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Chapter 15
Livie knew something was different the moment she began to wake up, she was no longer cold and hungry, she was warm and comfortable, she wasn't lying on the floor uncomfortably, she was lying on something soft, she could hear beeping from somewhere around her and as she allowed her eyes to flutter open she saw a bright light above her, she closed them again frowning, squeezing them shut.
She heard movement to one side of her and then someone was taking her hand and squeezing it gently, a very familiar voice whispered "Livie, honey" she stirred before turning her head to the side and opening her eyes, she stared at the person sitting in the bed next to her "daddy" she whispered, Rick looked surprised when she said that but he nodded "hey kiddo" he said gently "glad to see you awake, you look better" she looked at him as he smiled at her "do you feel ok" he asked, she nodded "better" she whispered, then she looked at him "where's mom" she asked desperately "is she ok" he nodded to her and then looked past her "she is fine Livs" he said, she slowly looked over to see her mom curled up on her side sleeping in a hospital bed next to her.
Now that she could see her in the light Livie saw how battered and bruised her mom was, her arms were covered in marks from where he had held her, there were bruises from where she had been slapped and hit many times whilst protecting her daughter and her friends and on her throat there were dark recognisable shapes pressed into her skin, bruising in the shape of hands, the hands that had choked her.
Livie looked back at Rick who smiled gently at her "she came in after you fell asleep, she kicked up a bit of a fuss to say the least and they brought her in here with you" there was a gentle chuckle "a bit of a fuss is an understatement Rick" and Livie looked over to see Ryan, Esposito and Lanie all sitting on some chairs at the end of the beds smiling gently at her, she eyed them uncertainly before she smiled weakly "hey Aunt Lanie, you can stop worrying now" she said "girl I am always worrying about you and your mum when you are out of my sight because that is when you both get into trouble" Livie smiled at them "hey uncle Javi, hey Uncle Ryan when did you all arrive in DC" they both smiled at her "when we found out we came straight down girl" Esposito said "we protect and help our own, and you and your mom you are part of our family" she smiled weakly at them both "thank you" she said they all nodded.
She looked back at Rick then "I don't remember much after you got me out of the basement, what happened" she asked, he smiled gently at her "Ryan, Ziva and I drove you straight to the hospital" "I am never ever getting in a car with her again" Ryan muttered, Esposito smirked "seriously dude" he said "you are frightened by her driving, come on grow a pair", Ryan looked at his partner "dude you drive a couple of blocks with her and you will realise that is not driving, that is suicide I swear" Rick smiled at the two of them "she used to live in Israel with Mossad guys, she drives like that to avoid detection and to avoid attacks, you have to admit it got us here fast" Ryan nodded.
Rick turned to face Livie again who was smiling and continued "when we arrived the doctors came over and um you wouldn't let me go and I asked to stay with you, they asked if I was family and you called me daddy" he looked at her and she just looked at him back her look plainly saying 'and?' he smiled at her "we began to warm you up and eventually you passed out exhausted and well you slept for a long while" she looked at him "how long is a while" she asked, he grinned "well we um got you out early afternoon yesterday and by mid-afternoon you had fallen asleep", he looked at his watch "mid –afternoon now, so a whole day basically" "whoa" she said "never done that before" she laughed and then winced gently "you ok" Rick asked, she nodded slowly "just sore" she said, he looked at her "they did examine you whilst you were sleeping" he said "you had a broken rib, but they taped it all up, don't worry" she smiled tiredly before looking over at her mom.
"what about mom" she asked, Rick's face hardened and he shook his head "you don't need to know honey" he said softly, she looked at him "tell me" she whispered, he hesitated before looking at her gently "she has a concussion, haemorrhaging, two broken ribs, one cracked, small amount of internal bleeding, fractured hyoid bone, the list goes on and on Livie, once she had fallen asleep they took her to get sorted out, because she wouldn't leave you, she is under anaesthetic right now and they are leaving her on it to give her body a bit of time to heal" he looked at her and Livie could see the anger in his eyes.
"she was extremely badly beaten" Esposito said gently "did you see it" Livie nodded "he mostly threw her around or slapped her, he hit her a couple of times, it was mostly when she was defending me, a couple of times he continued to hit her but I closed my eyes I didn't want to see" she shivered, Ryan smiled gently at her "it's ok honey you did the right thing", she smiled weakly at him, she looked down at herself and saw the scratches and other marks across her arms, the bruises at her wrists, she turned her palm over to see it bandaged, the cut from his knife obviously stitched up.
