They got to the hotel and when Emily parked the car Maisy whispered to JJ "why are we stopping?"

"That's the hotel we're staying" JJ said pointing to the building.

"What's a otel?" Maisy said mispronouncing it.

"It's called a Hotel, honey. And it's a building with a bunch of rooms that you can stay for a while when you're traveling" JJ explained gently tucking a curl behind the girl's ear.

"Can my mom come to hotel?" Maisy asked a little scared.

"No." JJ said and Maisy breathed out relieved. "She'll never hurt you again" JJ said and wrapped the girl in a hug.

"Let's go?" Emily said.
JJ unbuckled Maisy, got out of the car and carried the little one inside the hotel. They got inside the elevator and pressed 8, the elevator started going up and Maisy tightened her arm around JJ.

"What's wrong?" JJ asked worried and Maisy looked at her with a scared face and then looked around the elevator.
"It's okay, honey. This is called an elevator and this takes us up to our floor so we won't need to use the stairs." JJ said.

"Elevator" Maisy said with her sweet little voice making JJ and Emily smile.
They got to their floor and went to their room. JJ placed Maisy on the bed and asked if she wanted to watch some tv. The girl nodded yes so Jennifer sat with her and turned the tv on.

"I'm gonna shower" Emily said.
Almost instantly Maisy cuddled up to JJ, a little scared.

"Okay" JJ said throwing her arm around Maisy's shoulder. She didn't realize why Maisy did that, she just thought she wanted to be close.

Emily took her time in the shower and when she walked out she found JJ and Maisy asleep cuddling on the bed. The little girl had her face hidden on Jennifer's belly. Emily laid on her bed and watched some tv, letting the two blondes rest.
JJ woke up about half an hour later and sat on a table with Emily to work on some paperwork they had.
They worked for about 20 minutes till a scream filled the room...

****Maisy's nightmare****
"Wake up Maisy" my daddy said. I opened my eyes and I was in the hotel where I went with Jennifer. But as I looked around the room she was not there. Daddy was sitting at the end of the bed with a smirk on his face. "Hello my sweet angel" daddy said coming closer to me. "Please daddy no" I cried. "Shush!" Daddy yelled and turned me around and took his belt out. That dark brown belt seemed to be even bigger this time. I felt so scared. "Please no" I cried but I'd didn't help. Daddy hit me and I screamed. He hit me again and another high pitched scream came out-
****end****

Maisy sat on the bed and looked around the room. When her eyes met JJ's she just ran to the woman. JJ scooped the girl up and rubbed her back gently repeating soothing words in the child's ear as Maisy cried.
JJ felt her hand was wet so she looked to the bed. "Oh Maisy you had an accident" JJ said when she saw a pool of urine on the mattress.

"I'm sorry! Please don't be mad. Don't hurt me. I won't do again" Maisy cried scared.

"No sweetie, I'm not gonna hurt you. It's okay. It happens" JJ said sitting at the edge of the bed with Maisy in her arms. "It's okay" she said and slightly rocked the girl.
Once Maisy calmed down, JJ said "let's get you cleaned up so we can order dinner".
She stood up and carried Maisy to the bathroom. She put Maisy down close to the tub and when the girl saw where she was she hugged JJ's leg.

"No! Please no! I'll be good. I'll be good" Maisy cried.

JJ kneed down and faced the girl. "Honey, it's okay. I'm not going to hurt you. But you need to take a bath"

"No! No bath! No!" Maisy cried, pushed JJ away and ran out of the bathroom. She tried to get to their room door but Emily quickly ran and got her before she opened to escape.
The girl started kicking and screaming.
"No! Let me go! I won't do it again! Don't hurt me! Please No" she cried as Emily struggled to hold her.

JJ turned the shower on and said "bring her here"

Emily took Maisy back to the bathroom and JJ managed to pick her up. She held the child as tight as she could and stepped inside the shower with her, instead of using the bath tub.
She let Maisy down and the girl yelled "No! No!" trying to get away but JJ wouldn't let go of her arm. The girl threw herself on the floor and JJ picked her up again. Maisy kept moving and crying trying to get away.

"Maisy stop. I'm not going to hurt you" JJ said but Maisy kept screaming. JJ managed to hold Maisy's arms under hers and the child had a hard time moving. She held Maisy under the water and rocked her slightly as she rubbed her back gently. "Shuuuuuuu shuuuuu I'm not going to hurt you" JJ kept saying.

Maisy started to calm down but she couldn't stop crying. JJ held her there for a while and then put her down and went to take her clothes off.

"No" Maisy cried scared.

"It's okay. I won't hurt you. I promise" JJ said and Maisy let her. JJ undressed the girl and handed the clothes to Emily who put it on the sink. She got the soap and went to clean Maisy.

"please no" Maisy whispered scared. She had not yet stopped crying.

"It's okay" JJ said and started. She cleaned Maisy's body and the girl kept crying the whole time. When it came to the private area, JJ said "can you do it now?"

Maisy looked up and she looked so confused.

"You're a big girl. I know you can do that yourself" JJ said. Maisy did it and then just stood there staring at JJ.

"Can I wash your hair too?" JJ asked.
Maisy shook her head no multiple times, terrified.

"Okay. Alright. We don't have to do that" JJ said as Maisy kept moving her head scared. "Shuu it okay. It's done now" JJ said quickly turning the shower off. Emily handed her a towel and she wrapped the girl up. She picked Maisy up and took her to the bedroom. "It's over, honey. All done" JJ said trying to calm Maisy down again as the girl cried.

