Page 63 of Daddy's Little Surprise

“Yucky.”

“You will be drinking water. It’s important to stay hydrated.”

“But water is so yucky. It doesn’t taste like anything.”

“We can add some fruit in there if you want.”

“Can I have tea or milk?”

“No, Little girl. You can have water or water with some fruit in it.”

She pouted and looked at the sippy cup.

“No pouting. Eat and drink while we color.”

She picked up a piece of apple, and Dane opened his mouth.

“Dane, no.”

Rainey looked down at the dog to see him looking at her, his mouth closed.

“Can I feed him just one?” she asked Daddy. “Please. He’s been a good boy keeping me company. I think he deserves a little treat.”

“Just one. No more after that. And don’t get used to feeding him people food. He gets plenty of his own.”

Grinning, she brought her hand down and fed Dane the apple. He happily ate it and put his head back down on her lap.

“Such a good boy.”

Grabbing another apple, she scooped it in the peanut butter and munched on it.

“So good,” she moaned. “Deliciousness.”

“I’m glad you are enjoying it. Any time you want it, you let me know. Even when you have our baby, I’ll always give you snackies.”

She smiled and looked down at her belly. Would she beable to have time to eat a snackie after she had the baby? There were so many questions she didn’t have answers to and no one to really ask.

She knew Janie was pregnant and had a child already, but she didn’t know Janie that well. Was it okay to ask all those questions? Or should she try to find information online? The only problem with looking online was she could see something she didn’t want to see.

Rainey slowly bit into the apple and rubbed her belly. Was everything going to be okay? Was she going to be able to deal with everything and stay sane? Or would she go crazy with everything?

“Are you okay?” Daddy asked.

“Yeah,” she whispered.

Her mind was all over the place. She knew she needed to speak about it, but it was hard. Were her thoughts wrong? Her questions wrong? Should she have everything figured out and know everything there was to know?

Blinking several times, she tried to stop the tears forming in her eyes. Right now was not the time to cry.

Dane whined and pushed his head into her leg.

“Rainey?”

“I’m okay.”

“Can you look up at Daddy?”

She took a deep breath and looked at him. Concern was written all over his face.

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