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“Don’t leave me, Daddy! Please!”
“Shh. It’s all right. I’m not going anywhere.” He kissed her forehead. “I won’t leave you.”
Getting up, he set her on his hip and picked up her bottle. She wrapped her limbs around him, still scared he might leave her.
“Come on, let’s get you a drink.”
Moving into the kitchen, he filled her bottle with warm milk while she drank water from her sippy cup.
Carrying her back to bed, Reuben tucked her in against him as he rested back against the headboard and held the bottle to her lips.
“You’re all right, baby. I have you.”
Faith’s eyelids began to grow heavy, but she was too scared to fall asleep. When he drew the bottle away, setting it aside, she buried her face into his chest.
“I can’t sleep, Daddy. I’m scared.”
Reuben moved them so he lay on his back with her in top of him. Then he placed his fingers by her lips, letting her suck them into his mouth.
He wrapped his other arm tight around her.
“I have you, baby. I won’t let the nightmares get you. I promise.”
57
Rule Ten: You need Daddy, you call him
“Eat your breakfast, baby,” Reuben told her firmly.
Faith stared down at the toast and scrambled eggs on her plate. She didn’t feel like eating.
She was in a grouchy mood. And she didn’t want to do anything but grumble and groan.
“I don’t want to.”
“Do you want something else to eat?” he asked, setting a coffee down in front of her.
She took it, sipping it with a sigh of relief. “No. This is all I need.”
“You can’t just have coffee for breakfast.” He placed some painkillers by her plate, and she took them gratefully.
“There’s nothing wrong with coffee for breakfast. It has dairy and caffeine. That’s two major food groups.”
“Caffeine is not a food group.”
“It darn well should be.” God, she felt like crap. She was tired, and her head was thumping.
Why did she drink that tequila? Why?
And then there had been her nightmare. She’d thought she’d drunk enough that she wouldn’t dream.
Unfortunately, she’d been wrong.
“Would you like me to feed you?” he asked.
“No.”
“Would you like a spanking?” he asked.