After sometime Maisy fell asleep wrapped in the towel as JJ walked around the room.

"She's out" Emily said.

JJ put Maisy on Emily's bed and grabbed her go bag. She changed her clothes and then took a shirt and pajama's shorts out. She knew they'd be too big on Maisy but it was the smallest things she had.
She unwrapped Maisy and the girl woke up.

"No!" She cried and took her knees to her chest when she realized she was naked.

"It's okay. I was going to get you dressed" JJ said. Maisy looked at her. "Do you want to put this on? It's cold" JJ said holding her clothes up. Maisy gave her a nod. "Come on" JJ said with a warm smile. Maisy looked scared but she got off the bed and let JJ dress her. "All done" JJ smiled.

"How about dinner now?" Emily asked.

"Are you hungry?" JJ asked Maisy. The girl just stood there and shook her head. "Are you sure?" JJ asked and Maisy nodded yes and burst into tears. It was all too much for her.

"Come here" JJ said and pulled the girl to her lap. No one knew exactly why Maisy was crying again but Emily and JJ just let her cry.

After a while Maisy calmed down and said very low "thank you".

JJ looked at Emily unsure if she heard it right.
"What did you say, honey?" Emily asked.

Maisy looked up at JJ and said "thank you for not making it hurt".

The women's hearts sank. How could a 4 year-old feel the need to thank for not being hurt in the shower.

"No one here will ever hurt you like that, Maisy. Ever" JJ said.

"Promise?" Maisy asked as tears rolled down her cheeks.

"I promise" JJ said and tightened her arms around the girl.
She held Maisy for a while and the room was in complete silence till Maisy said "I'm sorry for kicking and screaming Miss Jennifer."

"You can call me JJ, honey." JJ smiled. "And it's okay. I know you were just scared" JJ said.

Maisy looked down and said "I thought you would do what daddy does"

JJ took a deep breath and asked "and what does your dad do?"

Maisy thought for a while and said "he hurt me in the bath"

"How did he hurt you?" Emily asked. They knew that talking about what happened and what was scaring her could maybe help her.

"With his fingers and it hurts really bad" Maisy said and burst into tears.

JJ held her tight and rocked her slightly.
"He's a very bad man for doing that. But He'll never do it again, Maisy. You're safe now. He'll never hurt you again. No one will hurt you again" JJ said as tears rolled down her own cheeks now.

After that no one said anything for a long time.
Maisy stopped crying and allowed herself to relax on JJ's arms.
After some time Emily asked again if they wanted to eat something and this time Maisy said yes.

"Alright. So how about some Mac and cheese?" JJ asked and Maisy shook her head.
"You don't like Mac and cheese?" JJ asked.

"My mom makes that all the time" Maisy said.

"You want something different?" Emily smiled as she saw the girl more relaxed with them.

"Can I have that bread thing again?" Maisy asked. Her voice so sweet that melted their hearts.

"Cheeseburgers?" JJ asked smiling and Maisy's face lit up.

"Well, we don't have that same one here but you can try the hotel's" Emily said.

"Okay" Maisy said.

"Alright then! I want that too" JJ said. "Cheeseburger and fries."

"What is fries?" Maisy asked intrigued.

"French fries" JJ said as she was saying the obvious.

"I don't know any French fries" Maisy said and Emily and JJ laughed.

"It's potatoes" JJ explained. "They cut them and they fry them"

"Oh. Like smilies?" Maisy asked. Her mom made that sometimes but they were round smily faces and Maisy called them smilies.

"Yeah like the smiling ones" JJ smiled as she remembered how much Henry loved the smily face fries.

"Can I have some of that too, please?" Maisy asked politely.

"Of course you can" JJ smiled.

Emily got the phone and ordered 3 cheeseburgers and fries, a box of apple juice and soda for them.

"Do you want to watch a movie while we wait?" JJ asked Maisy who nodded yes. JJ stood up and put Maisy down on the bed. She sat resting her back and opened her arms to the little girl. Maisy sat next to her and allowed JJ to wrap her arms around her. Jennifer smiled as she felt the child relax in her embrace.
Maisy looked at the other bed and looked down a little sad.

Emily saw that and said "don't worry, honey. They'll change the bed for us"
Maisy looked up confused.
"I'm gonna call the hotel and they'll send someone up with a new mattress" Emily explained. "You don't have to worry" she said with a smile and Maisy gave her a little smile back. She called the hotel's front desk and in little time there was a knock on the door. The guy walked in to change the mattress and Maisy hugged JJ tight and looked away from him.

"It's okay. He won't hurt you" JJ whispered pulling Maisy to her lap and hugging her tight.
The guy changed the mattress and left. Emily went to close the door and the food got there.

"Is there a little girl in this room that asked for cheeseburgers?" Emily smiled when she took the lid out. Maisy looked at her and smiled excited. Emily closed the door and pushed the cart a little further into the room.

"Let's go eat on the table?" JJ asked Maisy who smiled excited to have cheeseburgers again. JJ carried the girl and placed her on the chair. They sat and ate. Emily and JJ smiled the whole time as they watched Maisy eating her cheeseburger and her fries with a huge smile on her face.
They finished dinner quickly and headed to bed. JJ laid down next to Maisy and the girl grabbed her hand.

"Don't leave" Maisy said.

"I'm not going anywhere" JJ said.

Maisy hid her face on JJ's belly and closed her eyes. She was scared that she could have bad dreams again but for the first time, in her entire life, she felt safe.
She felt safe with JJ next to her.
So she closed her eyes and let herself relax.