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This is always my favorite part of the day. When I can wrap my arms around her waist and find solace in the warmth of her body.
“My sexy little outlaw. I have a surprise for you.” I weigh the option of whisking her to bed first.
Just the press of her ass against my crotch has blood rushing south.
She twists to frame my cheeks with her cool fingers and rises to her tiptoes to kiss me. “You talked to the D.A.? Will he let me take this thing off?” Her leg lifts for her to shake her ankle.
“Darn tootin’. He said it’ll take a week or two since Thanksgiving is coming.”
Her eyes widen. “Wow. Can you believe the year is almost over?”
“And almost six months since I caught you.” I lean over far enough to cup her thighs, then lift them around my waist.
“That was the only good thing that came out of all of this.” The corner of her mouth drops into a frown. “Everything else was awful.”
“Quit beating yourself up. You did it out of love. We all do crazy things for it.” I start walking towards the door.
“Wait! Where are we going? I have the stove going.” She wiggles, but I don’t let her down.
Instead I u-turn.
“Turn it down, we’ll be a minute.” I let her tilt in my hold to turn the burner to low, then head outside.
Just as Dad turns into the driveway.
“Huh, perfect timing.” Letting her slide down my chest, her feet hit the porch floor as he rolls to a stop.
“Oh my god!” Her scream pierces the cold afternoon. “Is that my Jeep?” Her hands clasp to her mouth, then she jumps up and down before rushing to hug my dad.
“I appreciate that, but this was all Wade.” He grins up at me with pink cheeks.
“Thank you! Thank you!” Tears stream her face as she traces the edge of her hood.
It used to be a crumpled mess, torn and shredded like paper from the impact of the concrete.
She runs back up to me, throwing her arms around my waist. “You’re so amazing!”
“Just remember, you can’t go anywhere you want until that monitor comes off. If you do, I need to plug it into the app first. You’re still restricted.”
“I know. I’m just so happy.” She looks up at me and rests her chin on my chest.
The absolute adoration in her gaze puts a knot in my throat.
“Anything for you, baby girl.” I stroke her back, then kiss her forehead.
“You’re the best, daddy.”
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Elena
“I don’t have thepatience for this today,” I snap at Cynthia.
She’s been doing so good about getting her homework done right after school, I don’t even know if I should be picking this fight.
Except I know that she barely passed her last math test and desperately needs to do her practice problems.
It’s just that I slept like shit last night.
