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“So fun!” she shrieked.
“Daddy’s planned lots of new adventures for us.”
“Tubing?” she asked. I’d told her many stories about tubing with my grandad growing up. She’d been very curious about it.
“I booked our tubing days already and I planned a trip to Anna Ruby Falls.”
“Waterfall!” My Little one loved seeing the waterfalls. We had a bucket list of ones we wanted to see together.
“You know it. I even packed you a pretty new dress and the tripod so we could take some new photos for the house.”
“Good job, Dada,” she praised.
I smiled. “Thank you, little love. I also did some research and found the best places to eat.”
“Yummy food?”
“Only the yummiest,” I promised.
“Cannie store?”
I scoffed. “Of course! I’m not missing out on candy apples. Are you?”
“Nu! Thank you, Dada!” She grabbed my hand and held it tight. “Thank you. So fun. Love being with you.”
“Thank you for coming with me. We’re going to be doing lots of fun things, but my favorite thing is going to be spending time with you.” I pulled her hand up to my mouth and pressed a kiss to the back of her knuckles.
Chapter Three
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My heart swooned when Daddy kissed the back of my hand. He was so good to me.
I was ecstatic to be spending a whole week with him. It was going to be so fun, and knowing his big heart, it would also be very romantic. He was incredibly thoughtful.
“It’s getting close to dinner. Are you hungry, baby?”
“Nu!” I didn’t want to stop until we got to Helen.
At his chuckle, I looked from the window over to him.
“I think maybe you're too excited to tell, but your belly just grumbled at me.”
I put my hands on my tummy and waited. Sure enough, it growled again. Darn hungry belly. We had things to do! “Maybe it’s faking.”
“Maybe your belly is faking being hungry?”
“Yas-huh, Dada.”
He gave a mock gasp. “Well, why would your belly be doing that?”
“Naughty belly.”
“It sounds like a very naughty belly, indeed. You know who else I think is naughty?”
“Dallas,” I answered with confidence. She was another one of my Little besties, but she was so very naughty.
Daddy snorted. “That’s fair, but I meant in this car.”
