29- Rewards and roms


    “I am so sorry Ryann, I came as fast as I could an- oh…” she stares up at Darrien. She seems a little


    intimidated, I’m not sure if it’s because of his size or just his generally severe


    demeanour but she freezes and stops mid sentence.


    “Let her through Darrien, it’s just Maggie.” he steps aside and she tentatively enters. I notice a bit of


    effort to her breathing and frown. We traded floors so she could avoiding up these stairs so often,


    but she seems to be struggling even more than she used to. Or maybe it’s just because she was in a


    hurry. I hope for thetter.


    “Maggie, this is Darrien. He’s friends with Bemy, the Shifter guy who scared Paul off. You met him


    yesterday morning briefly.” I exin. Maggie seems a little suspicious.


    “Right… you seem to be having a lot of Shifters over recently. Not that I have any objections to that of


    course dear. I am a little curious how you all met, and what this young man is doing here. Forgive me


    sweetheart but you have never been one to entertain often. I have to wonder if this has something to


    do with those men that attacked you the other night, the ones the other young man fought off.” She


    says casually. The blood drains from my face.


    “You saw that? I was hoping you wouldn’t notice, I didn’t want to upset you.” I’m freaking out a little.


    Maggie might be my friend but if she thinks I’m endangering her precious grandson she will ask me to


    leave, no doubt about it. Maggie shrugs.


    “Dear, it did take ce just outside my window. I’m old, not blind, or deaf.” she reminds me with a kind


    smile as she waits for me to exin.


    “Uhm… Bemy, the first Shifter you met before… he is actually the feline Alpha. I don’t really know the


    details but the men who attacked were after him, they just thought that I would be an easy target to try


    and get him to cooperate. The men are gone now and everything, but Bemy thought it would be a


    good idea to have someone keep an eye on me and this ce until he’s sure that no one will try


    anything like that again.” I decide to omit the fact that the men were Vampires. Maggie didn’t mention it


    and in the dark, she might not. have noticed. Besides, it’s unlikely that the Vampires were the ones who


    nned the attack, which I guess exins why I have to have a day guard as well. Maggie looks


    thoughtful for a moment as she considers what I’ve told her.


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    “Well, I’m d you’re okay and that the boy from the other day is taking good care of you. You deserve


    to be taken care of for once.” Darrien gives me a look that says ‘yes, it is that obvious‘ I sigh and hang


    my head. Maggie continues, not noticing my reaction.


    “Speaking of taking care of, I should fetch my grandson.” I nod and head into my room to get him. The


    poor kid is fast asleep. He doesn’t even stir when I call his name. I close the door.


    “He’s fast asleep, I think it might be best not to wake him. He can stay here a bit longer. I don’t mind.” I


    offer. Maggie nods.


    “If it’s okay with you dear. I’ll take him downstairs once he wakes up. Another thought urs


    to her.


    “And don’t worry about your sheets sweetie, I’ll sort them out before it gets toote. It’s the least I can


    do. In fact I think you need some chocte chip cookies too.” She deres. I grin, I absolutely adore


    her chocte chip cookies. Score! She turns to Darrien.


    “And you’ve been here helping all day too haven’t you. What kind of cookies do you like?” she


    demands. Darrien nces at me helplessly. I shrug. Eventually he responds.


    “I prefer honey biscuits ma’am.” He admits, Maggie looks horrified.


    “Ma’am? You’re making me feel my age. You call me Maggie!” It is hrious to see the little olddy


    lecturing the bulky Shifter, I stifle a giggle, trying to be quiet and not wake Logan.


    After peeking in on Logan to make sure that he is indeed okay, Maggie heads back down to her own


    home to begin making cookies. She makes me promise to call the moment Logan. wakes up. The next


    hour or so is pretty peaceful. Darrien sneaks into my room and fetches myptop and we sit and watch


    a movie. A pretty cliché romanticed


    When the movie


    finishes, we sit and discuss how unrealistic the romance is. Personally, I think the couple would have


    been doomed, Darrien is a little more optimistic.


    “She spent the whole movie trying to decide between two guys, if the decision was that difficult then


    she really can’t like him that much, not to mention he took her back way too easily.” I point out. Darrien


    shakes his head.


    “But the fact that he took her back despite her ws is just evidence of how much he loves


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    het. Plus the fact that she took her time deciding shows that she wasn’t just blown away by some


    romantic gesture, she thought it through, evenpared him against another guy and ultimately found


    that she loved him. Some people need to mess up in order to understand when they actually do find


    the right person.” he argues. I frown, I am the one who usually argues that people need to be allowed


    to screw up a little because fate always bnces out in the end. It suddenly hits me how simr the


    scenario is to Darrien and Megan’s rtionship right now. She’s with the wrong guy, but when she


    eventually does end up with Darrien he would ept her in a second, I should probably just hand this


    argument over to him.


    “Maybe you’re right.” I concede. I open my mouth to say more when I notice Logan shuffling out of my


    room. His eyes are sleepy but he does look a little better than he did a few hours.


    ago.


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    “Hey sweetie. Your Nana came home but we didn’t want to wake you. I’ll just call her and let her know


    you’re up. I call Maggie who tells me not toe down, she wants to collect my sheets and such so


    she can wash them for me anyway, I reluctantly agree. For someone who moved to avoid stairs, she


    sure climbs up them a lot. Maggie is up a minuteter and sets about removing the sheets from my


    bed. She won’t let Darrien or I help her. She spends the whole timeining about her daughter.


    “That girl, she gets home from work in an hour or so and I am going to give Carrie a serious. talking to.


    She should know better than to drop Logan off without checking that anyone is home first. It’s true that


    he usuallyes here after school while he waits for her to get off work but this ispletely different.


    She assumed that I would be home and didn’t even make sure before driving off!” She continues on


    like this until she has gathered my bedding


    “I’ll bring this back up when it’s all cleaned sweetheart and I’ll fix up your bed for you. I’ll also make sure


    to bring up your cookies.” She promises. With that she guides Logan out the door and down the stairs. I


    watch from the doorway until I’m sure she’s made it all the way down. I would feel awful if she tripped


    down the stairs because she’s carrying my nkets. I head back inside and consider what I should do


    with the rest of my day now that I no longer have work. My phone goes off to tell me I have a text. I


    don’t think my phone has ever gotten as much use as it has in thest week. The message is from


    Bemy,


    Bemy- Darrien messaged that the kid is gone.


    Ryann- Yeah, Maggie took him down to her ce.


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    Bemy–Does that mean you’re avable toe out for dinner?.