Roxy barked back, equally playful at this little thing that’s been brought before her and sniffs at her all over, slobbering here and there, ignoring how her daddy is preoccupied since she is, too.
Jack is a little surprised. He only saw her the day before… but still! He smiles, and hugs her back gently, pressing a kiss to her forehead. “I missed you too.” he replied gently. But then he remembered. He’d only seen her face a second just now, but he’d seen…. Jack pulls back, arms still around her gently, his eyes widening at the bandage. “Katelynn what, what happened?” he asked.
She avoided his eyes for a moment, eyes filled with sadness. Her emotions were real even if the story wasn’t. “I was..sort of attacked in my apartment..someone tried to rob me..they stole my cell phone..I managed to chase them away though they put up a fight…”
She paused in her story, giving out another sigh, closing her eyes. “And well..I came here because I was wondering if I could stay with you for a while..here..sleep here I mean..I don’t want to stay in my apartment for now..I’m scared..”
“What? Y… you were…” Jack felt his heart freeze at the story. She was broken into? Robbed? His arms were back around her tightly and he shut his eyes. “Yes, yes! O-of course you can stay here you can stay as long as you want…!”
Oh God. How could he NOT let her stay? To be robbed… it must have been so scary for her.
Jack Maple 