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Iruma sighed as he shook his head and sat on the front step before looking up at the night sky with narrowed eyes, "Abuse? I didn't do a damn thing to her; she was the one who kept putting Stella in danger. Everyone knows that. Hell if it weren't for Andro, Sabro and Shax, I wouldn't have known she was abusing and neglecting Stella...hell her friends even covered her ass...idiots,"

"Iruma-kins?" he looked down to see Clara, Kerori, Ameri, Eiko and Elizabetta walked up to him, "Is everything okay?"

Iruma sighed before shaking his head and looking up at the night sky again, "She has no evidence, no legal ground to stand on,"

"Your ex?" Eiko questioned and Iruma nodded, "Then what are you worried about? You said she was ignoring your daughter, and you have proof of you taking care of Stella, so what's the problem?"

"Her family and her friends families are very influential, and while grandpa could help out, I doubt that'll be enough to stop those four families, and if Asmodeus and his family gets involved then I'm finished. I can't let them take Stella away,"

Elizabetta took a deep breath as she slowly shook her head, "In the few days that we've known you, we saw you get as protective as possible for that girl and are willing to go to hell and back to keep her save,"

Iruma looked away as Ameri spoke up, "You were willing to attack all of us when we first met when we asked you about your ex, not because it pissed you off, but because it reminded you of what she did to your daughter,"

Iruma groaned and Clara frowned before a smile formed across her lips, "Hey Iruma-kins?" Iruma hummed and looked at the green-haired young woman in confusion, "We're all going to a party soon and...would you like to come?"

Iruma took a deep breath as he ran his fingers through his hair and shook his head, "Valac...I...I have to be here for Stella...I mean I appreciate the offer, but-"

"I'm sure mommy and daddy will watch her tonight," Clara pleaded while her friends looked at her and Iruma arched a brow, "Please Iruma-kins? It's just for tonight and mommy and daddy will be able to keep Stella safe,"

"Clara, you can't invite people whenever you want and you shouldn't volunteer your parents like that," Ameri shook her head, "He's obviously worried about his daughter and-"

"It'll be fine," the six young adults looked back to see Clara's mother walking up to them, a small smile formed across her lips, "Iruma, you need to enjoy life without worrying about your daughter. I'll gladly watch Stella for the night, and you don't need to worry. Nothing will happen to her,"

Iruma sighed as he hung his head before the sound of a knock on the door caught their attention and Iruma stood up and opened it before Stella stepped onto the front step. Iruma slightly smiled as he patted the top of her head, "Hey sweetheart, is everything okay?"

Stella looked at everyone in confusion before looking up at her father and tilted her head to the side, "Daddy? Why they here?"

Iruma looked back at everyone before taking a deep breath and smiled at Stella, "Stella, do you want to have a sleepover at Mrs. Valac's for the night?" Stella's eyes widened as Iruma sighed and rubbed the back of his head, "It's just...Miss Clara, Miss Ameri, Miss Eiko, Miss Kerori and Miss Elizabetta invited me to go out with them tonight," Stella continued to stare at him, "It'll just be one night,"

"Okay," Stella said a little uneasy and Iruma frowned, "You promise you'll be home tomorrow daddy?"

Iruma sighed before he looked back and shook his head, I can't an-"

"It's okay, daddy," Stella hugged his leg, "It's okay," Iruma inhaled slowly before he picked her up and walked over to Alyssa.

Handing his daughter to the green-haired woman, he narrowed his eyes and spoke, "Call me if anything happens. Someone at my house or if something is wrong with Stella an-"

"Iruma, it'll be fine. I raised six kids, taking care of your daughter for the night shouldn't be any trouble. Now you kids go have fun," the six nodded before Alyssa turned and carried Stella to her house and Stella waved at her father as Iruma frowned and waved back.

Seeing Alyssa step into the house and close the door behind her, Iruma sighed as he looked at the five young women in front of him and shook his head, "So...where's this party?"

"A few blocks away," Elizabetta answered with a small frown, "But are you sure about this? We'll be there for a few hours and you were uncomfortable with someone watching her for a few minutes while you talked to your lawyer,"

"I'm going to have to start trusting my neighbors...there'll be times when I have to go somewhere and can't get a hold of grandpa and Opera," the five slightly smiled as Iruma dug his keys out of his pocket and walked over to the vehicle, "I'm driving," the others nodded as they walked over to the vehicle.

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Iruma sat at a table while loud music poured from the mounted speakers, and he looked around with a hardened expression crossing his face, "Hey!" he looked up to see Eiko standing over him, slightly smiling, "What's wrong! We're here to have fun! Clara invited you and all you're doing is sitting here! If you're worried about Stella, go into the bathroom and call Clara's mom!"

"It's not that! I can't shake the feeling that someone is watching me!" Eiko arched a brow as Iruma ran his fingers through his hair, "I'm sorry! I know Valac invited me to help or whatever, but ever since we got here, I can't help but feel like someone is watching me!"

Eiko took a deep breath before sitting down next to him and rubbed his back, "Don't worry about it, Iruma! There are a lot of people here! I'm guessing that people are wondering who you are! This is your first time coming here!" Iruma took a deep breath and nodded as Eiko pulled on his arm, "C'mon! Let's go get something to drink!" Iruma shot her a questionable look, "Soda, idiot!" Eiko laughed, "We all agreed no alcohol tonight! We don't want to do anything to hurt your case with your daughter and ex!" Iruma nodded as they stood up and walked away.

The two approached the bar where Clara, Ameri, Kerori and Elizabetta were standing. The four looked at them and Clara smiled as she ran up to them and pulled Iruma closer to the bar, "C'mon Iruma-kins! We're here to have fun! Mommy isn't going to let anything happen to Stella!"

"Right!" Iruma nodded, "I'm sorry you guys can't drink alcohol tonight, but I appreciate that you're not, so I won't lose my daughter!"

"Don't worry about it!" Ameri screamed over the music, "We wouldn't want you to lose your daughter and have you hate us!" Iruma nodded as everyone grabbed their drinks before Iruma started looking around again as his eyes narrowed, "What's wrong!"

"I keep feeling like someone is watching me!" the five young women looked at him as he continued to look around before sighing in frustration and began drinking the soda he was holding.

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Iruma stepped into his house and sighed as he tossed the keys onto the table before digging his phone out of his pocket and looked down, "Okay, I didn't get a text or a call...after midnight...I'll pick Stella up tomorrow," he locked the door before turning around and walked down the hall to his room and fell onto his bed before taking a deep breath and yawned, "It was nice of Mrs. Valac to take Stella for the night and it was cool that the others invited me out for the night, and it was good that none of us had any alcohol...I really don't want to lose Stella," turning on his side, he fell asleep almost instantly.

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