By the following day most of Skylar’s bones had begun to heal, her ribs were sore to the touch and the nasty bruise on her face was still prominent. Her mother had burst into tears when she came home and saw the state of her, demanding to know what had happened, shouting that she should have called her so she could have left work.
The Omega had tried to calm the older woman down, Jackson finally taking over and helping her into a chair, promising that her daughter would be safe from now on as he would personally be taking responsibility for her welfare.
Stuttering her thanks through her sobs, Skylar’s mother had retired to her room and when Jackson left later, the Omega had peeked into her room to find her sound asleep, her eyes still streaked with tears.
Shuffling out of her mothers c
