Page 171 of Papa's Bébé
“Oh! Oh no! Maya, I’m so sorry. Sometimes I speak without thinking,” Millie said.
Now she felt even more terrible. She didn’t want Millie to be upset.
“I’m fine,” she said hastily. “Don’t worry about what you said, okay? I know about Littles.”
But she wasn’t going to admit to being one. Not in front of Matthieu, anyway. She wasn’t ready for that.
“Whew,” Millie said. “I don’t want to upset you. We’re still friends?”
“Of course we are. If you still want to be friends after I got you into trouble.” She snuck a look at Scary Spike.
“Don’t worry,” Scary Spike said. “Millie gets herself into trouble all on her own. She can sniff out trouble and she likes to dive in feet first without thinking first.”
“Hey! I think first. I just don’t always agree with what I’m thinking.” Millie shrugged. “My life has worked out pretty good so far.”
“Only pretty good?” Spike asked in a dry voice.
“I mean, excellent! Wonderful! Marvellous! It’s dino-delicious!”
“That’s what I thought,” Spike said. “It’s also going to be standing-only for a while.”
“Well, that’s just rude,” Millie said. “Why is that?”
“Why is that?” Spike repeated. “Why do you think?”
“I don’t know. I guess it could be because I’m late getting home. But I really don’t think I should be spanked for that. I’m often late home.”
“What are you supposed to do when you finish your class?” Spike asked.
“Text you. But I did!”
“Did you go to the class?” Spike asked.
Maya heard Millie swallow. “Yes.”
“And did you go have coffee after?”
“Well, I thought about it. That should count, right?”
“It does not,” Spike replied. “You didn’t go have coffee like you told me. Instead, you followed the puppies back here. You didn’t tell me where you were going, what you were doing, or when you would return home.”
‘That could be true,” Millie admitted.
“And why didn’t you tell me what was going on, Millie?” Spike asked.
“Because I knew you’d be a party pooper. You’re as negative as Matthieu!”
“Millie,” he warned.
“Fine. I didn’t tell you because I knew you wouldn’t approve of the plan. But we have to rescue the puppies, Spike!”
“I know we have to rescue the puppies,” Spike replied. “Do you really think that I would leave animals in that situation?”
“No, it’s just . . . I didn’t think you would approve of the plan,” Millie said to him.
“What plan?” Spike asked.
“Well, where I followed David and the puppies and found where they’re being held. Then, when I discovered the situation they’re being kept in, I messaged back-up. So now the plan is for me to create a big distraction and you guys to go in and grab all the puppies.”
