Protect Me (The Protector Series Book 1) by Melissa Townsend

Author:Melissa Townsend [Townsend, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-07-18T16:00:00+00:00

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Macie’s been in her room since Shiloh left over an hour ago. She’s not crying, but she doesn’t want to come out right now. Shiloh offered to call Mandy, but I assured him I could handle it.

“Macie? Do you want to come out for a snack? We could go watch a movie or something if you’re feeling up to it,” I say through her closed door.

She opens her door slowly and I know what she’s going to say before she says it. Her skin is pale, there are dark circles under her eyes, and she’s trembling.

“I don’t feel very good,” she mutters.

“Why don’t you go lie down? I’ll get you some medicine.”

She pukes all over my bare feet and the floor before she’s able to answer me. By some miracle I’m able to ignore the feeling of vomit squishing between my toes as I pick her up and carry her to her bed. I get a wet rag for her head and a dry one for her mouth. I cover her up and give her some medicine for her fever before tending to the mess in the hall.

I’m in the shower when I hear the phone ringing; I know it’s Shiloh, but I let it go to voicemail anyway. I deserve a solid twenty minutes in the shower after cleaning up that amount of puke. I’m still convincing myself that I have a good reason for ignoring Shiloh’s call when the phone rings again. I roll my eyes and start rinsing the conditioner out of my hair as quickly as possible. The phone stops ringing as I wrap my towel around me without drying my hair.

I run to the bedroom and grab the phone just as it starts ringing for the third time.

“Hello,” I answer, sounding irritated and out of breath.

“What took you so long?” Shiloh asks.

“I was in the shower. Macie got sick all over my feet and the floor so I put her to bed, cleaned up the mess, and wanted to take a relaxing shower. But, you obviously need something, so I got out and hurried to answer the phone. Now, what is it that you need?”

“Uh, nothing. I was just calling to talk. I guess now is a bad time, though,” he says quietly.

I flop down onto his bed and let out a sigh. “Now is fine; I was done in there anyway. What’s up?” I try sounding cheery to make up for the attitude I just gave him.

“Nothing, I just got settled in. How is Mace?”

“She’s sleeping now. I’ll probably stay up most of the night to look after her.”

“You’re so great,” he tells me.

“Thanks.” I laugh.

“Really, you are. Macie loves you and you take care of her like she’s your own little sister. We’re both really lucky to have found you.”

“Thanks, Shiloh,” I say quietly.

We talk for a few more minutes before Macie wakes up. I sleep in her room and hold her hair every time she gets sick. I let her stay home from school the next day and we take turns doing each other’s hair and makeup.

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