20 Chapter 20

It took some time to calm Lola down, and it broke Vince’s heart to see the little girl sobbing in her mother’s arms babbling about what’d happened. He wondered how long the trauma would stay with her and vowed to get hold of a child psychologist who could make Lola better. It took hours that night before she was willing to let her mama out of her sight and finally Jenna had to go lay down with Lola in her bed until she fell asleep.

That’s where Vince found her, curled onto her side, sound asleep wrapped around her daughter. Lola had her hand tangled in Jenna’s hair again and her thumb in her mouth. Jenna had told him that she’d stopped doing that a year ago. It was probably a comforting habit that she needed after such a traumatic day.

Vince bent over and gently untangled the little hand from Jenna’s bright red locks, then gathered Jenna into his arms, picking her up. She woke up as he was carrying her down the hall.

“Where’re we going?” she mumbled against his shoulder.