Olivia by Pepper North

Author:Pepper North [North, Pepper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-12-14T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Dressed in clean clothes and shaved smooth, Ethan stopped in the nursery to pick up Olivia and carry her to the kitchen. She had been having so much fun with her toys that Ethan had taken the connector set with them. By the time he’d scrambled some eggs and made coffee, the kitchen table was decorated with long strands of colorful rods all connected together.

“What are you doing, Little girl,” Ethan asked as he watched her angle the long, connect strand across to the opposite side of the table.

“I’m going to push that chair out for you,” Olivia said proudly as the spindly pole reached the chair and she concentrated on moving the chair. “Crash!” All the parts fell into their individual pieces as soon as she poked the chair. “Oh, no!” Olivia shouted, and tears began to gather in her eyes.

Ethan quickly scooted all the pieces to one end of the table and sat in a different chair right next to the high chair. “That pole just knew it was time for breakfast. It’s so well behaved it just fell apart, so you could eat with your Daddy. What good manners it has!” he enthused. He saw Olivia pause and consider her words before she became very upset.

With tears still shining in her eyes, Olivia asked, “Do you really think it knew breakfast was ready?”

“Without a doubt,” Ethan answered. He scooped up a bite of egg on his fork and held it to her lips. “Try Daddy’s eggs. Do you like them?”

Chewing thoughtfully, Olivia nodded after several seconds. “Your eggs are good, Daddy. You try them,” she ordered. A bright smile spread across her face as he followed her directions and tasted the eggs.

“Wow! These are really good. I wonder if I could cook them this well again?” Ethan said teasing her. He pushed her sippy cup of milk toward her. “Drink your milk.” He took a sip of his coffee.

Olivia pushed her milk away. “I don’t want milk. I want coffee,” she demanded.

“Little girls don’t drink coffee. They drink milk or juice. Have another bite of eggs,” Ethan tried to distract her from the lure of coffee.

“I don’t want milk,” Olivia crossed her arms in front of her body and stared at him defiantly. She turned her head away when he brought the fork to her lips.

“You are going to be very hungry soon, Little girl,” he warned as he ate the bite she had refused. Ethan continued to eat the fluffy eggs and drink his coffee. From time to time, he would wave a fork in her direction and she would clamp her lips closed and turn away. He finished the eggs and sat back to drink his coffee watching her.

“Crash!” Olivia pushed the sippy cup of milk off her tray. The milk splattered everywhere. “I’m not going to drink it.” She didn’t know why she was being so obstinate. She wasn’t one of the young people in her circle that lived on coffee. She usually had a cup at breakfast but that was it.

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