Esposito came forward "hey Livs" he said softly "what happened here" he asked gently as Ryan came forward, he took her hand and looked at the bandage, she swallowed "he was saying that I was his and that mom was his and mom told him we weren't, he grabbed me and started screaming at mom that I was his by blood, and he pulled a knife out and cut my hand he showed mom my blood and told her that was his blood running through my veins, mum was crying her eyes out begging him to let me go, he just laughed" she looked at them miserably before looking at where the cut was.
Ryan rubbed her shoulder gently "it's ok Livie" he said "you don't need to tell us everything, the doctors just wanted to know where that came from" she nodded not looking at them, Rick looked up then "do you feel up to a couple of visitors" he asked, she followed his gaze and she smiled in delight when she saw who was standing in the doorway "Tali" she gasped "you're ok" Tali grinned and rushed forward away from her parents and the rest of the NCIS team and hugged her best friend enthusiastically "um Tali can't breathe" Livie gasped, "oh sorry" Tali said pulling away "I am just so glad you are ok, we were all so worried and then when you came out I got so scared because you were in a state and oh anyway we were worried" Livie smiled and hugged her friend firmly before patting the edge of the bed and Tali hopped up as her family entered.
"yes good idea" Tony said as he came forward "you are meant to be resting ninja, we did have to sneak you out" he grinned "hey Livs how you feeling "not bad" she said giving them all hugs as they entered and approached her, they dragged extra chairs around and they smiled gently at her, she smiled back at them all before frowning "what" McGee asked "when was the last time any of you slept" she asked "you all look exhausted" Tony shrugged "we caught a few hours here and there" he said "but we are fine seriously", both she and Tali looked at him, he winked at the pair of them.
Ziva looked at Livie, she looked ok, smiling and laughing with them all but she could see that she wasn't ok, deep down she was struggling to remain calm and composed, just like Tali after she had taken her first life, maybe she would encourage Tali to talk to her alone sometime, or she would do it, after all she knew what she was going through, she also knew what it was like to take a family member's life, she had taken her brother's life, after he had gone rogue, protecting Gibbs, Livie had taken her biological father's life, protecting her mother.
She looked over at the other bed where Kate was curled up defensive even in her sleep, she looked like hell, covered in bruises and she could see scratches on her arms and at her throat, they were her own, from where she had clawed frantically at his hands trying to get him to let go, she had been through so much, all for their children and her own.
Tali was chatting away happily to Livie who was listening with a smile on her face, Tali had been pronounced fine apart from like the others, malnourished and beaten but nothing bad. Livie asked then quietly "what happened to April" not looking at them all, Tony frowned and then stood up moving out of the room "you don't know" Tali asked confused, Livie shook her head and they all sat in silence until Tony reappeared followed by Booth and the rest of the Jeffersonion team and…
"April, you're ok" Livie gasped, April grinned and moved carefully over to hug her friend and she too scrambled onto the bed "of course I am ok" she said "takes more than a bullet to take me down" she grinned as they hugged each other tightly "relax Livs I am fine, the bullet only grazed me" she sighed "everyone is over reacting" she said "I didn't need to stay overnight in the hospital I want to go home now" she looked at her dad "not until the doctor says you are ready" he said with a smile "Tali doesn't have to stay any more" April tried "Tali wasn't shot" her mom pointed out and April pouted before she sighed and leaned back against the pillows next to Livie, Tali did the same on the other side, squashing together "I never knew how many kids you could get in one hospital bed till now" Rick joked and all three girls grinned at him happily, their little team united.
They all stayed in there until the nurses came in and were shocked by the number of people in the room and began to shoo them out scowling at the three girls on the bed "well" April sighed as she slid off "later Livs ok" she grinned and whispered her room number and grinning Livie nodded and they all left the room, the nurse then asked Rick and the team to leave so she could give her an examination and then leave her to get some sleep, Rick looked at Livie "go wash" she said "I will be fine for a couple of hours, all of you seriously get some sleep" they looked at each other "go" she said "before I ask Ziva to come kick your asses" they smiled at her and one by one they left after giving her a hug, Rick hugged the little girl who hugged him tightly, he reached into his pocket and pulled out her mom's mobile phone "call me if you need me" he said gently handing it too her and she nodded "I will" she said "but I am not really alone the others are down the hall if I need them, oh can you bring Alexis back with you" she asked, he nodded "of course, she is dying to see you but wasn't allowed to stay as she wasn't family" Livie nodded and after kissing her forehead gently Rick left to go back to the room and shower and a couple of hours sleep sounded like heaven, he smiled to himself and headed to the car.
