Page 25 of Her Daddies' Everything

Abe and Maeve and Cat had lived with their moms. Their living conditions hadn’t been the best. Immy’s had been slightly better, but not much.

However, Isaiah’s dad had been close to becoming a Sentinel. He should have had things pretty good. But he hadn’t. There had never been enough food in the cupboards. She and the others had often snuck him food and a spare blanket.

Yeah, they all had leftover trauma from the cult.

She was still surprised that Isaiah was backing her up. Although he technically wasn’t lying.

They had been out. And she’d had a drink.

So she wasn’t lying because they’d be able to tell if she did that. She was just . . . skirting the truth.

“Why’d you go in separate vehicles?” Sampson asked.

“I met her out,” Isaiah said.

“Where were you?” Jenner asked. “Why go out now? It’s dinnertime and it was getting dark. You hate going out at night.”

She did. “On my own. But I wasn’t on my own. And there’s no need for all the questions. Don’t you guys trust us?”

“Of course we do,” Jenner said soothingly. “I was just worried about you.”

He wrapped his hands around her waist and lifted her down. Abe shot her a strange look. He probably knew there was something she wasn’t saying. But she didn’t want to tell him the truth. Or about what Lauren had said.

Lauren was right. Jenner did need someone different from her. Immy would rather sit at home with a fluffy blanket and acup of cocoa than go out to a club or a charity gala or awards night.

She wasn’t glamorous or famous or beautiful.

She was just Immy and she wasn’t sure she could ever be anyone else.

5

Jenner stood outside Immy’s door.

He wasn’t an idiot.

He knew that she and Isaiah hadn’t been entirely truthful earlier about what they’d been doing.

It didn’t make sense for them to go separately when they both worked from home.

And Immy had seemed a bit off tonight. He’d had to remind her three times to eat. Which wasn’t totally unheard of. She could get distracted laughing and talking during mealtimes and completely forget to eat. Sometimes, he’d just grab her plate and fork and feed her between words.

But she’d been strangely quiet and reserved tonight. He’d also noticed the looks that both Abe and Isaiah had been giving her.

Yeah, he knew that he could sometimes zone out. Especially, when he was working on a song. But that didn’t mean he was always unobservant. And when he’d gotten home to find Immy gone, he’d been worried. It wasn’t like her to leave the house on her own.

He’d left her at home and he’d kind of expected her to be there when he returned.

And yeah, he realized that he sounded like an asshole.

Maybe he could make a rule that when she left the house, she had to text them where she was going, and then text again when she returned home.

Yeah, that didn’t sound too unreasonable, right?

Jenner knew he could be a touch controlling. Not as bad as Sampson. That man had to have absolute control over everything in his life. But the only times that Jenner felt like he could breathe was when he was singing or creating songs. Or when he had absolute control.

Over Immy in particular.

Yeah, he worried over Cat and Maeve and the guys. He wanted all of his family safe. All of his girls protected.

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