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Standing, he looked down at Cate. “I need you to stay here, Catie-pie, while I go get dressed. Can you promise to stay?”
“I don’t like being on my own.”
“All right. I’ll just be in the hallway, watching you. You can see me. Okay?”
“Okay,” she replied as his phone stopped ringing, before it started again.
“That’s my good girl,” he told her before turning away and heading out of the room.
12
Ethan positioned himself so he could still see into her room as he answered the phone.
“Rhodes?”
“What happened?” Rhodes snapped. “What’s wrong with Cate?”
“I wouldn’t say there is anything wrong with her exactly.”
“Ethan, I didn’t take you for someone who beat around the bush. Fucking tell me,” Rhodes demanded.
“Rip? What’s going on?” Samantha asked in the background, sounding annoyed.
“Nothing, babe. Go back to sleep.”
“But who are you talking to?” she asked.
“It’s just Ethan. I’ll go into the hallway.”
“You can’t go back to Cate, we’re going out for brunch tomorrow. She’ll be okay,” Samantha whined.
Christ, how did Rhodes put up with that voice all the time? It was grating. He grimaced.
“Right, I’m alone. Tell me.”
“She woke me up screaming. I ran into her room, thinking there had to be someone in there even though nothing was showing on the system.”
“Fuck. A night terror,” Rhodes muttered. “I thought she’d be all right because she hasn’t had any since you guys moved in. Something must have upset her. Maybe it’s because I’m not there. Is she awake right now? I don’t hear any screaming. Please tell me you didn’t leave her alone.”
“Of course I didn’t,” Ethan replied. “I’m looking at her right now.”
“Okay. Put me on the phone with her.”
“Do you think that’s a good idea? She’s . . . uh . . . well, she seems to have regressed.”
Rhodes let out a deep breath. “Fuck. I was hoping that she hadn’t since you didn’t lead with that.”
“Well, I didn’t want to just come out and say it without explaining how I ended up in your sister’s bedroom at two in the morning.”
“Yeah, good thinking. I’m going to come home now. Do you think . . . you can’t leave her like that! She . . . it’s not like . . . shit. How do I explain this?”
“Would it help if I told you that I’m a Daddy Dom?”
Rhodes let out a long sigh. “Yeah, that helps. I wasn’t sure. The thing is, this is more like complete regression. She can’t . . . she isn’t capable of just slipping back into being Big. It’s not sleepwalking exactly, but Cate isn’t entirely awake either.”
“So what you’re saying is that she needs someone to take care of her while she’s Little.”
“Would you mind? I’ll try to get back there as fast as I can. Fuck, it’s going to take me at least thirty minutes to get there by the time I finish arguing with Samantha.”
