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“Dominic?” Daddy looked at him. “What are you doing here? I told everyone not to stay away.”
Dominic stood. “You can fire me if you want, but I needed to see Frankie with my own eyes and see how she was doing. She’s like a little sister to me, and I knew I was going against what you told everyone, and I would do it again.”
“Frankie?” Daddy’s eyes met hers. “Are you okay?”
She nodded, still keeping the blanket up to her nose. It was almost like it was hiding her tremors from the world, from Dominic. It was in a way, but anyone could see that her hands were still shaking.
“I’ll leave you two be. Sorry for going against your orders, but I’m also not sorry.” Dominic looked at Daddy before glancing back at her. “Frankie, think about what I said.”
CHAPTER 5
FRANKIE
Frankie stood in front of the door, her shoes on her feet. Dominic’s words were getting to her this morning, and she wanted to go out and prove that she could go out again. But she continued to glare at the door, not moving an inch.
It had been a week since they had gone to the club. A week of her being inside again. Part of her wanted to go outside since she had before, but the larger part wanted to stay inside where it was safe and no one would see her.
Would she be able to leave the house by herself again one day? Did Frankie even want that?
She had been thinking about it long and hard recently. Ever since Dominic had told her people missed her, it had gotten her mind thinking about everything. She didn’t think anyone would miss her that much and were only contacting her out of a feeling of duty.
But Dominic said otherwise, and she didn’t know how to feel about that. It had been three years since she had last seen them. So much had probably changed, and she wouldn’t fit in anymore.
Right.
That was why she shouldn’t go outside. Not that she really wanted to. Frankie was content being in the house all the time, where no one could make fun of her or point out that she was shaking.
Safe.
But as she stared at the door, she wondered if she would be safe at the club with Daddy. Everyone knew what she had, and Dominic had said it didn’t matter.
“Little One?” Daddy called out.
Frankie quickly took her shoes off and walked over to the window before Daddy saw her. She didn’t know why she wanted to keep it a secret, but she did. Frankie didn’t want to let her Daddy down if he saw her standing in front of the door with her shoes on like she was going to leave the house.
Because Frankie knew she wanted to step outside.
Frankie took a deep breath and slowly let it out, trying to calm her nerves before Daddy came in. If he saw her huffing and puffing, he would know something was up.
“There you are. I knew I should have checked your favorite spot first.” Daddy smiled. “How are you feeling today?”
After going to the club with Daddy, Frankie had been exhausted. She took naps, ones Daddy didn’t have to force her to take, several days in a row. It was exhausting going out and seeing Dominic out of the blue.
“Good.” She smiled back at him.
“Great. I have a question.” He sat down next to her and looked in her direction.
Frankie clasped her hands together, holding them tight as she looked at Daddy. What was he going to talk to her about?
“Some of the other Littles would love to see you. Would you be up for meeting them sometime this week?” he asked. “They can come to our house so you are comfortable, and they don’thave to stay long. They would just like to get to know you, and possibly hang out in the future.”
She looked at Daddy, unsure. Dominic had said the same thing about them wanting to meet her. Did she really want to meet them? Would they really not judge her for shaking?
“If you want, I can give them your phone number so you can talk to them first. If you want to meet up with them later, you can,” Daddy suggested. “They are all super sweet girls, and I think you would get along with them.”
“I…” She paused.
“No pressure. I just think you would like talking to them and having friends who are Little.” Daddy shrugged.
