I Hate California

ten

I woke up to movement beside me, I gasped when I didn't feel Sage on top of me anymore. When I looked over, she was playing with my phone next to me. I looked at the screen, and she had gotten into it, how'd she know my password? 

"Sorry, you were asleep!" She exclaims as she turns my phone off. I give her a soft smile, I could never be mad at this kid. 

I shake my head, "How'd you know my password hun?" I ask.

"Daddy's password is my birthday and I tried it on yours and it worked!" She says proudly and I giggle, she's so smart. 

When head over to the kitchen and I see Joe laying out the food that had just gotten delivered. I look over at Sage who is on her knees on a chair examining all of the food with big eyes. 

"Here babe" Joe says handing Sage a plate with two small tacos on it. She licks her lips and begins to dig in. 

Joe hands me a plate and I thank him before taking a seat next to Sage again and we all continue to eat our now late dinner.

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"Do you want to wear your biker shorts today? We might see a playground, so I don't know if you'll be able to move much if you wear your dress Sagey." I tells her, holding up her black biker shorts. 

Once we are dressed to go out, we meet Taylor in the hallway that is also dressed up, just a little more extra with some coverings. 

"Are you going out as well?" I asks her shocked, worried she might get noticed. 

Taylor nods her head, "Yes, I want to show Sage around with you, I'm going to have them follow us behind and also a car along side us." She tells me and I give her a nod. 

As we walk down the sidewalk, Sage looks around and leans her head back, looking up at all of the tall buildings. I chuckle as she looks at them all with her mouth open. I look over at Taylor who is holding onto Sage's hand on the other side of her, I don't think I've seen her not smile at all since we arrived. 

We all properly haven't had a sit down talk of the situation yet, but I know it's coming up soon. Taylor has been able to get close to Sage from just the past couple hours and I can tell that Sage is getting more comfortable by the minute. I don't know how to feel on the whole situation yet, Taylor did mention that she is dating someone, so I want to know how their relationship will go if Sage becomes a part of it. I want to be able to meet him, if he is going to be in my daughter's life in the future. 

"Look babe, a park! You wanna go play?" Taylor asks her as we approach the gates to this little hidden playground. 

Sage's eyes go wide as she nods her head and Taylor helps her take off her light jacket as she runs towards the slides. We both take a seat right by the bench that is facing the playground and can easily see Sage right in front of us. There are a couple of families here, but everyone is busy focusing on their own kids. 

I look behind me to see the security guards standing outside the gates and smile. 

"You did such an amazing job raising her. Better than I would've." Taylor tells me softly as we watch Sage slide down the slide with the biggest grin on her face. 

"I really tried my best, it's not easy doing it alone, but I had my family to help me and I'm glad that she's close to all of them." I tell her. I know Taylor is an amazing Mom, she hasn't been left alone with Sage for a whole day yet, so I can't judge just yet. 

After letting Sage play in the park for a good hour, we headed to a small cafe that was in the next block. It was small, but cozy. 

"I want waffles" Sage says looking up at Taylor.