Page 5 of Pumpkin Patch Cutie
I turned a corner and there she was, crouched and holding her foam sword out as if she expected the dragon to come find her.
“Hey there,” I said, smiling. “Here you are. Ready to go find your uncle Scott?”
“You said I could talk to him.”
I chuckled. “You’re right, I did.” I pulled the walkie-talkie from my belt and thumbed the button. “Dom here. I found Madison. She wants to talk to her uncle before we leave so she knows I’m an ok stranger.”
“Maddie?” asked a panicked voice.
“Uncle Scott!” she cried, reaching for the walkie-talkie.
I held it out to her. “Hold the button here to talk, but let go once you’re done so he can talk back.”
“Uncle Scott!” she said again, mashing the button.
“Thank goodness,” he replied. “I’m waiting at the maze exit for you. Come with the man who found you, ok sweetie?”
“Ok.”
She handed back the walkie-talkie, and I hooked it to my belt again.
“Do I need to hold your hand?” I asked. “Or can I trust you to walk beside me?”
“I’ll stay beside you,” she muttered, sounding chastised.
“Ok, I’ll trust you.” I took a few steps, then smiled. I knelt to look her in the eye. “How about you keep an eye out. Let me know if the dragon wakes up, ok?”
She grinned. “Ok!”
We walked through the maze, her holding her sword out. A few minutes later we made it to the exit.
“Uncle Scott!” she yelled, rushing off to where he knelt with his arms open.
I chuckled. She was obviously a girl who was too busy to wait on others.
“Never run off again,” the gorgeous omega said as he pulled her into his embrace.
“Sorry uncle Scott.”
“Ice cream is cancelled,” he replied, not letting go.
“But I stayed put!” she argued.
“You know you shouldn’t have run off in the first place.”
She finally sniffled.
“No tears to try and get your way. You scared me.”
A hand clapped my shoulder. “Good job Dom,” said my uncle Robert.
I nodded. “It was nothing.”
“Still. That boy was pretty panicked about the girl bein’ missin’.”
“Can’t blame him.”
“Guess not.”
