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He grinned wide. “Hi.”
“You want to go wake up Daddy?” I asked.
“Peas offer?” he asked.
“Yes,” I grinned. “That’s your daddy.”
“Daddy.” He looked confused, as if he didn’t even know what that word meant.
It hurt my heart.
I picked him up, ignoring my screaming bladder, and tiptoed down the hall toward Atlas’s room.
Once I was in the door, I whispered, “Daddy.”
Forest, showing he was a smart cookie, wiggled to be let down.
I let him down, and the two of us slowly walked into the room, being about as quiet as two elephants in a room full of stacked blocks.
He kicked the lamp, which went flying, when he tried and failed to scramble up.
I caught it and recentered it as I gave him a little heft with a hand under his bottom.
He crawled over the length of the bed to the man who was still, apparently, sleeping.
I crawled onto the bed, too, my heart doing this weird skipping, racing thing, at the sight in front of me.
Forest held out his hand, and I caught it with mine.
He tugged on my hand, indicating he wanted me to come farther, and I crawled forward on my knees until I was where he wanted me.
“Shhh,” he whispered overly loud.
There was no way that Atlas wasn’t aware we in his room, let alone on the bed.
Was that a twitch of his mouth?
It was there and gone so fast that I couldn’t be sure but…
“Daddy,” I whispered, pointing at Atlas.
Forest turned from me to the man on the bed, his arm curled around a pillow. He was still in his underwear, and those impressive, muscular thighs, so thick and strong, drew my eyes.
I was watching those thighs when the big man moved, catching both of us up in his arms and twisting.
One second, I was on my knees beside Forest, and the next Atlas was over the both of us, tickling.
“Nooo!” I laughed with a screech, trying hard not to overreact like I wanted to and throw elbows.
Forest’s childish squeals of delight, paired with my screeching, had Atlas laughing his ass off.
“Can’t sneak up on me, buddy.” Atlas turned his attention to Forest, taking both hands and tickling him mercilessly.
“Nooo!” he laughed, kicking his little feet. “Ahhh!”
“I’ll save you, Forest,” I teased as I launched myself at the father.
Atlas let out a woosh of air as we both went down onto the bed,
