Page 75 of Papa's Bébé
Crap. Maya turned toward the house. But she wasn’t quick enough to shut the door.
Gummy raced out, barking rapidly as she ran over to where Matthieu was attempting to carry a distressed Jabba the Cluck to the chicken coop.
“Gummy, no!” Maya cried as Gummy tried to attack Matthieu’s feet. Thankfully, he had shoes on. And Gummy had very few teeth left.
Still, it made it extra hard for Matthieu to get Jabba the Cluck into the coop without standing on Gummy.
Maya moved over to grab the small dog.
“Maya, you’re supposed to be sitting,” Matthieu told her in a firm voice. “Not moving around.”
“I’m trying to get Gummy!” she replied. “Gummy, come here! Come on, baby. Come to Mama. Matthieu isn’t hurting your friend.”
She was an idiot. She should have shut the door to keep Gummy out. She knew how the small dog felt about her friends.
Finally, she managed to grab the dog, holding her tight even though she wiggled in Maya’s arms and continued her growling and barking.
Matthieu got Jabba the Cluck into the chicken coop and shut the door behind her.
He glanced over at Maya and for a moment she stared back at him, struck by his beauty.
Damn it, Maya!
When was she going to get over this? It was crazy. It wasn’t normal to feel this way about someone else.
Then her brain recognized the look on his face.
Why was he looking at her like he was upset with her? He crossed his arms over his chest.
“What did I tell you?”
Her gaze skittered away from his. “Um. When? You say a lot.”
“I say a lot?” he repeated.
Uh-huh.
“I do not say a lot.” He almost sounded offended. “But what I do say is important.”
Sheesh.
Was he for real right now?
She set Gummy down and mimicked his pose, crossing her arms over her chest as she tapped her foot on the ground. “What you say is important?”
“What I say is important.”
“So, enlighten me, ‘oh important one’, what is it that you have to say?”
“There she is,” he said.
Huh? What did that mean?
“This is about what I told you to do. And how you ignored me.”
Um. She had no idea what he was talking about.
What he’d told her to do?
