Love's lessons
Chapter 4
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Zachary ran over to Danny and his mom. He looked like he was about to erupt. Dolittle walked over towards them.
"Come on Danny, let's go get her checked out." Dolittle told Danny and helped Danny stand up. Danny was still holding on to Dakota, cradling her in his arms.
"yeah" he said softly. And looked over his shoulder as Evelyn was helping Tyler stand up. Then he heard Rafe run up beside him.
"Danny, is she okay?" Rafe asked him. Danny just looked at him with hurt in his eyes. Just then Rafe saw it, in Danny's eyes, Danny was in love with her. Evelyn was helping Tyler into a car with his wife. She shut the door and ran to Rafe. She saw in Danny's eyes too. She almost stopped in her tracks. She looked over to Riley and walked over to her.
"Riley, I'm so sorry, he hasn't done it in so long." Evelyn told her in a whisper. By that time they had reached the hospital and Danny was still cradling Dakota in his arms. Evelyn helped Danny sit her down and Evelyn began to check her over. Danny was standing over her worried. Dolittle walked over to Danny and put a hand on his shoulder.
"Danny, we need to talk" Dolittle told him, and led him away from Dakota.
" Danny when Dakota had Zachary she moved in with Tyler, they lived un a small house about 10 minutes away from the house, but it was on our property. Well one day Riley went over to see if Dakota and Zachary wanted to go to town with her. Well Zachary was outside with Joshua crying and when she got there she picked up Joshua and went closer to the house and heard screaming. When she walked inside and saw that Tyler was beating Dakota. Zachary was standing outside. Riley brought the boys back to the house and left them with my daughter-in-law and took me and my son Mike out to Dakota's house. When we got there he was still beating her, well Mike called the sheriff and I took Dakota back out to my house. She was so scared, Zachary told me that Tyler had been doing for a couple of years. Riley checked out Zachary and Joshua to make sure they where okay. They where but Joshua was mixed up and Zachary turned out the way that he is now. He hardly likes any guy that gets close to Dakota. The whole family worried about it, so Dakota and the boys moved into my house and Tyler moved back with his family. One day Dakota was in town and she was walking by a car and saw Tyler and Amy, his wife, being more than friendly." Dolittle told him.
Dolittle went onto state that she had started smoking after that, and had transferred out to a New York base instead of stay at the same base in Lincoln. She has been taking care of herself and the boys with some help from her friend all.
Dolittle's face lit up, "Walker did she tell you her rate?" he asked Danny.
"No sir, she didn't" Danny said feeling a little better seeing that Dolittle was sure about this.
"Dakota is the leader of the Liberty Belle squadron of the US army. And she did with her mothers name'' Dolittle said grinning like a fool. Danny's jaw almost fell to the ground. The Liberty belles where the one of the highest ranking squads in the whole army. Plus the whole squad was made up of the daughters of high ranking generals and conels in the armed forces. Just then it struck him. Dakota told him that her last name was Thomas.
"sir Dakota told me her last name was Thomas, why?" Danny asked Dolittle.
" she was bound determined to make it up through the ranks because of what she did not who she was. So instead using my name Dolittle she used her mom's Thomas, but once she had climbed up the ranks to a point she told them who she was." Dolittle told him proudly.
Just then Dakota came walking out with a huge smile on her face. Danny smiled at her. And stood up to meet her.
" Hey Precious, you ok" Danny asked with his hands linked around her waist.
"I'm fine hun, now why is my dad smiling like a lunatic?" Dakota asked him.
"Kodi, why didn't you tell that you where a Liberty Belle?" Danny asked her.
"Guess it slipped my mind" Dakota told him with a smile. She leaned in and gave him a deep kiss.
"Forgive me?" she asked him.
"Sure Baby," Danny told her with a smile.
"Mom?" Zach asked, "Can I go with Aunt Riley to pick James?" Dakota looked over her shoulder to see if it was ok with Riley. Riley nodded yes to Dakota.
"Sure Zach, see if Josh wants to go," Dakota told him. A couple moments later Joshua came wandering up to the couple.
"Mommy," he asked. Dakota knelt down to meet him at eye level.
"Yeah, Josh," she asked him.
"Mommy can I stay here with Danny and you?" josh asked her. She looked up to see Danny smiling.
"Sure baby if that's what you want." Dakota told him and she took his hand, and stood up linking her other hand with Danny. They started to walk off the base.