Livie fingered her mom's phone before she carefully opened it and she smiled at the picture her mom had saved as her background, they had been at the park not too long ago and Rick had grabbed her mom's phone and pulled them all together and said smile holding the phone at arm's length, they had all laughed and the picture showed all four of them grinning cheekily at the camera, Livie stared at it for a while before slowly she shut the phone again and curled up on her side clutching the phone looking at her mom sleeping a few feet away, slowly closed her eyes and tried to sleep.
XOXOXO
Ziva moved out of the hospital room to call Angela and check to see how Aiden was, to tell her that Tony would be picking him up soon and give her an update, the artist was glad to hear of their recovery and assured her that Aiden was fine and was fast asleep in Brennan's office as they spoke, she thanked her before hanging up and heading back to April's room where everyone was now gathered whilst Livie and her mom recovered more.
As she passed their room though she paused and looked in, Kate was still sleeping off the anaesthetic, but Livie was curled up on her side staring into space, gently Ziva knocked on the door, Livie's eyes instantly flashed down to look at her "hi Ziva" she said softly "hello Livie how are you feeling now" Ziva asked gently, she shrugged "ok" she said "shouldn't you be sleeping" Ziva asked moving in to sit in a chair beside her bed "can't sleep" she mumbled slowly looking at her "every time I close my eyes I see him there, hurting me, mom, April or Tali, I am also scared that if I fall asleep I might find that this is all a dream and I will wake up and be back in that cell feeling myself fade away"
Ziva reached out gently and took the little girl's hand "it's ok" she said softly "I promise you it is not a dream Livie, it is over, you are safe" Livie shifted under the blanket and rolled onto her back to look at her "I can't close my eyes" she whispered "I see him lying there dead and I…" she let out a choking sob "…I killed him" "shh" Ziva whispered rising to give the little girl a hug "shh, it's ok tateleh (darling) I promise you are going to be ok" Livie sobbed for a few minutes before Ziva whispered "I know how you feel Livie" the girl looked at her.
"you feel bad because biologically he was your father, you think him to be your family whether he cared for you or not, no matter what he has done you think he was your father" she nodded slowly looking up at her "but he wasn't Livie" she said gently "to be a father he would have had to do something, to care for you, he did nothing so whether or not his blood runs through your veins, he wasn't your father" she cupped Livie's face gently "I don't see a hint of him in you" she said gently "you are completely your mother's daughter, kind caring, strong, protective, there is nothing bad in you Livie, I promise, so don't think of him as your father" she smiled at her "I heard you call Rick daddy"
Livie smiled and nodded gently "Adam Wesley may have been your father Livie, but he will never be your daddy, it takes something really special to be a daddy, and Rick, he is everything you need in a daddy ok, forget about Adam, your father is Rick, by blood or not it doesn't matter" Livie smiled "thanks Ziva" she whispered hugging her again "that was exactly how I felt, how did you know" Ziva hesitated before saying "because I killed a member of my family" "oh" Livie said quietly "sorry", Ziva shook her head "it is fine honey it happened a very long time ago, before Tali was born when I first met Tony, it does not hurt me much now" Livie was silent before she very hesitantly asked "who was it" Ziva looked down at her "my half-brother Ari"
She sighed and looked away "but I didn't consider him to be my brother when I pulled the trigger, I was sent from Israel to control him, and I was convinced of his innocence, that he hadn't killed the NCIS agent Caitlyn Todd, then I followed Gibbs back to his house where Ari was waiting for him, when he raised that rifle to point at Gibbs, I knew that was not my brother, my brother was gone, this was just a rogue agent, and I knew what I had to do, so I did it and saved Gibbs' life"
Livie looked up at her "how did you feel" she asked, Ziva looked at her "conflicted" she said "like you do now, I knew I had done right, but I felt I had done wrong, and for a long time that was how I felt before I got over it, I am fine now Livie and you shall be fine too, I promise" "thank you Ziva" Livie said again hugging her, Ziva hugged the girl back "you are welcome honey" she said, then she pulled away "now why don't you try and get some sleep sweetie so when your mom wakes up you can help look after her yes" she nodded and slowly lay down under the blankets, Ziva waited until she had settled before she turned to leave.
