Daddy's Big Package by Emma Roberts

Author:Emma Roberts [Roberts, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-24T18:00:00+00:00

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Morgan

"How are you doing?” I asked Kari as she rubbed her hands together by the fire. Her hair was a little damp from the snow, curling around her chin adorably, and I wanted nothing more than to wrap her in my arms and hold her close and make sure she never felt cold again. But I figured it was better to let her come to me. She had to be the one in control here, and I was fine with that.

"Pretty good," she replied, glancing over at me. Her nose was tinged a little red.

"You have anything else to do today?” I asked. I was hoping that she was going to say no and that I could coax her back into the hot tub once more, but her eyes lit up as though something had just occurred to her.

"Actually, yeah, I do!” she exclaimed, getting to her feet. She bounced past me and toward the bedroom, and then returned a moment later with a giant bag of stuff.

"I had to bring these from work," she explained, dumping them down on the floor in front of the fireplace. Out of the bag slithered a huge pile of clothes, as well as a half-dozen little wooden toys, all of which looked a little battered, as though they had been well-loved before they’d made it to her.

"I have to fix these up," she went on, sitting herself down among the mess she had made.

"Fix them up?” I asked.

"These were donated to the charity a few months ago," she explained. "I want to get them into workable condition for when the Christmas season comes, so I can give them out to the kids."

"So what are you going to do?”

"I’m going to stich up the worst of the holes in the clothes," she explained. "And I could use some help sanding down some of the toys, if you want to give me a hand."

"What did you need me to do?” I asked, crouching down to join her at once. Her eyes were sparkling as she looked down at everything in front of her, as though she could hardly wait to get started. Her passion was so contagious – and that wasn’t something I could say about many people. Most of the time, I found intense passion a little too much to handle, but it seemed as though when it came from her, it just rubbed off on me.

"Well, I brought some sandpaper with me, and there’s some varnish in there as well," she explained. "If you want to take on the toys, we’ll be done in half the time.”

"Just let me call my cleaner and let them know what we’re doing," I replied, getting to my feet. "I’ll be back soon."

I headed to the bedroom to grab my phone – I hadn’t looked at it much this morning, which was new for me. Normally, I would find myself stuck to the damn thing, but I hadn’t really thought about it all day. Dialing the number for my cleaner, I tapped my foot on the ground as I waited for them to pick up.

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