All Dolled Up (Destination Daddies)

by Chara Croft

“It doesn’t have to be anyone’s fault. Bad things don’t work that way. It’s like, my mom. She’s been sick since… since forever. It’s nobody’s fault, but it’s hard and horrible and it breaks my heart, too. And sure, it’s made life difficult in, well, in a lot of ways, but trying to blame it on someone or something or even… even trying to find a reason why it happened to her and not someone else, none of that really helps. We just have to keep… we have to… we, um…”

“But, your ring,” I repeated, trying to fight the melting feeling as he settled me more firmly on his lap so I could concentrate. Why wasn’t he panicking? Had he not noticed it was missing yet? “We… we need to find it, Edward. It’s important. You can’t lose that, too.”

Rene, you sweet, sweet precious baby potato.

He didn’t just look appreciative as he looked me over, he also looked… proud? Proprietary? Possessive? Some other shiver-inducing P-word?

In any case, the volatile little ball-of-sunshine’s friendship with Rene gave him a lot of leeway with me, and if that was favoritism, so be it.

Sam threw his hands up in the air. “Oh my God, Rene. No! Just because it looks like a Daddy doesn’t mean it is a Daddy!”