We wake up from our nap and find Uncle Ron sleeping and daddy is sleeping in his room too. We grab snacks from the kitchen and then look at each other wondering what to do.
"Ana, do you want to go outside?" I ask her, softly, not wanting Davey to hear anything.
"Are you mad? We should not." She looks horrified. Why am I not surprised?
"Shh! Just over to my place? To see if daddy is okay?" She looks at me like I have asked her to kidnap someone!
"I think we should go. I am bored. And trust me our daddies are not waking up anytime soon!" Davey adds. I grin at him.
Fifteen minutes later, we drag a scared and reluctant Ana with us to our other house, after I take the key from the drawer.
"Shh! Come one Niana! Stop being a wimp! It's like five steps away!" Davey and I are on either side of Niana pulling her with us.
"We haven't asked permission! What if daddy wakes up!!"
"Shh... Nothing will happen... Just come."
"We promised to be good Carol!"
I look at her and roll my eyes. We are not doing anything bad, just checking on daddy I mean!
We reach our house and it's locked.
"Shit! Where is daddy?" Ana says looking at the house. Davey looks indifferent but enjoying the little adventure.
"I don't know. Let's go back before someone sees us or one of the daddies wakes up!" I pull her again back to the house.
We turn around and freeze.
"What on earth are you three doing here?"
Fuck.
"What are you doing here? Where's your daddy?" It's Timothy! He asks us but is looking at Carol.
"Umm... daddy asked us to check if daddy was here." Carol says. She lies, to be precise.
"Really? Then why did you jump and looked like you were caught stealing when I called you?" He smirks. "Let me drop you back home? I am sure your daddy would appreciate that." He adds.
"Umm... We came to check on daddy Jay. Really. I swear. But daddy doesn't know. Could you Pleaseeeeeee not tell anyone anything? We were just going back, you know?" She implores, changing tactics. I stare at her in awe and admiration.
"Let me think about it... " He smirks and pretends to deliberate.
We wait, impatiently. What if daddy wakes up! If this stupid man hadn't turned up we would have been home by now!
"What do I get in return?" He asks.
He wants something in return? I am not giving him Ems! He can have anything else!
"What do you want?" Carol asks him.
"For now, I want you to kiss me." He says to Carol.
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