Page 193 of Broken Daddy
“Well, why not? Everyone wants to know. Ellie and Charlie also put together a Little gift basket. We were just wondering if that was what you wanted or not?”
There was curiosity on Eden’s face.
“If it helps, I’m a Little,” Eden added.
Oh. That did help a bit.
“Yes, I am too,” she said shyly. She’d never really interacted with another Little.
Well, she wasn’t sure about Silla. And Hayes had told her that Gwen was a Little.
But it wasn’t quite the same.
“What do you like to play with?” Eden asked.
Devi bit her lip. “I’m not sure. I’ve never really had a chance to find out.” Maybe she wasn’t a very good Little.
“Hey, that’s all right,” Eden told her gently. “Sanctuary Ranch is a great place to figure out what you like. And you can always come to one of our playrooms. You don’t really have room here. Do you have a stuffy or a special toy at least?”
A playroom? Eden had a playroom? Wow. That must be amazing.
“Um, I have a squirrel. Called Coco.”
“Great name. I have a rag doll named Betty. But my favorite animal is a wombat and I also have a stuffed wombat. His name is Wombles.”
“I love wombats,” she said.
“They. Are. Awesome.”
They smiled at each other and she thought she might have actually made a friend.
“All right, I promise not to tell,” Eden told her.
Oh thank goodness.
It would just be better if Hayes didn’t know about what she’d done.
The door opened and Hayes stepped into the cabin. “Zeke, Eden, good you made it.”
“We did,” Zeke said, coming over to shake his hand. “Just in time to find your girl cleaning the bathroom.”
Devi gasped loudly. “You tattletale, you promised that you wouldn’t tell.”
“No, Eden promised she wouldn’t tell,” Zeke said. “I never said any such thing.”
Crap.
She knew she’d forgotten something.
“You were cleaning?” Hayes glared at her. “Why would you do that? You were supposed to be resting.”
She remembered Eden’s advice against telling him that she thought she owed him.
“I just wanted to contribute something,” she told him. “To help you out.”
“Help me out? By cleaning? You could have hurt yourself!”
“But I didn’t. See? I’m all fine.” She was not going to tell him about the throbbing in her arm.