"Ziva" Livie called, she turned to look at her "I don't think you killed your brother" she said gently "he was gone like you said, taken over by the rogue, I think that by killing him, you set him free" Ziva smiled at her "I think you are right Livie" she whispered "thank you" Livie smiled before she very slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Slowly Ziva closed the door and turned to find Gibbs standing there, she blinked in surprise and he smiled at her "that was lovely Ziver" he said gently, Ziva smiled "I know how she feels" she said gently "I just wanted to show her that she wasn't alone" Gibbs stepped forward and kissed her brow "that was exactly what she needed to hear Ziver" he said "you really helped her" Ziva smiled and hugged him "I am glad" she whispered "she has been through enough, they all have" he chuckled "I agree but you know these children Ziver, for them trouble appears to be just round the corner" she smiled "yes" she said "I just hope we can find them an alternative path around that corner" he nodded.
They heard footsteps and looked up to see Booth coming down the hall with Tony who was holding AJ, Booth had hold of Libby who was looking excited, she waved at Ziva excitedly who smiled "where's April daddy" she demanded "she is just over there" Booth said "but remember" he warned "she has a poorly stomach and she is very sore, so you have to be gentle ok" she nodded "I promise daddy" she said, Ziva smiled at Tony who grinned at her from where he had AJ, their son was chattering away to himself calling out to everyone who passed making most of the nurses coo at him, "oh he is going to be such a ladies' man when he is older" Tony said as they followed Booth and Libby down the hall, Ziva rolled her eyes.
Booth very carefully set Libby on the floor and pushed the door open saying "gently remember", Ziva felt her heart melt as she saw the look of absolute delight on Libby's face as she saw April sitting in the hospital bed talking to Tali who sat at the other end "April" she squealed and her older sister looked up and the look of delight was mirrored on her face "Libby" she said with a smile "hey baby girl" Libby rushed towards the bed scrambling onto it, Tali assisted her and then she crawled over to April where she suddenly hesitated unsure of where she could touch her sister without hurting her, April smiled and leaned forward pulling her into her arms holding the four year old close against her chest, Libby clung to her tightly burying her head into her shoulder, if Libby caused April any pain, she didn't show it, she just hugged her little sister tightly.
"hey Libs" she said softly as they all heard her let out a small sob "what's wrong kiddo" "you were gone" Libby sobbed "and I didn't know where you were, I was scared I wouldn't see you again" "hey don't think like that Libby" April said gently pulling her sister's head up to look at her "I will always come back to you and I am never away from you kiddo, I am here" she touched her sister's heart "always, whenever you need me" Libby smiled and hugged April again "missed you" she mumbled "I missed you too honey" April said holding her close.
Ziva smiled at the touching little scene before looking over as AJ let out a squeal and clapped his hands together excitedly looking at Tali who grinned "Shalom KatanAkah" (hello little brother) she said reaching out to take him from her dad, she sat him on her lap hugging him tightly as he giggled happily gripping her shirt tightly in his fist, she grinned "you know I swear he has grown" she said looking at her parents "that is because he eats like a donkey" Ziva said "eats like a horse" everyone corrected and she sighed exasperated "I give up" she said and Tony grinned as he placed one arm around her shoulders "close" he said, Tali grinned at her mom.
They all chatted together, the teams half reunited until there was a tap on the door and Alexis entered followed by her dad "hi Lexie" Tali and April both called and she rushed out to give them a hug, she had gone to help Angela with Libby and Aiden and hadn't seen April and had only seen Tali briefly, she hugged them tightly "oh my god I am so glad you are ok" she breathed, they both grinned and hugged her back "course we are ok" April said "we had the ninja on our side" she gave Tali a gentle nudge "seriously though" she said looking at Tali "you did save me Tali, with the picking the lock – which you have to teach me to do, and the hiding in the bush and the covering our trail, I would not have made it if it weren't for you" Tali grinned and hugged her "ditto" she said "you kept us strong" she said "and protected us as best you could" she grinned again "teamwork" she said raising her fist "teamwork" April echoed and they bumped fists grinning.
They chatted with Alexis before she and her dad went to check on Livie and Kate, Rick looked at his daughter, she looked worried "hey" he said gently "they are fine I promise" she nodded slowly and followed him into the room.
