Carters POV
Today is the day of the party I'm working at for Miss Williams. I'm in the bathroom after showering getting dressed while Amber sits on the toilet seat, swinging her feet watching me. I style my hair and walk over to my little girl. Crouching down to her level I say "Are you going to be a good girl tonight? Daddy really doesn't want to leave you baby." She smiles but I can tell she's not happy. She's anxious and worried. Sad and distant. "I will dada! I promise." I pick her up and kiss her forehead. "Thank you baby." I walk down stairs with amber and set her in the couch. I shut all the blinds and lock all the windows and doors then set the security alarms to make her feel extra safe while I'm gone. Since I live in a forest and I have large windows, she feels like someone is watching her, so I keep the blinds closed for her at night. I turn the tv on after making her dinner. "Daddy I'm going to stay up and wait for you okay? I want daddy to tuck me in and cuddle me." She's visibly anxious. "Baby you need to go to bed on time. I won't be home until very late. And baby, you know I wouldn't leave you alone if I didn't have to right?" She looks up at me from the couch. "Yes daddy I know..." she's obviously getting more anxious as time passes, and puts her head back down. "You can call me if you need me to come we home, okay?" I lift her face and kiss her. "Okay daddy..." I hate to see her like this. Sadly I can't do all my work from home. I leave some snacks for her in the fridge and make sure there are already sippy cups filled for her so she doesn't make a mess with the juice. I pack all the things I'll need in my bag and I slip my shoes on. "Come say bye to daddy, sweetie." She slowly gets up from the couch, her bangs covering her face with her head held down. "I wu- bye daddy..." she tried to cover up what she almost said with a big hug. I can feel her trembling. I pull away and hold her face forcing her to look at me. She's crying now. "Baby I'm sorry, but if you want toys and juice boxes daddy has to work. I'm so sorry baby. I don't want to leave you alone." She tried to smile at me. "I know daddy, I'm not angry I'm just a little anxious." I hug her tightly and kiss her head and her cheeks and her lips and all over her face. "I'll be back as soon as I can okay?" She nods and I kiss her again. I'm walking to my car after making sure the front door was locked. I jump in my car and head to the location of the party.
I pull up to a huge estate and park my car before meeting what I guess to be a butler. I introduce myself as security and he leads me to a large meeting room where other security guard from my company are. We discuss where we each need to be and who our 'target' is. Luckily I got Miss Williams. This is going to be an interesting night. Miss Williams enters the room and we all greet her. She explains rules we all already know and then we go to where we are supposed to be. I'm going to be following Miss Williams all night so I don't have a specific spot. Time passes and people start to fill the huge mansion. I follow Miss Williams around not getting much. Nobody else is either. Maybe we didn't need to be here tonight. It seems like a real party and not some sort of distraction. I see Miss Williams walk into a private room and I wait on the other side of the door to make sure nobody interrupts. I try to listen but it's so faint. I hear two men and Miss Williams. "Have you found her yet?" Hes British. Then I hear Miss Williams "I have. One of the security guards I hired is her boyfriend. I saw her while I was at his house for a meeting." Is she talking about Amber? No, how or why would she be. "I want the address. Now!" The British man is getting angry. "Now, there's no need to raise your voice, Mr Jones. I want my payment before I tell you any more." I hear something heavy slide across a table. Then a latch open. "Mm... this will do. It is quite hard to get to and he has heavy security on the whole property. It's also gated all the way around. The address is 722 CedarWood road." My heart drop instantly at those words. Why do they want Amber? And what do they want to do with her? I rush to my car and I phone one of my colleagues, telling them I suddenly got sick and have to leave. I race home not able to think of anything other than my little princess. I jump out of my car and race inside to see an empty couch with the tv still playing. "Amber!?" I call out for her. I hear footsteps from upstairs and without even thinking I run up to her bedroom. "Amber!?" I swing open the door to see her knocked out and tied to a chair in the middle of the room. I start to grow with anger as I look around to find who did this. I hear more footsteps so I clear the room to make sure nobody was in there with her. I make sure the window is locked and I leave the room. I see someone down the hall slowly walking towards me. "You bastard! Who are you!?" He walks closer and I see his face. I recognize him. I don't know how but I do. Was he at the party? He goes to throw a punch and I dodge it pushing him to the floor and punching him multiple times in the face. "If you ever come near my precious little girl again, I swear to god I will fucking kill you." I drag him by his hair down the stairs and out to the forest where I beat him some more before calling my guys to come pick him up. I walk back inside to get my little girl untied and into bed. I can't help but cry. She's so gentle and delicate. How could someone be so awful?
Ambers POV
After daddy leaves for work I pout and sit on the couch while watching Max and Ruby. I start to get a little hungry and go to the fridge to get me one of the snacks daddy made for me. He's always so caring and thinks about all my needs. I sit back down with my sippy cup and snack. I look at my phone and it's already 11:30 and I'm starting to get tired. I remember Daddy talking me to sleep last night. I remember something he said but I can't quiet make it out. I remember it was the last thing I heard before falling asleep. "What did he say?..." when I realized it hit me like a tone of bricks. "Did... Did he say... he LOVES me?!" My heart is bouncing all around and I hear a knock at the door. "It must be daddy!" I go and open up the door and everything is numb. My vision is blurry and I start to have a panic attack. I see blood, I see pain, I see things I've wanted to forget. But all my attempts have been washed away. I hear his thick accent. It's like the day everything happened. The feeling of never being enough, wanting to die from pain, seeing cuts and blood. I hear him chuckle as I quiver in his presence. I black out. I feel nothing but everything all at once. I'm tied to a chair. Fuck. I'm such an idiot. I always get myself into trouble. "What do you want from me!?" I shout at him. Smirking he reply's in his biter British accent "sweetie don't be so mean. I'm here to take care of you. I want my baby back." He caresses my face. I try to pull away but he grabs my face to kiss me. I resist. "Oh so you're going to be like that." He slaps me, hard. I whimper and try not to cry. "Why did you come back? I don't want to be with you anymore, Nathan." His face drops. I shouldn't have said that. "I came back to claim what's mine. I own you and you can't do anything about it." After that he says those words I black out. No sounds. No movement. Nothing. Until I feel someone's body against mine. I jerk back and try to run away but they pull me in. I'm shaking. "Shhh... it's okay baby, it's only me. I love you, I'll never leave you alone again. I promise. I'm so sorry baby..." It's daddy. Im so relieved when I hear his voice. I tug his shirt and gesture for him to hold me closer. I start sobbing in his arms without the ability to stop. He pets my head and reassured me that I'm okay. I look up at him with tear steaming down my face "daddy?..." I whimper "yes princess?" "I-I-I lo-..." I stop myself. "I really missed you... I was so scared I was going to be taken away from you." I start to cry even harder. He just holds me and kisses my head. Doesn't ask questions, doesn't force me to do anything. Just lets me cry until I fall asleep in daddy's arms.
Carters POV
I want to know if that was the guy at the mall, the guy she dated in high school. The crazy piece of shit that made they think she wasn't enough and scarred her. I clench my fists just thinking about it. But the instantly release once I feel my princess shuffle in my arms, reminding me that she's safe now. I can't believe I let someone hurt the most important thing to me. I can't lose her too.
On the other hand I can't sleep, all I can think about is how I want her to tell me she loves me, I know she wants to. She's almost done it so many times, she's done it twice in the past day. I guess she must have heard me say it when she was falling asleep. Oh shit! I just realized I said it to her when she woke up! I wonder if I'm scaring her off... I finally fall asleep after some time. With my baby girl in my arms, everything is going to be okay.