Guilt, not for the first time, stabbed his heart. They did work too much, the fact this was the first real vacation they’d taken since their honeymoon was a testament to that.
“I’m sorry we work so much, baby, this vacation has shown me how much I miss having just you and us time. When we get back to Strickland, Daddy promises to hire some more help for the bar, okay?”
Her face lit up and she hugged him even tighter. “Really, Daddy?”
“Really, Bitty. There’s going to be lots more us time in our future.”
CHAPTER 12
Dallas kicked and fought as she laid over Pike’s lap.
“You’re only delaying the inevitable, Bitty.”
“I can’t do it,” Dallas cried.
“You can, baby. You’re just nervous.”
Her stomach rumbled again and she fought with much more vigor. She couldn’t poop in a diaper! She just couldn’t!
“Bitty Baby,” Pike soothed.
“It’s y-yucky!” she protested.
“It’s not yucky to me,” Pike argued. “Nothing about you would ever be yucky to Daddy.”
His words warmed Dallas’ rapidly beating heart, but still, she wasn’t sure she could dirty a diaper.
“Why do you think it’s yucky, baby?”
“I don’t think it’s yucky, but other people will!”
“What other people?”
“People who find out I’m a baby who poops in her diapers,” she wailed, kicking her feet again.
One sharp smack to the back of her leg, stopped her from fighting. She lay limply over Pike’s thighs, her stomach still rumbling loudly.
“Who is going to find out you use your diapers?”
“People,” she sobbed.
“What people?”
“People who see me!”
“How will they know you use your diapers?” Pike asked again. “Are you going to be wearing a shirt that says ‘I wear diapers’?”
“N-no.” Another sob shook her body.
“Are you going to be wearing only a diaper?” He gasped dramatically. “Are you going to be nakey?”
“N-no.” This time a hiccup erupted from her mouth.
“Hmmm, so how will people know?”
Dallas didn’t have an answer for Daddy.
“M-maybe my f-friends will know.”