Hear Me, Daddy: Rainbow Room Book 2 by L. Michael & M. Elton

Author:L. Michael & M. Elton [M. Elton, L. Michael And]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-10-14T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Henry

Why was breathing so hard? Oh yeah, right, because Caden knew. He knew who I was and where I came from. I pulled my head back, closed my eyes, and tried to breathe. Maybe it would be better if I just stopped breathing. They knew. They all knew, and now they would hate me. But Caden was still holding me, gently rubbing my back.

I’m still your Daddy.

How could he still want to be my Daddy? If he knew…Swallowing hard, I opened my eyes and looked at Caden.

“What…how much do you know?”

“I know most of it. I know that your name was Michael Altmann. I know that you grew up on some sort of compound. I know…” Caden took a deep breath. “I know what your brother did to you, and I know that the FBI faked your death.”

Oh, no. No, I shook my head. They promised me that no one would ever know. Only then would I be safe. If Sam found out…God, what if my family had found out I was still alive? What if that was the reason why my brother had this parole hearing? If he knew that I was still alive…I knew what would happen if they ever found out that I was still alive. They would finish what Robert had started all those years ago.

“I just wanted to get away from them. But I never will.” I sobbed.

Caden held me close and rocked me while he rubbed my back in a soothing pattern while I cried. Twelve years. I’d been safe for twelve years, and now, when everything was perfect, my family was trying to get back in my life—something I had never wanted to happen. Now, after all this time

Caden must have realized that my crying had quieted down because he gently nudged my chin up. “You survived, and you got away, Henry. Nobody knows that you’re still alive. And we’ll do everything to keep it that way. You don’t have to go back there. Ever.”

“I’m not scared of going back there, and I’m not scared of what they will do when they find me.” The moment I tried to run away, I signed my death warrant. No one ran away from the family, ever.

“Henry…”

“No. You don’t understand.” Caden flinched, and I knew that I was shouting.

But right now, I didn’t care. Robert could walk, and that was fine for me. In the back of my mind, I knew this day might come. But now I had a Daddy and friends. What would happen to them if the family found out I was still alive. It terrified me to think of what my family would do to those who helped me.

“I’m a traitor to them. Being gay is bad enough. But to betray the family and their cause? They’re going to kill me, Caden. Then they’ll kill everyone who helped me and everyone I love.”

Whatever Caden was going to say, he swallowed down and closed his eyes for a moment. Then he opened them again and looked at me.

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