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She was standing in the frozen meal section trying to pick which meal she wanted when there had been a huge banging noise a few aisles over and it immediately triggered the attack.

Given how tired she was from working it made sense that it happened, but that didn’t mean that Rae didn’t want to avoid it again, if possible. The morning shoppers are usually elderly and the store has a somber feel to it.

Rae loved shopping in the mornings so much more and so when there was a chance to do it, she would always pick that. Grabbing her phone once more when she heard the alert that another message from Emmett came through.

Emmett: Darling girl, would you be willing to let me crash your morning shopping tomorrow?

Emmett: We can grab breakfast before we go. I would love to spend the whole day with you.

Raelyn paused to think about her answer before she responded. She did want to spend as much time as possible with Emmett, but did she feel like she could handle a whole day with him without slipping into Littlespace? Deciding to hope for the best, she replied to his text.

Raelyn: I would love that! We can meet at the breakfast place around the corner from me.

Emmett: How about you send me your address and I’ll come pick you up?

Emmett: I promise you are safe with me

Rae didn’t doubt that she would be safe with him. She sent him her address and they settled on him picking her up at eight tomorrow morning.

Emmett: Now be a good girl and go to bed. I don’t want you to be tired and cranky tomorrow.

Raelyn: Yes, Sir! Goodnight and sweet dreams.

Raelyn clenched her legs together at Emmett’s text. Herheart raced at the thought of being Emmett’s good girl and all she wanted to do was please him.

Turning her phone off and putting her paci in her mouth, Rae closed her eyes and drifted asleep. She dreamed of all the wonderful things that her Daddy had planned, even though it was wishful thinking he would be hers.

CHAPTER SEVEN

EMMETT

Emmett couldn’t stop reading over his conversation with his sweet babygirl. He felt like a teenager having his first real crush all over again.

He only wished that she would call him Daddy instead of Sir. Soon, Emmett reminded himself.

Walking to the closet, he began picking out the clothes he wanted to wear for the date tomorrow. Settling on a dark grey henley shirt and a pair of dark wash jeans, Emmett laid everything out on the counter in the closet and headed back towards the bedroom.

He was interrupted by the rubbing of something across his legs. Looking down he smiled at the orange furball that was currently weaving herself around him while he walked. Leaning down to pick up his darling cat, Emmett brushed his fingers through her fur.

“What is it, Lola girl? Are you hungry?”

Lola let out the cutest meow and brushed her head against his chin letting out a soft purr. Emmett carried her into thekitchen, placing her on the floor before getting started on making her dinner.

Miles loved to call him an old cat lady because Emmett went the extra mile with the care he provided to Lola. He never imagined that he would own a cat, but a few months ago he heard the saddest meow coming from the alleyway beside his building.

Deciding to investigate even though it was pouring down raining, his heart broke at finding the little fuzzball abandoned in a box. There was no way that Emmett was taking her to the pound, so that day he officially became a cat dad and he embraced it fully.

One vet trip later and Emmett was able to say that he was a proud owner of an orange maine coon that was about six months old. Given the circumstances that she was found in, Lola was in pretty good health minus the small respiratory infection she had developed from being left in the rain.

A week's worth of antibiotics cured that and he had a rambunctious house mate that demanded attention all the time. Emmett spent the next few weeks researching all the information he could find on owning a cat, specifically a maine coon.

He quickly learned that his small furball wouldn’t stay small forever, instead she would grow to be quite big, but he was looking forward to watching it happen. Which is where the ribbing from Miles comes from. Lola was a bit spoiled, but he found it hard to resist spoiling the little thing.

Plus, since Lola came into his life he didn’t feel so lonely while he was waiting on finding his Little girl. Now that he knew that Raelyn was it for him, he hoped that she wasn’t allergic to cats and that the two of them would become best friends.

He fully believes that his babygirl would love havingsomeone to play and cuddle with and he was going to enjoy spoiling both of his girls.

Emmett set the bowl of gourmet food on the placemat and scratched behind Lola’s ears and headed back into the living room. He knew that he should go to bed now, but he couldn’t resist watching one episode of 911:Lonestar.

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