YOU CAN'T TAME ME.

PARKER'S POV:

How could he have left that little child alone? I was furious. I walked towards him, taking slow strides. "I...I was on a call."

"A call?" I asked. "Was it more important than your own daughter's safety?" Josh's face turned white losing all its colors. I did not care where we were and who was here with us. Even Roslyn Carter on which my gaze was darted was now invisible to me. Josh also took strides back while he stammered, "Listen to me first, it was Sophie's class teacher, Ms. Britney." I narrowed my gaze on him waiting for him to continue. Understanding my signal, he started explaining, "Ms. Britney called me to inform that Sophie hit a boy in his face." The anger on Josh slowly faded away. I blinked processing what he just disclosed. Sophie hit a boy...but why? I directed my gaze towards Sophie who was now trying to hide behind the counter. Josh when saw that I was calmed, he stepped forward making his way to her. "Sweet cheeks, did you really hit a boy?" 

Sophie lowered her gaze signalling that it was true. This time, I too stepped forward, "But why princess? Did he bother you?" A few thoughts already started to flood my mind. Did that boy do something to her?  "Tell me his name." 

Carmila came forward from the counter, "You can talk in my office if you want." Her words reminded me where were currently. Carmila is right. We should not discuss it in public. "Thanks, Carmila." I signaled Josh to take Sophie with him. He nodded and took Sophie in her arms. We all followed Carmila in her office. "If you need anything, just call any one of us." With this, she left after closing the door. I was thankful for Carmila to be thoughtful. When the door was closed, our all attention was on the little girl sitting in front of us. She again started sucking her fist, nervousness evident in her eyes. I held Josh's hand beneath the table and gave him a look. Sophie was still little and neither I nor Josh was careful and patient enough to handle such emotional cases. "Sophie, me and your uncle are worried for you. We want you to tell everything without fearing anything, okay?" 

Sophie first stared at Josh then at me, "Sophie will tell but Sophie wants donuts." 

"Don't worry, I will ask Carmila to get you some donuts," I responded and retrieved my phone. After sending a text to Carmila's number, I again focused on Sophie. "See, you will get your donuts soon. Meanwhile, tell us what happened." Both I and Josh got ourselves ready when Sophie started speaking, "Yesterday, when the teacher left the class, a boy came to me. He said.." She narrowed her eyes and started acting as if she was trying to mimic that boy, " Hey you dumbo." Dumbo! Did that boy just call my princess a fucking dumbo? I glanced at Josh whose expression also changed but in a flash, he hid it completely. I could sense he was too not so happy. We both knew acting all up would make Sophie somewhat scared, so we waited until she completed it. "I said, yes you donkey. He again said, 'Why does your father always pick you but I don't see your mommy?', then I replied, 'My mommy has gone to work and my daddy says, that she will come soon." Both me and Josh knew where this was going but we did not want to conclude before she told us anything. Sophie's expression slowly got off. "He then started laughing and when I asked him, he said that he heard that I did not have a mommy. She left me because she did not like me." Sophie's eyes became red. Tears started to roll off her eyes. Fucking hell, I will make that freaking boy pay for every single tear, my princess shed today. "Daddy, is it true? Did Mommy not like Sophie? Was Sophie a bad girl?" Her cries grew making my heart wrench. I looked into Josh whose eyes also turned red, he stood and was about to walk towards her when the door of the office swing opened. Carmila abruptly entered the office with a box in her hand, which probably were the donuts that I asked for before. Almost throwing that box on the table, she stepped towards Sophie and took in her embrace. The scene in front of me was not something either of us expected. Even Josh got froze when saw both Sophie and Carmila. "Don't cry, baby. Your mommy loves you very much. I would never leave you, my dear." Sophie also clung to Carmila and sobbed. Even Carmila had tears in her eyes. She kept mumbling sweet words to her while caressing her head and back. For once, I also felt as if Carmila was her mother. A while passed when both of them stopped crying. Sophie moved her head up and asked, "Are you my mommy?" Pin-drop silence fell in the environment. Carmila's facial expression was of shock as if she realized something. Even Josh who seemed in a trance when heard Sophie's question, snapped out of his trance. He moved towards her and got Sophie in his arms. "Let's get going, sweet cheeks. See you later Parker." With this, he took the box in one hand, and in the other, he carried Sophie and exited the bakery. I could hear Sophie's voice saying, "Daddy, but we left Mommy there. Daddy stop." Carmila was still in a daze. Though I wanted to ask her why she pulled such a stunt, it did not seem to interrupt her, so I walked out of the office giving her some privacy. I was about to step out when I felt a grip. I was not ready for anything, especially not now. I wanted to say fuck off to that person when my eyes met with the pair of black crystals. Her eyes held darkness in them yet I could see through them, crystal clear. I opened my mouth wanting to say, "Back off." but before I could do, she stated, "We need to talk. Now." Well, fuck me. I cursed under my breath. Getting my hand out of her grip, I held her hand, "Not here, let's talk in my car."