Twenty minutes later when they had finished eating Beth paid for the food and they went out to meet Dog. "Thanks for that Beth," said Tru as she smiled without fear. "It's no problem huni, I'm glad you enjoyed it, there's Daune over there," said Beth as they headed towards the car. As they got closer Tru started to slow down, she wasn't sure what to think of the man behind the wheel. He looked friendly enough but looks could be deceiving.
"Don't worry huni you can trust him, I won't introduce you to anyone you can't trust," said Beth as she took her arm and they continued walking to the car. When they reached the car they both jumped in the back. Beth had got in so Tru wouldn't be scared on her own. "Hey baby girl, you must be Tru, I'm Daune but you can call me Dog," he said kindly as he turned to face her. Tru smiled nervously at him. "Yeah, that's right, are you sure it's ok that I can stay with you?" she asked as Dog started up the car.
"Yeah, it's no problem we are happy to have you, I hope you like kids," said Dog as he made his way towards the hospital. He noticed Tru's eyes light up. "I love kids," she admitted after a few minutes. She loved kids and had always wanted her own but after what Peter had done to her she was doubtful she would ever trust anyone to get as far as having them. When they reached the hospital Dog and Beth came in with her.
When they saw a male doctor coming forward Tru started to panic. Beth jumped up and went to speak with him, he walked away and a female doctor appeared. "Miss Hardy come this way so we can check you over," said the doctor as Tru looked at Beth. Beth understood the look and got up and went with her leaving Daune to wait on his own. Beth stayed with her the entire time except when she went for an x-ray. They came back out smiling.
"I'll be fine in a few weeks, have a few cracked ribs," said Tru as they headed out to the car to head to the house they had in Kona. "I better warn you now, in the house we have Tucker, Justin, baby Lyssa, Cecily, Bonnie-Jo, Abbie and Garry," said Beth as they got nearer to the house. "But don't worry none of them will hurt you, the older ones will want to get the guy who did this to you," said Dog reassuring her before she started to panic.
"No Leland?" asked Tru surprised that she felt upset at not seeing him. When he ha woken her the day before she had opened her eyes to see a kind, caring face and she wanted to get to know him more. She cursed herself silently for being so scared of men. "He's at his flat, I can call him and get him to come round if you want," said Dog as he pulled into the drive way. "It's ok, I wouldn't want to bother him," said Tru as she jumped out of the car. "I need to ring him and see how the bust went today so I can ask him to come round for dinner," said Dog as he got out of the car and locked it once Beth was out.