Page 27 of Daddy's Little Duckling

As the night grew near, Miles left which left them sitting in the living room snuggled up on the couch just enjoying each other's company with Lola curled up at their feet.

Rae wasn’t ready for this night to end, but she knew that tomorrow she had to return back to work. She was just trying to soak up the last few minutes she could with Daddy before she went to pack her back and head back to her cold and lonely apartment.

“Little Duckling I know that you work tomorrow, but would you be willing to stay here one more night? Daddy can make sure that you are awake in plenty of time to go to work.”

Not wanting this night to end, Rae nodded her head and settled back down against his chest.

“If you want to still stay in the spare room or even in thenursery that is okay, but Daddy would love nothing more than to hold his Little girl in his arms tonight.”

She felt all warm inside and knew that she wanted to sleep in his bed too.

“That’s exactly what I want as well, Daddy. No better place to be than in your arms.”

Emmett stood up and pulled her into his arms. He carried her into his room and she felt at home.

It was an unusual feeling for her because she never felt like she belonged anywhere, but now she knew that she just hadn’t found the right spot yet.

Daddy helped her change into another one of his shirts before pulling the covers back and helping her settle in. Giving her a quick kiss, he turned to make sure everything was locked up.

Rae tried to fight the sleep that was pulling her under, but she was no match for it. She felt the bed dip behind her and then the warm arms of her Daddy pulling her towards him.

Sighing, Rae drifted off into dreamland knowing that all was right in the world, well at least in her world.

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

RAELYN

The past few weeks have been nothing but a dream. Raelyn couldn’t believe that everything had been going well with Daddy.

They spent as much time as possible together. Sometimes they would stay at her house, but most of the time Daddy would bring her home to his house.

She loved those days because she got to play in her nursery with Lola and that was her favorite thing to do. A few days ago, Rae built a fort that her and Lola curled up inside of it refusing to come out and no Daddies were allowed in there.

It seemed like everyday Daddy was bringing home another toy for her. Sometimes it was a stuffie, other times it was board games, or a new coloring book.

The board games he brought home were perfect when Uncle M came over cause they all got to play together. Those were the best nights because Uncle M always convinced Daddy that they should have pizza for dinner and then he would sneak her candy when Daddy wasn’t looking. That was a secret between the two of them and she loved it.

Rae spent so much more time at Emmett’s than her own, that she had started to call it home. Most of her stuff slowly started making its way there.

Bruce had a permanent place in her crib at Emmett’s house. He loved having sleeping overs with Ridget, Bitsy, and Ellie. They always seemed to find trouble to get into and she was constantly having to put them in time out.

The job of a stuffie mom could be hard at times, but someone had to do it and she was always up for the task.

Rae didn’t have to work today so instead of just spending the day at home waiting on Emmett to get home, he gave her a key and told her to just spend the day at his house that way she would be there when he got home from the office.

She was currently laying on the floor of her nursery with Lola curled up beside her coloring a picture in the new princess coloring book Daddy brought home a few days ago.

“Little one, where are you?”

Springing up, Rae took off down the hallway, looking for Emmett. “Daddy!! Your home!” she yelled before jumping into his waiting arms.

“Raelyn Jane! I know that my Little girl wasn’t running down the hallway.” Rae shook her head quickly. Daddy was constantly reminding her that she wasn’t supposed to run in the house. It wasn’t her fault that sometimes her feet didn’t listen.

Last time she got into trouble for running, Daddy had made her stand in the corner for a whole five minutes. That was the hardest thing she had ever done.

Her timer got restarted three different times because she wouldn’t stand still. She learned that day that Daddy doesn’t play around when he tells her to stand still and be quiet.

“Raelyn…what did Daddy tell you would happen if you ran in the house again?”

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