Page 31 of Daddy's Little Fighter
“Right. Only if you want to do it.” Rainey nodded.
Frankie couldn’t help but chuckle. Rainey did not seem to want to agree with Echo on that.
“We can just open the door and take one step out. Or you can just place one foot out and show yourself that it isn’t that scary and work your way up to walking out over time,” Rainey added. “But it really is up to you.”
But it didn’t seem like it was up to her. It seemed like both of them wanted her to go out and were going to make it happen no matter what. Was she prepared for this?
No.
But maybe she needed to be pushed a little.
“What do you say?” Echo asked. “You really don’t have to. We just wanted to offer it in case you were interested.”
Frankie thought about it for a second.
“I can just put a toe out there?” she asked, holding onto Lita even tighter than before.
Rainey nodded. “Yep.”
Before Frankie could think about it anymore, she stood and placed Lita on the couch.
“Okay.” She sighed. “Let’s do this then. Just a toe.”
Frankie wasn’t going to back out of this. Not this time. She had almost walked out earlier today, but she had stopped herself. Having Rainey and Echo by her side might just help her to do this.
Rainey and Echo got up and looped arms with Frankie. She took a deep breath as they took a step forward. Frankie was really going to do this.
“Come on,” Rainey encouraged her. “Just one little toe out there and then maybe in a week we can do one whole foot.”
Frankie didn’t know about that. This was nerve-wracking enough, and she didn’t know if she would be able to do any more in a week. That was too soon. Everything was changing around her, and Frankie didn’t know if she would be able to keep up with all of this.
“I can do this,” Frankie whispered to herself.
“You’ve got this. And if it becomes too much, you just let us know, and we will help you get away from it. We aren’t going to pressure you into anything, promise.” Echo gave her arm a squeeze.
Nodding, they stood in front of the door. Frankie took another deep breath as Echo pulled the door open. They were in front of the entrance and just as Frankie moved her foot, she stilled.
“What are you girls doing?” Deccan asked.
CHAPTER 13
FRANKIE
Frankie looked out the window at people were walking on the sidewalk. It was a beautiful day to go on a walk, but she was inside. It had been a week since Echo and Rainey were over. After Deccan had scared her, she had found herself on the couch, clutching Lita to her chest and breathing super hard.
She hadn’t gone outside like the other girls wanted, but they reassured her that it didn’t matter. Then had they told her that the other Littles wanted to meet her badly.
“Are you ready to go to the club?” Daddy asked as he walked into the room and eyed her. “Are you okay?”
Frankie sighed and nodded.
“Frankie.” He gave her a pointed look. “What’s wrong?”
She shrugged. There was a lot wrong, and she wasn’t able to fix any of it. Or at least fix it in the time she wanted to make it right.
“You know we don’t just shrug our shoulders.” Daddy raised an eyebrow. “What’s wrong?”
“Just frustrated,” she mumbled.
