Page 9 of Daddy's Little Duckling

He stumbled across this show a few weeks ago and binged watched it. A new episode came out this week and he didn’t want to get behind.

An hour later, he headed to bed after mapping out how far Rae lived from him and setting his alarm for the morning. Emmett thought about his plans for tomorrow one last time before he closed his eyes.

He wanted to be well-rested for the time he would be spending with his Little girl. The excitement he had was uncontainable and he had no doubt that it was going to be difficult for him to fall asleep.

Waking up with his alarm the next morning, Emmett showered for the day. He took a few extra minutes to trim the scruff on his face and apply his favorite cologne.

Finally feeling ready for his day with Raelyn, he made his way to his truck and started driving towards his baby’s house. He realized that she only lived ten minutes from him.

Leaving with plenty of time, he stopped by the local floral shop and picked out a beautiful arrangement of sunflowers to bring to Rae.

Pulling in, Emmett wasn’t too happy with the neighborhood she lived in. While the neighborhood wasn’t the best of those around he was pleased to see that the building she lived in had security measures in place to keep the occupants safe.

He knew that locks and alarms could only do so much, so he hoped that his Little girl took the extra step in maintaining her safety.

That didn’t stop the group of men from lounging around the front entryway. Emmett knew that as soon as she would let him, he was going to move her into his house.

He had already begun setting up her nursery with everything he could think his girl would need.

Heading up and knocking on her door, he whistled while he waited for his angel to appear. Emmett wasn’t prepared to see his sweet girl standing there looking as adorable as can be. She was a vision standing in front of him.

Dressed in the prettiest dress with her hair pulled back with light purple bows, he couldn’t believe that this Little girl would be his and would call him Daddy.

Not wanting to waste any more time, Emmett gave his darling the flowers he picked up and walked inside her apartment. Looking around the entryway, he realized that he really couldn’t call this an apartment. It looked more like a closet than a place where his baby should be staying.

CHAPTER EIGHT

RAELYN

After waking up this morning and showering like she always did, Rae and Bruce sat on her bed fretting over what she was going to wear for the day.

She didn’t want to wear something that would give away her Little, but she also wanted to look pretty for Emmett, settling on a lavender cotton sundress that had white daisies printed along the bottom of it.

This was one of her favorite finds at the consignment shop and she was grateful that it didn’t require any modifications to fit her sensory needs.

All the fretting Bruce and her did this morning, although it was mainly her that did the fretting, was worth it when she saw the look on Emmett’s face for the first time.

“You darling girl look stunning. Every man around us today will be jealous of me because I will have a beautiful girl to accompany me.”

She blushed at Emmett’s words and smiled at him before stepping inside to grab a mason jar for the gorgeous flowers that he brought her. How he ever knew that sunflowerswere her favorite she would never know, but she did a little happy dance inside at seeing them sit on her counter.

There was nothing like the smell of fresh flowers to brighten her day. Emmett followed her inside and Rae tried not to tense up at him seeing her space. It wasn’t much, but it was hers.

The one-bedroom apartment left more to be desired, but she tried her best to make it feel like home. Calling it an apartment felt generous. Rae had to be honest with herself, it was more of a shoebox than a place someone should be living.

How it was up to code she wouldn’t know. Her’s and the place beside her had originally been one massive apartment, but the building owner had decided to do some construction and split the once existing single apartment into two.

The thin wall between her and the neighbors didn’t protect against any of the noise she heard from them. She knew quite a bit about her neighbors yet she had only met them once in person and that was on the day that she moved in.

She decorated the space with as much color as she could. She had hung twinkling lights all around to give it that magical feel and spent hours hunting around consignment shops for just the right stuff to add a little sparkle to the place.

Rae knew that she didn’t have much, but she was grateful for the space that she did have. She knew what it was like to live on the streets and not have a place to lay her head at night.

Never wanting to be in that position again, Rae never took what she had for granted because it could always disappear in the blink of an eye.

Giving the flowers one last sniff, she turned to gather her yellow fuzzy backpack that held her phone, wallet, and keys she would need for today.

After locking up behind them, Rae slipped her arm into thecrease of his arm. They headed out to his truck and made their way to the diner that she had told him about.

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