’t help how he felt.

“Happy.”

“Yeah?”

“I need you to do something for me.”

“Of course, anything.”

“I want you to go stand over by the kids and keep an eye on them.”

Happy frowned. “I can see them from here.”

“Happy, I don’t want to upset you, but there’s a man across the street taking pictures of the kids. I want you to go play with them while I call Nick and Marc.”

Happy gulped as a sliver of fear took hold in his chest.

“You can’t let him know you see him, Happy. He’ll leave before Nick and Marc have a chance to get here.”

“Okay.” Happy got up and tried to walk as casually as possible over to the kids. He plastered a smile on his face that he wasn’t really feeling. “Hey, kids, who wants to swing?”

“Me! Me! Me!” both kids shouted as they ran up to Happy.

Happy laughed as he scooped them both up, one under each arm. He glanced at DB out of the corner of his eye as he carried the kids over to the swing set.

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