Livie was lying curled up on her side eyes closed and Kate was in the same position she had been in last time, Alexis stared at them both as she moved into the room and lowered herself into a chair between them, Rick sat himself down next to her, she looked at Kate and her eyes filled with pain "she doesn't look fine dad" she whispered, he put his arm around her "I know" he said looking at his wife lying their bruised and beaten "but you know Kate honey, it takes a lot more than this to take her down" Alexis smiled and looked at him with her clear blue eyes "you promise they are going to be ok" she whispered "now would I lie to you" he asked hugging her tight and she smiled "no" she whispered "thanks dad" he kissed the top of her head lovingly.
Just then there was a sigh from behind of "Lexie" they both turned to see Livie waking up slowly blinking herself awake "hey Livie" Alexis whispered, slowly Livie pulled herself into a sitting position and Alexis sat on the edge of the bed hugging her tightly, Livie clung to her tightly "missed you Lexie" she whispered, Alexis stroked her hair "I missed you to Livs, and I was so worried" Livie smiled up at her "you don't need to worry about me Lexie" she said "hell I don't" Alexis mock growled at her making her smile.
Rick watched the two of them with a smile on his face before looking at Kate, slowly he reached out and took her hand, he rubbed his thumb against the back of it before running his fingers over the two bands of white gold that lay on her finger, they were dirty but still shone weakly, he would have to get them cleaned up, he held her hand listening to the girls until he sensed movement beside him and he looked over to see Kate stir uncertainly her eyelids fluttering slightly, his smile widened "hey Livie" he said softly shifting his chair so that she could see "it's time" he said and Livie smiled in relief.
XOXOXO
Kate could hear movement around her as she began to wake up, she didn't want to though, she was tired, so so tired and everything was so comfortable here, when she was asleep, she suddenly felt someone squeeze her hand and a gentle loving voice said softly "Kate can you hear me", she mumbled and then very slowly opened her eyes, she blinked a few times until her vision cleared and she saw who was sitting next to her "Rick" she murmured, he smiled and nodded, she groaned and placed one hand on her forehead "how'd you feel" Rick asked gently "pretty bad" she mumbled "sore and achy and my throat hurts", she looked at him "but alive" she said with a small smile "thanks to you guys" he smiled and took her hand, she looked at him "Livie" she asked softly, he smiled "see for yourself" he said shifting so that she could look past him and see her daughter lying awake in the next bed looking at her with a relieved smile on her face as she sat up next to Alexis, "hi mommy" she whispered.
Kate smiled in relief "hey" she whispered "you ok honey" she nodded "never better" she said and Kate smiled before pulling herself into a sitting position before gasping in pain "yeah stay down" Rick said pushing her back "you are still healing" she groaned "urgh what's wrong with me" she asked "you don't want to know" Livie and Alexis said together, she looked at them before looking at Rick "it would be quicker to tell you what isn't healing" he said "oh" she mumbled, she could see that her body had been taped up and everything, her wounds hidden under layers of bandages, she gingerly put one hand to her throat wincing as she felt the tender area.
Livie watched her then slowly she pushed the blankets off of her and caught hold of the stand holding the IV fluids that was connected to her arm, she tugged it round the bed and then slid off the bed and dragged it over to her mom's bed and slowly and carefully she clambered onto the bed, Kate smiled happily and opened her arms and very carefully almost hesitantly, Livie lay herself down in her arms curled up against her, Kate sighed in relief as she felt her daughter slip back into her arms, she held her tightly before looking up at Rick who had Alexis pressed against him, she smiled at the pair of them "I missed you" she whispered "we missed you too" they both said together.
She looked at them all watching her "I look pretty bad don't I" she said, they all nodded, she smiled at them, "I am fine ok, give me a few days and I will be back to catching bad guys"
"oh I wouldn't be so sure about that" she looked up and her face spit into a huge grin as she saw Ryan, Esposito and Lanie all standing in the door way to her room "hey guys" she said, they smiled at her "good to see you awake there Becks" Esposito said using his old nickname for her, she smiled and released Livie with one arm to hug him, he hugged her back "thanks Javi" she whispered "no problem" he said softly "we protect our own" she smiled and he stepped back allowing Ryan forward "do not do that again" he said hugging her gently "dam we were worried about you" she smiled again "will try not too" she promised.
Ryan stepped back and she saw Lanie glaring at her "hi Lanie" she said innocently "oh don't you just say hi to me all innocently girl" Lanie growled "what part of don't do anything stupid did you not understand" she demanded "seriously girl, we turn our backs for five minutes and you disappear, seriously if you hadn't just woken up and you weren't covered in bruises and bandages and god knows what else I would seriously shake you, come on what the hell were you thinking Kate"
Everyone sat there awkwardly not knowing what to do, Kate took the rant well used to them, the moment Lanie paused for breath though she held up her arm "missed you too Lanie" she said quickly, Lanie groaned and hugged her "ah Kate you really had me worried" she said "and don't think you are off the hook" she added still hugging her and they all laughed.
