chapter 117

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She opens her eyes slowly. "Good morning baby" I put my hand on her stomach. "Hi daddy" she smiles.

She cuddles Into my chest. I smile. "Oh, morning" meredith smiles. "Morning beautiful" I kiss her.

We pull away. "Oh, I didn't know that was the time.. you need to get ready for nursery baby" she sits up. "No, I'm staying home with lilia today" I hug her tight.

"Derek, really?" She asks. "Yes" I say. "Weally? Daddy d-da-" she furrows her brows. "Daddy daughter day" I say. She nods enthusiastically.

"Yep, all day with my baby" I hug her. She giggles excitedly. "Der can I talk to you?" She gets up. We leave lilia on the bed and go to the corner of the room.

"Sweetheart, she's going to be fine" she puts her hands on my cheeks. "If I wasn't at work yesterday then she never would've left" I whisper.

"Don't be so hard on yourself" she says. "I don't mind spending the day with her anyway.. I'd love to" I shrug. She sighs.

"If you have free time later then stop by the cafe" she says. "Okay" I say. She smiles, kissing me softly. "I'm gonna take a shower and head out" she says.

"I'm taking lily to the park so say bye now" I say. "Okay" she says. She says bye to both of us before getting in the shower. I get me and lilia ready and we leave.

She giggles as I chase her around the grass. I scoop her into my arms. She squeals. I tickle her stomach, making her giggle hysterically.

"Listen lily, I wanna talk to you" I sit with her on my lap on the bench. She plays with my shirt, pulling on the tag.

"Listen, I don't want you to ever ever run away like that again" I put my hands on her cheeks. "I won't daddy.. I so sowwy" she tears up. "I know baby, it's okay" I say.

"But if you do ever want to get out of the apartment when you're mad at me or mommy, you can always call uncle mark.. he's always there for you.. and so are grandma and grandpa" I say.

"Okay" she says. "So what do you do if you're angry and want to leave?" I ask. "Call uncle mawk" she says. I nod. "Good girl" I say.

"I want ice cweam daddy" she points at an ice cream van. "Well you're not getting any" i say. She starts crying.

"You were so so naughty yesterday, and I can't reward bad behaviour" I say. She slides off of my lap and runs to the park. She sits on the floor, crossing her arms over her stomach, pouting. I chuckle softly.

"What did you do?.. tell her she couldn't have cake for dinner?" A woman sits next to me. "Ice cream" I chuckle. She laughs.

"She's cute" she says. "Which ones yours?" I ask. She points at a little boy playing in the sand pit. I smile.

"Hey, um.. my daughter ran away yesterday.. from home after I yelled at her.. yours hasn't ever done that before, has he?" I ask. "Oh yeah, he packs his suitcase and leaves every other day" she chuckles.

"Only down the street.. he's too scared to cross the road by himself.. I of course watch him the whole time" she says. "Lily got all the way here yesterday.. by herself.. I was at work and my wife was asleep" I say.

"Wow, she's brave" she says. I sigh. "Honestly, I'd scare them out of it.. I told my little boy that the bogie man knows whenever he leaves the house" she says.

"That's a good idea" I say. She shrugs, nodding. "Daddy, I give you one last chance to get ice cweam" she walks over, stomping her foot. "Absolutely not" I pick her up. She groans.

"Thankyou for the advice" I smile at the woman. "You're welcome" she smiles. I get up and carry lilia home.

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