Chapter 16

Allen "Ari" I stood at the edge of the bed calling her. She was lying down on the bed sobbing into the pillow holding it to her chest. As soon as she heard me, she ran into my arms. With a jerk I took a step back to stable myself and wrapped my arms around her. She crumples my shirt holding it in fists and weeps into my chest. My hands reach her long black hair that was falling to the sides of her cheeks pushing it away. I hold her neck in my hand and wipe away her tears. "Does this beautiful girl love me?" She bites her lip arresting the smile that was threatening to come out and nuzzles her head to the crook of my neck.  I take a long breathe and run my hands on her back in soothing circles. "I saw you for the first time nine months ago when you were saving a puppy in the middle of the road. "He is Dolores." She says and plays the buttons of my shirt. I nod, "your big black eyes looked at him in so much love and pain. I felt a pang in my heart seeing you distressed though it was t