Angel just came back to our room after going shopping for wedding dresses but surprisingly he was looking... sad. 'Why would he be sad shopping for a dress to wear to our wedding? He's not getting cold feet, right?' "Hey baby, how'd the shopping go?" He looked up and gave a small smile, "oh yeah, the shopping.

It— the shopping went fine..." I raised my eyebrow in apprehension, "I know there's a, 'but' coming any minute now, Angel." He lets out a sigh, "it's Jessie." I stand up and walk over to him as my eyes widened, "what happened? Is she okay?

She's not hurt, right?" He walked past me to sit on the bed looking down at his hands. It bothered me because I hadn't seen him this upset since he was working for Valentino. I sit down next to him and wrap my arm around his shoulders, "talk to me baby. What happened today with Jessie?

Is it about her being your bridesmaid?" He shakes his head, "no, it's not that. Actually she agreed to that pretty quickly. It's about being Demetrius's singing partner." I raised my eyebrow in confusion, "really?

Does she not want to? I thought that you said they were smitten with each other." He chuckles, "oh no, they most DEFINITELY are smitten I don't think that's the issue. It's just, a lot more complicated than what she shows on the surface. Turns out she pulls a WAY better masquerade than I do."

I tilted my head to the side feeling even more confused,"what is it that she's trying so hard to hide?" He looks over at me, "pain, fear, trauma..." I flattened my ears and dropped my wings, "maybe I should go talk to her. I've known her a little bit longer than you have maybe she'll open up to me." "Well, it's not that she didn't open up.

Actually she opened up a lot more to me than I would have expected. She was really brave to be that vulnerable with me. She even called me, 'auntie.'" I smiled warmly at that remark. He lets out a sigh and starts to cry, "she's been through absolute Hell, Husk and it breaks my heart.

It's not even fair that she's down here suffering in Hell of all places just because she was trying to keep herself safe when she had no one else to do that for her." I wrapped my arms around him and held his head close to my chest and then he just started sobbing hysterically, "poor, poor baby." He murmured in between cries. 'What in the Hell has she been through to make Angel feel so bad for her? I mean sure the guys a sensitive motherfucker but I've never seen him get this worked up over anyone except me, Charlie and Fat Nuggets.

Not even when my own son almost died here in Hell. He handled that with grace in comparison to this.' The thoughts continued raising through my mind. I stand up and take his hands in mine, "you need to sleep, mi amore. You've obviously had a rough day and you need to take care of yourself, okay?"

He nods his head up at me and climbs into bed. I tuck the covers in around him and kiss him on the head. "I'm going to go grab you some water, okay?" He nods his head at me. I pick up Fat Nuggets and place him in Angel's arms on the bed, "here little one.

Cheer your momma up, he's had a bad day." Angel smiles slightly at me before closing his eyes. I kiss him on the head once more, "I love you, Caro." "I love you too, Husky." I smile and close the door behind me and start walking towards Jessie's room.

With the way Angel was acting, I was really worried about her. I looked at her like she was my own daughter and I've always hated seeing my children in pain. It was one of many reasons why giving them up was so hard on me. I get to Jessie's door and knock on it. All I could hear was loud sobbing from the other side of the door.

"Hey Jessie? It's Husk, I'm just coming in here to check on you, okay?" She doesn't say anything so I opened the door and closed it behind me. I looked around the room because I didn't see her immediately but then in a small corner in the back of the room, I saw her curled up in a fetal position hugging her knees to her chest with her head buried into her arms. I dropped my wings and flattened my ears.

It was as bad as I expected and I could see that she was definitely not doing well, at all. I walked over to her and sat down on the floor in front of her. I reached my hand out to touch her shoulder to reassure her but she flinched when I got close to her. I retracted my hand and placed it in my lap not wanting to make her pain worse than it already was. I let out a sigh and just sat with her silently and let her cry it out.

After a few minutes she gradually moved away from the corner and nuzzled up to me I looked down at her and slowly wrapped my arm around her shoulders and hugged her close to my chest. I then rocked her in my arms back and forth like she was a baby. I heard her bedroom door open and saw Charlie, Vaggie, Nifty, Demetrius all standing in her doorway looking worried. Of course Alastor was there but he seemed to only be there for the entertainment value which at this point in time was pissing me off more than normal. I gestured with other hand for everyone to go away.

Everyone left except for Alastor. I gave him the death stare before he finally rolled his eyes and disappeared into the darkness. Knowing that Alastor was not in the room anymore, I comforted her in the best way that I could. "I know that you don't feel like talking right now and, you don't have to say anything. I just want to know if you'd be okay with Angel telling me what happened?"

She looked up at me and nodded. I smiled slightly and continued rocking her in my arms. After a few minutes she was finally asleep. I then scooped her up in my arms and laid her down on her bed. I grabbed one of her throw blankets and tossed it on her before ensuring that she was nice and tucked in.

Just when I was about to leave she murmurs, "Mr. Husk?" I turned around to face her, "hmm?" "Can I call you, papa? I really miss my papa and you just remind me of him." It took every ounce of strength I had in me not to cry when she asked me that.

'My God, what has this child been through?' I nodded my head as I swallowed in my tears, "sure, kid if that'll make you feel better." She smiled slightly and nuzzled her nose into her pillow. I leaned over and kissed her on the head and turned around and walked towards her door. I turned around before turning the light off, "sweet dreams, Jessie."