Page 51 of Daddy's Little Dreamer

What was he up to? He was being awfully sneaky. “Okay.”

Slowly, I opened the door, then flung it all the way open.

“Happy Birthday, Trevor!” the entire room yelled.

“Mom!” I squealed and ran straight for her.

“Did you think I’d miss seeing you on your birthday? That’s never once happened in twenty-one years. Happy birthday, love.”

Then Brandon hugged me next.

“I can’t believe you’re here.”

“Trebor.” Pressley ran over to me and I picked her up. I adored the way she mispronounced my name. “Hello, sweet girl, how are you.”

“Good. Happy birfhday.”

“Thank you so much.” I set her down and finally looked around.

“Is this?”

“Yes, Birthday Bee. This is your new playroom.”

“Ohmygodohmygodohmygod! Squee!” Everyone covered their ears. “Sorry.”

“Let’s step out so he gets a good look at it.” Mom kind of ushered everyone but me and Daddy out.

“Who did all this? When? Look at all the bees? Ohmygod! Look at the cute dresser. This is the best!” I threw myself at him. “Thank you, Daddy.”

“You’re very welcome. You know who did all this magnificent art?”

“You?”

“Boy, you’ve seen me color. I barely stay inside the lines.”

Sadly, that was true, but I wasn’t about to say it out loud.

“Who?”

“Tae, Chuck’s boy. Tae, can you come in here please?”

The shy boy I’d kinda saw before sort of hiding behind Chuck came in the room and waved. “Hey, I’m Tae.”

“You did all this? It’s beyond amazing. Can I hug you?” At least this time I remembered to ask first. I tended to invade others’ personal spaces without asking, something I was working on.

“Yeah. Do you like it?”

“Like it?” If my eyes got any wider they’d pop out my skull. “I love it. It’s amazing. You are so talented. The bees. So many bees. I love bees, did you know that? And ladybugs.”

The entire room was a scene from a farm. A fence lined the bottom of the walls with lush green land and gardens galore behind them. There were bees and butterflies, a smiling sun, birds and even a scarecrow.

“You literally have all my favorite things in there.” One wall behind the fence was nothing but a sea of sunflowers. “Daddy, there’s a ladybug on the sunflower like the picture you have of me.”

“I’m glad you like it.” Tae smiled.

“Tae, would you like to meet the other boy here?” Daddy asked him.

“Brandon? Yeah, we met a long time ago. But um, the room looks really cool with everything finished. I only saw it painted but empty.”

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