Just then a small auburn haired girl came rushing in squealing "Livie and Kate are awake" Booth followed quickly "sorry" he said scooping his five year old up, "she heard you talking" Kate smiled "no problem hello Libby" she said, Libby giggled and waved happily from Booth's arms, Kate smiled at Booth "hi" she said "how's April", he smiled back at her "she's good chomping at the bit to get out of here though" he looked at her "how you feeling" he asked "yeah not bad" she said, she looked down at Livie still curled up against her "better now though" she said and he smiled.
"did I hear Libby say Kate is awake" they all looked over to see Tali and April peering round the door, they grinned when they saw Kate and rushed forward eagerly to greet her, she smiled and gave them both a hug "April you do know that that nurse is going to skin you alive if she finds you out of bed again" Booth said "ah don't care" she said "I am fine I swear", Booth rolled his eyes, "I am glad to hear that you are ok" Kate said looking at April "we were worried about you" she grinned "everyone worries about me" she said "they don't need to" Booth snorted but covered it up with a cough as April narrowed her eyes at him grinning.
The rest of the teams came in and then just like that their unity was whole again, their alliance complete again, they all laughed and joked, acting normal, and Kate and Livie felt their spirits lift until visiting hours ended and they heard the nurses moving down the hall clearing the rooms for the night, April hurriedly said goodnight and then bolted down the hall back into her room, Livie slipped quickly into her own bed again and everyone quickly said their goodbyes except for Rick and Alexis who stayed whilst the nurses gave them both a quick examination and then they were given five minutes to say their goodbyes, Alexis went to say goodbye to Livie whilst Rick moved forward and gently gathered Kate up into his arms, she hugged him tightly, relieved to be in the safety of his embrace, "rest and recover my kick ass detective" he said softly, she smiled and kissed him gently, he then released her and Alexis came over and Kate hugged her tightly watching Livie hug Rick tightly, Livie looked at her mom before she very gently whispered "night daddy".
She saw Rick's eyes light up and she smiled at the delight in his eyes and the look of content on her daughter's face as she hugged Rick, "night honey" he murmured "sleep tight ok" she nodded and slowly lay down, he tugged the blankets over her before turning back to Kate and Alexis who were both watching with a smile on their faces, he looked back at Livie and then back at them and he smiled sheepishly, Kate grinned "I am glad it's you Rick" she whispered, he smiled and gave her one last kiss before heading out of the room as the nurse came and shooed them out.
As they rode the elevator down he looked at Alexis who was grinning at him "what" he asked "nothing daddy" she said with a grin, he looked at her "are you ok with that" he asked "Livie calling me daddy" she gave him a look "dad I think that it is wonderful and perfect, she needed a daddy and you were there for her, you protected her and got her to safety, just like a daddy should do, I am over the moon that she called you daddy because I think that is what Livie needs right now and I am glad that you are there for her" he smiled and pulled her into his arms "You know me" he said pressing a kiss to the top of her head "always there for my girls" she grinned at him happily.
XOXO
A few hours later Kate was lying in the hospital bed staring into space when she heard a small voice whisper "mommy" she looked up over to her daughter "yes baby" Livie looked at her "are we safe now" she asked, Kate smiled "yes honey we are safe, I promise" Livie smiled and checked the coast was clear before she leapt off of her bad and scrambled onto Kate's curling up next to her, Kate smiled and carefully pulled her close one arm resting over her daughter.
"I heard you call Rick daddy" she said softly, Livie looked over at her, Kate smiled and kissed her gently "I think that he is the perfect man to be your daddy" she said, Livie smiled "he is perfect" she said softly "and he is the perfect husband for you" Kate smiled "that he is" she murmured hugging Livie close, her daughter then yawned "get some more sleep honey" Kate whispered tugging the blankets over her, "we are safe and nothing is going to harm us ever again" Livie smiled and closed her eyes and within a matter of minutes, she was fast asleep.
Kate watched her sleep for a few minutes brushing hair out of her eyes before she carefully hugged her daughter closer and closed her eyes, it wasn't long before she joined her daughter asleep, peacefully for the first time, curled up together not out of fear and protection, but out of love and comfort, as a family.
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