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“Are you saying that I stink, Daddy?”
“Daddy would never say that.”
With a gasp, she pointed to the camellias he’d put on the nightstand. “Daddy, are those for me?”
“Well, I’d heard they were your love language. And I wanted to cheer you up.”
“Daddy, you are the bestest.”
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“Right, let’s get you into the bath,” Reuben said after he’d fed her.
“Okay, Daddy.” She patted his cheek. “You’re so good to me.”
“I’m glad you think so.” He laid her down on the bed. “Stay right there while I fill the bath.”
“Sure thing.”
Yeah, she wasn’t doing that. She really wanted to play with her clay. Now that she had some food in her belly, she was feeling a lot better.
Well, a bit better.
Sitting up, she got off the bed and grabbed Colin. She walked over to where her clay was and pulled it out of the drawer. Then she sat at her desk to play.
“And just what do you think you are doing, Little Blossom?” Reuben asked a few minutes later.
She startled and looked over at him. “Daddy! You scared me.”
“Oh, I’m sorry, baby. Were you not expecting me to come back in so quickly? Is that why you decided to get out of bed and start playing when I specifically told you to stay.”
She bit her lip. “Um. Yes?”
“I think that someone needs some time in the corner.”
Faith gasped. “Oh, Daddy. I think you’re being a bit hard on yourself.”
“I’m not the one going into the corner, brat.” Walking over, he held out his hand.
She took it and he helped her up. “Daddy, I think you’re being rather mean to me.”
“Do you? Were you naughty and disobeyed me?”
“Well, I wouldn’t put it quite like that. I just . . . I got bored. I felt abandoned. You took sooo long.”
“It was a whole four minutes,” he said dryly.
Picking up the chair that she’d been sitting on, he carried it to the corner and pointed at it.
She stomped over with a pout.
“Watch the attitude, Little Blossom. Or you’ll be getting your bottom warmed.”
Uh-oh.
She gave him a bright smile. “Sorry, Daddy.”
“Sit. And I want you to think about how you should’ve obeyed Daddy.”
