Page 282 of Lilah

"I heard Jai talking about Jacqueline leaving out of here looking really really mad," she says and I turn my head toward her as she shoves five fries in her mouth at once.

I'm happy she's eating.

"I fired her ass," I tell her and her eyes widen. Then she hugs me.

"Aw, I'm proud of you for firing your first employee. I bet it felt good, didn't it?" she kisses my cheek twice. She's only proud ofme because just like everyone else, she didn't like her. If it was anyone else that I fired, she'd be sad.

"What'd she do besides be rude?" she wonders innocently.

"She sexually assaulted Theo. Grabbed his dick," I sigh and she pauses all her movements. Then her bottom lip starts wiggling a bit.

"Don't cry, Lilah," I whisper softly and her eyes tear up. I hate when she cries. It just does things to me that don't make me feel good.

"I'm crying," she nods, her voice wiggly.

"Don't, it's okay," I try to assure her but there's no stopping it now.

She stands from my lap and I follow her as she walks out the door. She walks until she finds Theo and when she does she wraps her small arms around his torso.

"Azalea?" he questions, looking up at me confusedly, "What's wrong?"

"I'm sorry," she cries into his chest and I feel my own chest constrict in pain. She's too sweet and she cares about anyone and everything way more than anyone I even thought existed.

"For what?" he mumbles softly down to her.

"Jacqueline was terrible and she touched you and I feel really sad," she hugs him tighter. He smiles softly.

"Azalea, it's okay. You don't need to feel sad. I'm okay. And Grey made everything better because now she's gone. She can't touch anyone elseandshe can't be mean to you anymore," he explains and her crying calms.

"Are you sure you're okay? I'll beat her the freak up if you want me to," she assures him and I smile a little at her.

"I promise I'm okay," he nods and she pulls away.

"I'm here for you if you're ever not okay, okay?" she pats his arm. He smiles.

"Okay," he nods.

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?Azalea?

"I'm freaking ready bud!" I tell Grey excitedly. The only thing we're missing is Bear who stays with Dr. Weiner when Grey goes on trips. Apparently, Bear doesn't like flying and tends to have the poops when on planes.

"Don't call me bud," Grey grumbles.

We get our own plane. I'm freaking out! It's crazy to think that little ole me is going to be on a plane full of only great people that I know.

It's crazy to think I'm going on a plane in general. And with Grey. I reach down and I slap his butt. I do it so much now that he barely even notices I do it. He lifts all our luggage out of the car and sits it on the asphalt. I reach in to grab a bag and he slaps my hand away.

"Let me help you donkey," I scrunch my nose at him. He pauses and looks over at me. Then he steps away from the car and gives me a 'go ahead' head tilt. Feeling smug, I reach in and grab onto the handle of the large black suitcase. I pull and it moves maybe an inch.

I pull away and look over to Grey who is leaning against the car, a smug look on his face. I crack my fingers in front of me, show him my crazy amount of arm muscles, and try again.

"You purposefully gave me the hardest one to get out, didn't you?" I narrow my eyes at him, giving up. He walks forward and yanks it out with one arm in a matter of two seconds.

"Maybe," he whispers, placing a short, sweet kiss on my lips. We meet up with all the guys coming and our luggage is put on the plane.

Upon entering the plane, I get a little sad thinking about Jake. He hadn't been on a plane either and I know he always wanted to.