Hot and Badgered (Honey Badger Chronicles, #1)

by Shelly Laurenston

few seconds later, her baby girl attempted to climb onto one of the stools while holding a platter with a sizable hunk of angel’s food cake on it. When Dee-Ann tried to assist her, she pulled her little arms away. “I’ve got it,” her daughter practically hissed at her. “Watch that tone, missy. I ain’t ya daddy.” “Obviously.” Unable to get her ass up on the seat of the stool, Lizzy braced her legs on one of the stool rungs and the base of the island. Using all her strength, she lifted the plate of cake. Cringing, Dee-Ann quickly placed her instep against the outside of the stool so it didn’t slip and, making sure her daughter didn’t see her, she placed one forefinger under the plate and kept it balanced as Lizzy pushed it onto the island’s marble top. Once it was in place, Lizzy dropped to the floor and looked up at her mother with those cold blue eyes. “Told you I had it.”