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“No, Daddy! Charlie is my friend! We were planning a playdate.”
“Playdate?” Reuben asked in a strangled voice.
Charlie smiled sadly again. “It’s okay, Faith.”
No, it wasn’t okay. Although Reuben didn’t know what Charlie had told her. And since he was rather protective of her, she knew he would want to check Charlie out first.
“Charlie, come on. Merry is waiting on me.” Ella, Charlie’s kind-of-Mommy, walked into the play area, looking impatient. She glanced around. “What’s going on?”
“Nothing,” Charlie said. “Let’s go. Bye, Faith. Nice to meet you.”
“You too, Charlie.” She waved goodbye to him.
Reuben drew her close, bending down to whisper to her. “You do remember that I’m a very jealous man, don’t you, baby? I wouldn’t take kindly to you spending time with another man. At least not one that I don’t know and trust.”
“But you don’t know the full story. And Charlie isn’t interested in me like that.”
“Isn’t he? I wouldn’t be so sure.”
“Daddy!”
“Fine. Come on, let’s get you home. I want to check you over and make sure you’re all right. Safe, huh?” he muttered.
Luckily, Andrea wasn’t around to face his ire. She’d disappeared.
Smart woman.
Picking Faith up, Reuben set her on his hip.
She sighed happily, wrapping her limbs around him. Her body protested a bit, but she wasn’t really hurt.
Falling over had been a shock more than anything else.
“All right, baby?”
“I love being carried like this.”
“I’ll carry you anytime, Little Blossom,” he told her as he carried her over to the cart. Then he laid her down in the capsule. She let out a small protest.
“I can’t carry you safely and push the cart,” he told her.
“I cans walk.”
“I don’t think so. You look very tired. I’ve got a couple more things to get and then we can leave. Here.” He picked a blanket out of the cart and showed it to her. “Do you like this?”
It was cream-colored with butterflies on it. She reached out and touched it. So soft.
Faith nodded. Like it? She loved it.
“It’s so nice, Daddy.”
“Good.” He ripped off the packaging around the middle of it and then laid it over her.
“Daddy! You can’t do that!”
“Of course I can. I’ve already scanned it. Besides, do you think anyone here is going to tell me no? Especially after you hurt yourself in their play area. I ought to sue.”
“You can’t!” she protested.
