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Hunter was glad they had gone to get Kimber when they did because to be honest even though he had never met her before today she had been on his mind. He just kept imagining a smaller version of Chris in the beginning stages of traumatizing abuse and he was glad to be getting the young girl out of the situation. It gave Hunter some sense of comfort to know that after all Chris had been through he had at least one person to help him get through it. Hunter had experienced abuse by his father at a young age he had his brothers to help him as he was the second oldest he always took beatings and blame for his brother and they would often help him afterwords. Hunter had always been a sort of ‘protector’ to those whom he loved and he always would be. It made Hunter uncomfortable to not be in complete control but he let Chris do his thing, it was interesting to see him take on this role. “Okay princess.” Hunter kissed Chris’s forehead he perked up at the opportunity to help and walked over to the closet and took more clothes out setting them on the bed. Hunter overheard Kimber’s question and looked over to her. “If your daddy gets mad I’ll protect both of you okay?” He said looking at both Chris and the little girl.
Chris couldn’t even bear the thought of leaving his sister alone there with their father. Even though he’d been dealing with it his entire life, he couldn’t sit back and watch the same happen to her. She was too special to him - even recently he’d taken the blame for a mess that she’d made simply because he didn’t want her to get hurt. She was young and too wise for her age, but she had to be in this family. If she wasn’t, it was come back and hurt her. Chris made sure that she was smart, at least in the sense of being street smart. He made sure that she knew better than to go off with strangers, or even alone with men that were ‘friends of the family’. Their father’s friends weren’t good men, and he knew that some of them would jump at the opportunity to have Kimber despite the fact that she was just a child. As they continued to pack up his suitcase, Chris rocked the girl slowly and bounced her a bit on his hip, humming softly - he hoped that she would fall asleep and not have to deal with the yelling and fighting that he knew would come when they tried to leave with her. “Everything is gonna be okay,” He said softly, kissing the top of Kimber’s head. “Promise.” He let out a shaky breath and closed his eyes for a moment - he knew damn well that everything wasn’t going to be okay, at least not until they got far away from the house. She nodded and looked up at Hunter, biting her lip for a moment. “Okay,” She said finally. “I trust you.”
Even though Kimber was not in any way related to him Hunter still felt the need to protect her it was just in his nature to protect people and it always had been. Hunter didn't understand how someone could hurt a child he'd seen it all through his life but he never understood it. Children were pure and innocent and besides a spanking every now and then abusing a child was the most despicable thing to him. Kimber's childhood would be so much better now that they had stepped in. Hunter knew how Chris felt, he would do anything for his brothers. Hunter finished taking the clothes out of the closet and continued to help pack them away as fast as possible because he knew they needed to get out as soon as they could. Things seemed to be too calm Chris's father appeared to be too nonchalant about this entire situation. Hunter walked over and placed a hand on Chris's back and ran it up and down tracing circles on his upper back. "We are going to get you both out of here for good and you're going to be safe." He said pressing a kiss to the side of Chris's head. Hunter looked down at Kimber and gave her a small smile. "I won't let him hurt you or Chris ever again." He said softly, he could see she was starting to trust him. "Let's go pack up your things."









